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This is a simple, crisp introduction to yoga. First you get a brief history of yoga and descriptions of several different practices. Then the book focuses on pranayama, the science of breathing, with instructions for correct breathing and illustrations of several breathing exercises. Next you learn 35 hatha yoga asanas (poses) and the Sun Salutation sequence, all well explained and illustrated with photographs. A helpful chapter is "Finding a Class and Developing Your Yoga Practice," with checklists for finding the right class and the right teacher, and tips for practicing at home. Other chapters explain the seven chakras (energy centers), meditation, yoga for women, yoga for men, and how yoga affects particular health problems.
This is a simple, crisp introduction to yoga. First you get a brief history of yoga and descriptions of several different practices. Then the book focuses on pranayama, the science of breathing, with instructions for correct breathing and illustrations of several breathing exercises. Next you learn 35 hatha yoga asanas (poses) and the Sun Salutation sequence, all well explained and illustrated with photographs. A helpful chapter is "Finding a Class and Developing Your Yoga Practice," with checklists for finding the right class and the right teacher, and tips for practicing at home. Other chapters explain the seven chakras (energy centers), meditation, yoga for women, yoga for men, and how yoga affects particular health problems.
The clean layout makes for easy reading or skimming, with larger print than most books, and boxed tips. A nice feature is the "Smart Source" boxes of additional resources. Smart Guide to Yoga is not packed with a lot of information per page, but it's an easy way to jump into this subject and learn the basics without getting immersed in more information than you want. --Joan Price
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Erica Jorgensen put SMART GUIDE TO YOGA as #15 on her list of the 20 best books on yoga -- she calls it a "simple, crisp introduction to yoga."
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Yoga, the once serendipitous fad of the 1960s, is at the turn of the century the most widely practiced exercise system in the world. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
breathe into the pose, ananda yoga, prenatal yoga, restorative yoga, practicing asana, first yoga class, inverted poses, yoga practice, repeat for the opposite side, tantra yoga, hatha yoga, practicing yoga, breathing practices Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Francisco, Sun Salutation, Easy Pose, Dean Ornish, Surya Namaskara, Transcendental Meditation, Phoenix Rising, Swami Satchidananda, Corpse Pose, Los Angeles, Santa Cruz, Sri Krishnamacharya, Beverly Hills, Herbert Benson, United States, Jon Kabat-Zinn, New Age New!
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Yoga, the once serendipitous fad of the 1960s, is at the turn of the century the most widely practiced exercise system in the world. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
breathe into the pose, ananda yoga, prenatal yoga, restorative yoga, practicing asana, first yoga class, inverted poses, yoga practice, repeat for the opposite side, tantra yoga, hatha yoga, practicing yoga, breathing practices Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Francisco, Sun Salutation, Easy Pose, Dean Ornish, Surya Namaskara, Transcendental Meditation, Phoenix Rising, Swami Satchidananda, Corpse Pose, Los Angeles, Santa Cruz, Sri Krishnamacharya, Beverly Hills, Herbert Benson, United States, Jon Kabat-Zinn, New Age New!
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- Yoga for Health by Richard Hittleman on page 7
- Transcendental Meditation by Mahesh Yogi on page 145
- The Bottom Line: New Prospects for Teaching and Learning the Double Bass by Rodney Slatford on page 170
- The Holistic health handbook: A tool for attaining wholeness of body, mind, and spirit by Berkeley Holistic Health Center on page 136
- Light on Pranayama: The Yogic Art of Breathing by B. K. S. Iyengar on page 38
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