Yoga and Parkinson's Disease: A Journey to Health and Healing (16pt Large Print Edition) - Paperback

Van Hulsteyn, Peggy: - Peggy van Hulsteyn is an accomplished author and speaker who has practiced yoga for over four decades. She was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease 12 years ago and since then has channeled her skills in writing and promotion toward the cause of bringing greater awareness to PD. Her cover article for ''''Yoga Journal'''' describing how yoga can benefit people with PD received national attention, and she writes and speaks for the Arizona chapter of the American Parkinson Disease Association regularly. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico with her husband David and their two cats. Peggy van Hulsteyn is an accomplished author and speaker who has practiced yoga for 35 years. She was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease 11 years ago and since then has channeled her skills in writing and promotion toward the cause of bringing greater awareness to PD. Her cover article for ''''Yoga Journal'''' on Yoga and PD received national attention, and she writes and speaks for the Arizona chapter of the American Parkinson Disease Association regularly. She divides her time between Santa Fe, New Mexico and Tucson, Arizona with her physicist husband and their two cats. Barbara Gage is a Certified Kripalu Yoga Teacher, with training from the Kripalu Yoga Institute in Lenox, Massachusetts. Her classes feature the classical yoga postures, meditation, breathing practices and reading from the sanskrit texts. She has been a yoga teacher for 35 years and lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Connie Fisher has studied yoga with Gary Kraftsow, founder of the American Viniyoga Institute. She is a Doctor of Oriental medicine, a massage therapist, and since 2008, a Viniyoga Instructor. In 2012 she became certified in Yoga Therapy from the American Viniyoga Institute in California. She lives in Seattle, Washington.