Contact: The Yoga of Relationship [Paperback]

Tara Lynda Guber (Author), Anodea Judith (Author), Anthony Robbins (Preface), Deepak Chopra (Introduction)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 14, 2006

Contact: The Yoga of Relationships presents an inspiring new vision of yoga created to deepen your relationships with lovers, friends, family and other intimates in your life. Contact explores that mysterious and dynamic edge where two people connect: physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Tara Lynda Guber and Anodea Judith offer valuable insight into the dynamics of all loving relationships, using poses designed for two participants that bridge the “Seven Points of Contact.”
Contact brings these seven points (trust, passion, commitment, love, communication, vision, and union) into focus as points on the body, allowing patterns of connecting and distancing, loving and protecting, giving and receiving to be revealed at their deepest levels. Contact will appeal to all who seek depth and fulfillment in their relationships.
Contact also features over one hundred striking tri-tone photographs by award-winning photographer, filmmaker and director Norman Seeff. His vivid images capture candid portraits of renowned yoga teachers such as Patricia Walden, Anna Forest and Shiva Rae as well as celebrities in dynamic yoga poses including Cheryl Tiegs, Carrie Otis, Daphne Zuniga, Catherine Oxenberg, Linda Grey, Elizabeth Berkley, Harry Hamlin, and Lisa Rinna.
“ [Contact] inspires us to take on yoga as others take on mountain climbing: as a training for the warrior of the spirit who needs courage every moment. This book will inspire you to see the world though the eyes of truth, integrity and passion. And you will discover an original aspect of Yoga where relating becomes easy yet sublime all at once.” — Margot Anand, author of The Art of Sexual Ecstasy

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About the Author

For eight years, Tara Guber served as president of Education First!, a non-profit organization that addresses the crisis in American education through fundraising and advocacy. A twenty-eight-year practitioner of yoga, a teacher, producer and philanthropist, Guber is the founder of Yoga Ed., a nationally recognized yoga program for schools. Tara Guber resides in Los Angeles with her husband Peter, the CEO of Mandalay Entertainment, and her children.
Anodea Judith is one of the world’s foremost authorities on the integration of Eastern teachings and Western psychology. Author of numerous works, including the best-selling Wheels of Life and Eastern Body, Western Mind, she lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Deepak Chopra is the best-selling author of The Book of Secrets, Perfect Weight and The Chopra Center Herbal Handbook as well as numerous other works.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Insight Editions (November 14, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1933784024
• ISBN-13: 978-1933784021
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 10.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #948,769 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A Beautiful Disappointment, February 16, 2007

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Futurosity (Petaluma, CA) - See all my reviews

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I really wanted to love this book. It's beautifully designed with gorgeous photographs, inspiring poses, and lofty prose. My wife and I pored over it's pages with anticipation, but when we attempted the positions, we were frustrated by scanty instructions, repetition, and fluff. Both of us are experienced in yoga, though not advanced, and most of the poses were either too tame or too difficult.

The book looks nice on the coffee table, but we're still looking for a good book on partner yoga.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars All about the photos and people in it, August 18, 2010

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This book has very little information about poses to do partnered. Most of them are not for beginners since they are about basing and flying as in AcroYoga, and still if you are familiar with AcroYoga and the attention on alignment they have, the detailed cues on getting into and out of the poses, you will find that this book is kind of sloppy with this too. Partnered poses to do on the floor, with both yogis standing or seated, are not covered at all. There are many interesting people posing for the photos in the book, and they are good photos, like Ana Forrest with Jonathan Bowra, Seane Corn, Shiva Rea, actors, etc. But the info in the book is not that useful, it is very general. If you are looking for a book to learn how to share your practice through partnered yoga or to gather info about teaching partner yoga, then this is NOT the book to buy. As soon as I opened the box and saw it I considered it a coffee table kind of book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Partner Yoga Book!, February 11, 2008

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Amazing book! Not only is it artistically beautiful, the poses are fun and challenging. If you're already a yoga buff and are looking to find a book with good partner poses, then this is a great buy.