Customer Reviews

Contact: The Yoga of Relationship

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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.

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.

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.

This book has beautiful pictures. The text is interesting but scanty. I would have liked more detail on the principles of the poses and how to actually do them. Many of the poses shown are beyond what the average practitioner can do.

I loved how Tara Guber wove the understanding of deep relationship wisdom into the understanding of this powerful partner yoga. It gave me an insight into the postures and as I practiced them with my husband, I also thought about the wisdom and anchored that in my heart and body. The result is more joy, connection and play with my husband. I recommend this to anyone who wants more intimacy and juciness in their life.
Joan Heartfield, Ph.D.

"Oh, my gosh, this is a gorgeous book! It's Contact: The Yoga of Relationship by Tara Lynda Guber with Anodea Judith, photography by Norman Seeff, foreword by Deepak Chopra, preface by Anthony Robbins. Author Tara Guber and her family are among the limber and, if I do say so, "lit from within" subjects of the absolutely amazing photographs of Contact Yoga - Guber was a founder of this yoga-for-two technique - that comprise the stunning visuals in the book. She writes, '...the objective in Contact Yoga is not to mirror the perfect form of an ancient discipline...In fact, it's quite the opposite. It's about crossing barriers and boundaries, bold exploration, trial and error, exciting creativity, spontaneity, and invention. But more than anything else, Contact Yoga is about fun.'

The book is a great, glorious, coffee table tome that is a joy to savor for yogis and non-yogis alike. The photos capture pure joy, the quotations jump out and make me want to say 'Yes!,' and the message offers a roadmap for relationship, to 'deepen your bond with family, friends, and lovers.'" (book review by Victoria Moran, author of Creating a Charmed Life)

This is the best partner yoga book that I have found. I have taught yoga for many years including "date night" yoga so I'm frequently looking for new books to get fresh ideas for class. CONTACT is beautifully photographed and written for the yoga mat or the coffee table.

YogiJamie