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Yoga Gems: A Treasury of Practical and Spiritual Wisdom from Ancient and Modern Masters

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If you were looking for poses and technique of yoga, you will not find it in this book. Yoga Gems is not an instructional book on yoga. The Book defines yoga as a spiritual endeviour that should relate to all aspects of life and the human experience. The book is offers short reflexions and quotes from yoga masters that can be applicable to life in general, not just yoga practice. It makes a great read just before bedtime as each short topic leave you a sense of peace and can be pick up again anywhere, depending on how you feel.

I love this book. I have bought it as a gift for every friend I have. Often people want to know why I love Yoga so much-and I give them this book. It is the essence of yoga, far beyond the exercise so many think it is. Heart and soul, wonderful expressions of some of the most noted Yoga master.

Just reading two or three "gems" each day made a huge impact on my happiness level. This small volume packs in so much wisdom.

This is a great little book. One of our favorite yoga teachers regularly concludes her classes with a reading from it. After doing yoga you are quite ready to absorb this sort of material. An excellent resource for yoga teachers.

i saw this book at a friend's house and happened to open to a really good page. It has some really high moments in it, but there are a lot of small pithy blocks of a passage per page. I found it hard to integrate the passages into yoga classes the way I'd hoped, though I know this book is often used for reading after a class. For someone looking for a broad scope of spiritual pick me ups, this might be a good selection, but as for inspirational reading goes, I'd go with something more like The Golden Present by Satchitananda.