title: Joint Yoga for Animals: Strength, Flexibility, Balance
author:  Julie Kaufman 
description: New from the publisher and author. No defects, straight from the printer to you! This 100-color page manual will help you learn JointYoga M.A.J.I.C. for people and animals. M. Muscle Balance, A. Acupressure, J. Joint Alignment, I. Integrated with, C. Calming techniques. Anyone can learn this simple, effective, natural healing technique!
zlib_text: Long and Strong
  Flexible, strong hamstrings are key to any yoga practice. But they're often stubbornly
  tight. These five poses gently lengthen and strengthen them.
  By Roger Cole
  Stretching your hamstrings is a bit like leading a reluctant mule.
  If you pull the mule, it will pull back. But you can coax the mule
  along if you make friends with it. Help the beast relax, give it a
  nice place to go, and it will happily follow you.
  So it is with your hamstrings. If you stretch by yanking on them,
  they'll only yank back harder. But you can coax them to loosen
  up if you set them at ease and treat them right.
  It's well worth the effort to befriend these large, powerful
  muscles. They often carry a enormous amount of tension, so
  releasing them feels marvelously relaxing, both physically and
  psychologically. Lengthening them also helps protect your lower back. Your hamstrings
  anchor your sitting bones, limiting the forward tilt of your pelvis at your hip joints. This
  is good; it provides a stable b