Gentle yet powerful Pilates, which targets the deep postural muscles, is the best way to improve core strength and stability, stay in shape, and prevent injuries. Photographs guide newcomers through every posture in this comprehensive introduction, so it's easy to start achieving optimal strength, flexibility, and stamina. There's information on analyzing your posture, and specific exercises to target each type. Just one of the 30-minute programs a day can make a big difference.
Cognitive Psychology: The Basics provides a compact introduction to the core topics in the field, discussing the science behind the everyday cognitive phenomena experienced by us all. The book considers laboratory and applied theory and research alongside technological developments to demonstrate how our understanding of the brain’s role in cognition is improving all the time. Alongside coverage of traditional topics in the field, including attention and perception; learning and memory; thinking, problem-solving and decision-making; and language, the book also discusses developments in interrelated areas, such as neuroscience and computational cognitive science. New perspectives, including the contribution of evolutionary psychology to our understanding of cognition are also considered before a thoughtful discussion of future research directions. Using real-world examples throughout, the authors explain in an accessible and student-friendly manner the role our human cognition plays in all aspects of our lives. It is an essential introductory text suitable for all students of Cognitive Psychology and related disciplines. It will also be an ideal read for any reader interested in the role of the brain in human behavior.
This study discusses the representation of class in poetry in English from Britain and Ireland between the fourteenth and twenty-first centuries, and the effect of class on the production, dissemination, and reception of that poetry. It looks at the factors which enable and obstruct the production of poetry, such as literacy, education, patronage, prejudice, print, and the various alleged revivals of poetry in Britain, and the relationship between class and poetic form. Whilst this is a survey that cannot be comprehensive, it offers a number of case-studies of poets and poems from each period considered.
Pilates' is a training method introduced into this country 75 years ago by a man called Joseph Pilates. Joseph Pilates believed that when the mind and body are working in harmony the body would function more efficiently. Sandie Kean has incorporated the concepts of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) to make it Chi Pilates. TCM philosophies complement the principles of 'Pilates' and it has successfully shown that both Eastern and Western methods can work together. PILATES Incorporating 'Chi' Principles is an Exercise programme that centres around the body's core postural muscles, the following of which results in stronger abdominals, a stronger back, a stable torso and balance between mind and body.
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