An encyclopedia of yoga practices, practical yoga, and the philosophy and background of yoga. Included are three thorough sections on health and energy levels, postures, and a survey of yoga's history.
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An encyclopedia of yoga practices, practical yoga, and the philosophy and background of yoga. Included are three thorough sections on health and energy levels, postures, and a survey of yoga's history.
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A Must Read For All Yoga Beginner's,
By walrusd78@earthlink.net (California, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Complete Yoga Book (Paperback)
This book has helped me begin a lifetime of Yoga practice. Not to follow the trend (if there is one) but for my health, for I suffer from migraines caused by stress and anxiety. And to think I am only 20 years old, and feel like I am 40. So far my health has changed for the better. I didn't have a clue about Yoga until I read the book, and now I feel like a smarty-pants. Only one complaint about this book...not enough pictures.
17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
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very complete,
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This review is from: Complete Yoga Book (Paperback)
This book contains just about everything you'll ever need to know. the author has done exhaustive research, and it pays off. the descriptions are very clear for the most part, although the illustrations could stand some reworking. a really excellent book for beginners, but with lots of new information for the more advanced, too. a really highly recommended manual!
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The book is very comprehensive introduction to Yoga,
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This review is from: Complete Yoga Book (Paperback)
and was used as part of the required reading and foundation of a yoga fitness instructor certification that I took. As a group fitness instructor and instructor trainer, I found the information provided by James Hewitt to be a comprehensive background into the three focus areas of yoga and the information provided was very helpful during class with my students. There were only two drawbacks to this introductory book in my point of view. One was the quality of the illustrations which reminded me of something that had been photocopied and the second was that while interesting, I will say most of the Yoga of Meditation section's information was very foreign in concept to grasp.Perhaps it designed that way on purpose to provide a spark of interest in the reader to pursue further indepth study. Overall, an excellent primer into Yoga theory and practice.
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Confusion will be avoided if we at once point out that there is Yoga as an end-goal and Yoga as a system of techniques and disciplines to reach the end-goal. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
hold the pose for ten, posture limbers, preceding posture, sole upturned, limbers the hips, muscular locks, tones the nervous system, samprajnata samadhi, breath suspension, intuitive enlightenment, concentrative meditation, sexual fitness, hearing with the ear, actionless action, corrects constipation, limbers the legs, sex fitness, least twenty seconds, tones the abdomen, relaxation posture, mula bandha, least fifteen seconds, tones the legs, empty pause, yogic breathing Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hatha Yoga, Headstand Posture, Gheranda Samhita, Raja Yoga, Thunderbolt Posture, Shoulderstand Posture, Cobra Posture, Corpse Posture, Karma Yoga, Bow Posture, Chin Lock, Sun Salutations, Easy Posture, Yoga of Breathing, Back-stretching Posture, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Mantra Yoga, Spinal Twist, Plough Posture, Jnana Yoga, Theos Bernard, Transcendental Meditation, Uddiyana Bandha, Yoga of Posture, Yoga Sutras New!
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Confusion will be avoided if we at once point out that there is Yoga as an end-goal and Yoga as a system of techniques and disciplines to reach the end-goal. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
hold the pose for ten, posture limbers, preceding posture, sole upturned, limbers the hips, muscular locks, tones the nervous system, samprajnata samadhi, breath suspension, intuitive enlightenment, concentrative meditation, sexual fitness, hearing with the ear, actionless action, corrects constipation, limbers the legs, sex fitness, least twenty seconds, tones the abdomen, relaxation posture, mula bandha, least fifteen seconds, tones the legs, empty pause, yogic breathing Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hatha Yoga, Headstand Posture, Gheranda Samhita, Raja Yoga, Thunderbolt Posture, Shoulderstand Posture, Cobra Posture, Corpse Posture, Karma Yoga, Bow Posture, Chin Lock, Sun Salutations, Easy Posture, Yoga of Breathing, Back-stretching Posture, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Mantra Yoga, Spinal Twist, Plough Posture, Jnana Yoga, Theos Bernard, Transcendental Meditation, Uddiyana Bandha, Yoga of Posture, Yoga Sutras New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Nature of Human Consciousness (A Book of Readings) by Robert E. Ornstein in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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