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Yoga For Men Workout For Body Mind Spirit

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I bought this book hoping that I could get started with yoga on my own. As a beginner's introduction to yoga, it is rather unsuccessful in that it uses terminology without defining it first and has photographic illustrations that do not show the key points of the yoga positions as clearly as the drawings in "Yoga for Dummies."

The author clearly is knowledgeable and passionate about his subject, but I don't think that these attributes serve him particularly well in an introductory text of this type.

I think the book, Yoga for Men, is a great value in terms of content, modest cost, and considering it also includes an audio CD. Not bad!!! The focus is on men, but many of the concepts are applicable to women as well. This book is not only beneficial to men but to all the women who love them. Recommended as gifts from women who have husbands, partners, fathers, brothers, sons and male friends.

I was never a yoga kind of guy, but after reading this book I actually had the courage to go to a class. I'm still going and loving it. Yoga For Men does a great job of making yoga seem less of scary 60's hippie thing and more just a great way to stay in shape, mentally as well as physically. I know many people have hang ups about yoga, especially men, so this book was sorely needed. It's a great value too, fully illustrated and with a companion CD included.

I think this author had good intentions--trying to title yoga postures with names that suggest the business world, and I guess in his opinion, that's where the men are who need to learn basic yoga. But, there are SO many tons of other books out there that do such a better job of introducing yoga to newbies. Maybe the problem seems to be that men are shy of yoga so they need an apparently macho introduction, but guys, go with the tried and true titles out there, or DVDs from Rodney Yee, Rod Striker, etc. The photos are poor, the model (who may be the author) is NOT a good example (OMG his handstand is completely weird) there are misspellings and misinformation. Don't worry about whether you're doing macho yoga--any old yoga is great, whether the teacher is female or male--just do some research and spend your money on a really good title--even Light on Yoga by Iyengar.

I bought this book thinking that it would give me more yoga poses to work on. I have to say that the poses in the book are basic at most and that I learned more yoga in high school then in this book. I like yoga because it makes me more relaxed. I was hoping the book would help with more issues that men have with yoga like flexibility and relaxation in the upper shoulders, back, and the groin area. These areas are typical for men to carry a lot of tension and stress. I did give it a three star because of the meditation sections. But this book didn't differ from a regular yoga book so I was disappointed.

I am always looking to do something different but this is not for me. I give this a 4 star becuase there is good stuff here. I don't have the patience for all this when I want to lean up a little. The everyday guy who does not know about fitness will get alot out of this if you take the time. It amuses me how people will spend money on sports stuff and never use it. If you buy this book even if you are 400lbs and apply it. It will work but you can't eat McDonalds everyday at lunch anymore. Fitness is a way of life and Yoga can help, it is just not for me.

Its always so difficult finding gifts for hubby! This is a great present for him this past Christmas! Thanks so much for having this! Hope you have some more great items this holiday season!

Sandy

This book is a great guide to yoga! I particularly like the way it spells out all of the benefits of yoga in a user-friendly format. I also liked the comparison of yoga to business. Finally, a yoga book I can relate to! I would recommend this to any guy looking to get healthy.

This book is a joke. The examples he gives are all related to business. The book is very basic. Buy another book.

This book is a waste of time for anyone wanting to learn yoga. The poses are held for too long for beginners which makes them very difficult. The audio CD is very hard to follow and there is too much mystical yoga horse manure in the book. Try Yoga for Dummies or Yoga for Health by Richard Hittleman instead.