Light on Yoga: The Bible of Modern Yoga...
by B. K. S. Iyengar
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Manufacturer: Schocken
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.7046
EAN: 9780805210316
ISBN: 0805210318
Label: Schocken
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 544
Publication Date: 1995-01-03
Publisher: Schocken
Release Date: 1995-01-03
Studio: Schocken
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Summary: Iyengar Yoga
Comment: Difinitive guide by Iyengar. Great for any level. Answers all questions on correct form and alignment. It's the "bible" of yoga.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Choice
Comment: This is a great book. I especially love the yoga plans given in the end and prescriptions. Great buy. If you truly want to link in to hatha yoga. Get this.
Customer Rating:
Summary: If you have one comprehensive book on yoga this should be it.
Comment: This book generally shows the progression of the poses from beginner to advanced. You will not be talked down to in this book. I like having more information then I need so that I can reference back and progress when I'm ready.
Customer Rating:
Summary: It's what Robert's Rules of Order is to parliamentary bodies
Comment: Iyengar himself has disavowed this book long ago...even so, it's the single greatest reference book out there.
The first thing that will blow you away is the treatise on hatha yoga. The ease with which he describes the philosophy of yoga foreshadows his complete book on the subject. It's quite a foreshadowing!
The bulk of the book is an exhaustive detailed pictorial and written description of most practical poses (and several impractical ones).
However, I fell in love with his close to 300-week practice schedule in the back of the book. I must say that it's implausible that someone can follow it exactly and include all the poses all the time (even he says to skip the ones you can't master), it's a very keen insight into what HIS practice might have been like back when this book was published, before he started a huge yoga school.
Now he has curriculum that changes every year (to keep teacher coming back to $$$chool - smart man!). The current Iyengar school details exact angles in which to keep your body in specific poses. I love 'Light on Yoga' because it lacks that exactness, and allows you to feel the energy of poses, rather than getting stuck in anatomy of the poses.
A must read, and must re-read, and a must re-re-re-re-re-.........
Customer Rating:
Summary: If you are interested in yoga this is a must
Comment: Great book for anybody, but especially needed for beginers. For every asana there is at least one picture to illustrate the proper technique. Helps with breathing and flow, describing how your muscles are working and proper focus.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Iyengar Yoga
Comment: Difinitive guide by Iyengar. Great for any level. Answers all questions on correct form and alignment. It's the "bible" of yoga.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Choice
Comment: This is a great book. I especially love the yoga plans given in the end and prescriptions. Great buy. If you truly want to link in to hatha yoga. Get this.
Customer Rating:
Summary: If you have one comprehensive book on yoga this should be it.
Comment: This book generally shows the progression of the poses from beginner to advanced. You will not be talked down to in this book. I like having more information then I need so that I can reference back and progress when I'm ready.
Customer Rating:
Summary: It's what Robert's Rules of Order is to parliamentary bodies
Comment: Iyengar himself has disavowed this book long ago...even so, it's the single greatest reference book out there.
The first thing that will blow you away is the treatise on hatha yoga. The ease with which he describes the philosophy of yoga foreshadows his complete book on the subject. It's quite a foreshadowing!
The bulk of the book is an exhaustive detailed pictorial and written description of most practical poses (and several impractical ones).
However, I fell in love with his close to 300-week practice schedule in the back of the book. I must say that it's implausible that someone can follow it exactly and include all the poses all the time (even he says to skip the ones you can't master), it's a very keen insight into what HIS practice might have been like back when this book was published, before he started a huge yoga school.
Now he has curriculum that changes every year (to keep teacher coming back to $$$chool - smart man!). The current Iyengar school details exact angles in which to keep your body in specific poses. I love 'Light on Yoga' because it lacks that exactness, and allows you to feel the energy of poses, rather than getting stuck in anatomy of the poses.
A must read, and must re-read, and a must re-re-re-re-re-.........
Customer Rating:
Summary: If you are interested in yoga this is a must
Comment: Great book for anybody, but especially needed for beginers. For every asana there is at least one picture to illustrate the proper technique. Helps with breathing and flow, describing how your muscles are working and proper focus.
The definitive guide to the philosophy and practice of Yoga--the ancient healing discipline for body and mind--by its greatest living teacher. Light on Yoga provides complete descriptions and illustrations of all the positions and breathing exercises. Features a foreword by Yehudi Menuhin. Illustrations throughout.
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