Pranayama Beyond the Fundamentals: An In-Depth Guide to Yogic Breathing with Instructional CD [Paperback]

Richard Rosen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 14, 2006

For serious students of yoga who have an established pranayama practice, this book is a follow-up to Rosen’s previous book, The Yoga of Breath. Here he picks up where he left off, offering a selection of traditional yogic techniques for those who wish to deepen their practice of pranayama and their understanding of the ancient wisdom of yoga. Rosen skillfully puts forward an array of awareness disciplines, breathing practices, mudras, and seals, interspersed with anecdotes and quotes from ancient texts.

The enclosed instructional CD by the author offers a variety of guided practices so that listeners can create their own pranayama series, with guidance from the author in the appendix.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“Richard has impressed me with his depth of knowledge in his new book. Not only are we treated to comprehensive knowledge of the tradition of pranayama but we receive minute detail of Richard’s own arduous study and exploration. I will treasure this book for years to come as a personal guide to discovering the subtleties of my breath. Thank you again, Richard.”—Rodney Yee, author of Moving Toward Balance

“Rosen provides such valuable insights into a practice so often shrouded in mystery. He brings to light the classical teachings on pranayama while offering a fresh, contemporary perspective. I recommend this to all students of yoga interested in unraveling the mystery of a pranayama practice.”—Tias Little, author of The Thread of Breath

“This is an exceptional guide into the labyrinth of inner yogas. Richard Rosen is impeccably thorough, and his presentation is accessible and often amusing. Reading this book, I felt as though I was in the presence of an ancient yogi-scholar who is masquerading as a close personal friend. I highly recommend this book.”—Sarah Powers

About the Author

Richard Rosen is a graduate of the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco and has been teaching yoga since 1987. He is a contributing editor at Yoga Journal and director of the Piedmont Yoga Studio in Oakland, California. He lives in Berkeley, California.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Shambhala (November 14, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590302982
• ISBN-13: 978-1590302989
• Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 0.7 x 9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 16 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #379,133 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The man above is an idiot, November 17, 2010

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B (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pranayama Beyond the Fundamentals: An In-Depth Guide to Yogic Breathing with Instructional CD (Paperback)

Really Rosen knows his stuff and past Iyengars Light on Pranayama, you would be hard pressed to find better in-depth texts on the subject than Rosen's two books. He makes reference to Sanskrit plenty and well, that man needs to get over HIMself.

15 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Breathing, January 24, 2008

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Jimmy "JM" (SC, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pranayama Beyond the Fundamentals: An In-Depth Guide to Yogic Breathing with Instructional CD (Paperback)

I didn't like the author's jokes and wise cracks about the original concepts / results of the breathing techniques. I didn't care for the changes to the names of the pranayama techniques - typical American attitude - our stuff is better than everybody else, so lets not learn to say and use the original names, because ours are easier and better. Just a lazy attitude.