Eight minutes a day is enough to dramatically straighten and liberate your body, according to Stretch Your Life.

Simultaneously a practical how-to and an informative and chuckle-inducing read, this book from Chris Watts, maps out the do's and don'ts of stretching, through the safe and effective Active Isolated Stretching technique pioneered by US expert Aaron Mattes.

The Book takes the reader back to basics with standing techniquies, before going through beginner, intermediate, advanced and assisted stretches. And these aren't 'stop your life, buy tonnes of equipment, high maintenance' exercises. In front of the TV chained to your desk , or even stuck in the kitchen - you can do them anywhere. There's even some nutritional advice at the end thrown in for free.

Written by Tim Noonan, who if he is to be believed is, or rather was the most stooped and crinkled-up journalist to put fingertip to keyboard, and with the glam Joyce Kempis-Marot elegantly modeling the various positions, Stretch Your Life clearly explains the journey from creaky to flexible, from pain to relief , and from feeling old and beyond your years to putting a new bounce in your stride.

On sale at the Stretch Flexibility Studio, 4/F Winsome House, 73 Wyndham Street, Central, Hong Kong.