Lee Albert - Yoga for Pain Relief: A New Approach to an Ancient Practice

Copyright 2017 by Lee Albert, NMT.

The material in this book is intended as an informative guide for those wishing to know more about health issues. This book is not intended to replace or conflict with advice given to the reader by his or her health practitioner. Any application of the techniques, ideas and suggestions in this book is at the readers sole discretion and risk. Please consult with your physician or health care practitioner before beginning this or any new exercise program, especially if you are pregnant or nursing or if you are elderly or have any chronic or recurring physical conditions.

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Sonoita, AZ 85637

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Cover and interior design by Dunn+Associates, www.Dunn-Design.com

ISBN: 978-1-940013-32-9

LCCN: 2017931869

Publishers Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Albert, Lee (Lee Michael), 1951- author. | Cappy, Peggy, writer of foreword.

Yoga for pain relief: a new approach to an ancient practice

Lee Albert: Sonoita, AZ : Dudley Court Press, [2017] |

Foreword by Peggy CappyCover. | Includes index.

ISBN: 978-1-940013-32-9 | LCCN: 2017931869

LCSH: YogaTherapeutic use. | YogaStudy and teaching. | PainTreatment. | Analgesia. |

MeditationTherapeutic use. | Breathing exercisesTherapeutic use.

Classification:

LCC: RM727.Y64 A43 2017 | DDC: 613.7/046dc23

To my wife Marcia for her love, support and encouragement

To my publisher Gail for her expertise and dedication

To Peggy Cappy for her enthusiasm and dedication to bringing this information to as many people as possible

To all my clients and students who have taught me so much

To all the amazing people on this planet who are taking responsibility for their experiences in life and are making the commitment to do something about it

If you always do what youve always done,

you will always get what youve always got.

If you want things that you never got,

you must do things you have never done!

Nishan Panwar

Index

y ou are holding in your hands an important book.

I know this from direct experience. Years ago, I returned to the U.S. after an extended

meditation retreat in India. Prolonged hours of sitting in Ardha Padmasana (Half Lotus Pose) resulted in an excruciating pain in my right hip. It was so severe I thought at first I might need a hip replacement.

When I determined that my problem was muscular rather than in the joint, I knew where to go and who to see. Lee Albert. I found him at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health where I regularly teach Yoga for the Rest of Us. Each time I am at Kripalu, I attend Lees one-hour sampler called Live Pain-Free. It is astonishing and heart-warming to watch Lee work with volunteers from the audience. You know you are in the presence of a gifted man when you see those people leave the session pain-free. I could hardly wait for Lee to work on me.

Two minutes. Thats what it took to fix my hip pain. I can still remember saying, Its like a miracle! I simply cant believe that the pain is gone. It took only two minutes of your holding my leg in that gentle yoga stretch.

Lees work, Integrated Positional Therapy, comes from his own personal experience and his search for relief from the severe pain he suffered as a result of a horrible car accident. Though Lees work may at first seem unbelievable, even miraculous, due to such immediate and extraordinary results, I promise you his remedies are gentle and effective, yet powerful and rapid. And lasting. My hip no longer hurts.