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Bringing Yoga to Life: The Everyday Practice of Enlightened Living

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Soon after practicing yoga and finding myself changing in strange and remarkable ways, I felt I needed a book that might explain the less obvious "benefits" of yoga other than physical fitness. I now read a chapter or two of this book every night and so far I have the feeling that I am conversing with a very wise, benevolent, and understanding teacher. Donna Farhi has a way of communicating exactly what I, at least, have been wondering and feeling about me, my yoga practice, and life. I will send this book to my closest friends.

I really treasure my copy of Donna Farhi's "Bringing Yoga to Life." No matter how many times I've read it, I can always pick it up and glean some new insight or perspective from any passage. Her writing reflects genuine depth, wisdom, and experience, and she has a real gift for expressing sentiments that we intuitively realize but may not yet be able express ourselves. Note that this is not your typical manual of physical postures (there are certainly plenty of those available), but a very unique work that speaks to the process of integrating one's practice into daily life (which is what yoga is really about). Highly recommended.

This book is a an absolute essential for any Yoga Practitioner. I have been practicing yoga for over 5 years and teaching for over 2 1/2 years. I keep rereading this book so I can have the knowledge and experience from this book embedded in my body and brain. I have highlighted, underlined, bookmarked many pages in this book to share with my yoga students. I could not say enough about this amazing book.

As a writer, yoga studio owner and yoga student myself I am constantly reading books of a yoga nature. "Bringing Yoga into Life" was a nice, easy read that was very easily relateable for me. I always appreciate when an author is able to give the sometimes heavy yogic philosophies a modern view.
Tracey L. Ulshafer, author "Butterfly"

This is an excellent book by Donna Farhi, she explains beautifully the spiritual dimensions of yoga.
I usually do not write reviews, cause i am lazy, but i think Donna has done a huge favor by contributing to this aspect of yoga, which is very hard to find.
Her book is similar to Eckhart tolle's "power of now" in the sense that she explains how the asanas (postures) and the breath actually connect you with that realm of silence.
Certainly well written and it brings to life the essence of yoga, which is an abiding sense of peace.

Donna Farhi truly brings "Yoga to Life" in this book, one of the mainstays of my yoga library. Very insightful, beautifully written and down-to-earth. Covers all aspects of yoga from asana to breath to meditation to philosophy.

One of my top 10 books in yoga to read and you can read it over and over again and gain something new each time!!!

Donna Farhi is one of the most knowledgeable, sincere, interesting and open minded Yoga teacher/writers that I am aware of, and she has given all of us the gift of another wonderful book.

Her deep and profound knowledge of all aspects of Yoga, both from a Physical and Spiritual perspective is always apparent in her writing and anyone can reap benefits from her books no matter what style (or styles) of yoga you embrace, as she is not bound by any one school of yoga.

In "Bringing Yoga To Life" Donna Farhi goes beyond the postures and moves deeply into the heart of yoga, the practice of yoga in one's day to day life.

Still, you can also bring your actual physical practice of Yoga "to life" by incorporating an awareness of the 8 limbs. This will help you deepen and internalize your asana practice.

This is one of many excellent books that have recently surfaced that take Yoga beyond the postures and show how it can have a profound relevance to real life, beyond the work one does on their sticky mat (or mysore rug). Among these other books I highly recommend "Yoga And The Quest For The True Self" by Stephen Cope, "Yoga and the Path Of The Urban Mystic" by Darren John Main and Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy by Michael Lee.

Namaste

Not to be too negative, but from my angle, this book contains nothing of substance. It's Farhi's journal entries for a period in her life (as far as I can tell) that add nothing of value to the discussion of or learning of yoga. Save your money.