Yoga: The Iyengar Way
The New Definitive Illustrated Guide
Author: Silva Mehta, Mira Mehta and Shyam Mehta
A lavishly illustrated yoga book--a step-by-step guide to the Iyengar yoga method. Certain to be adopted as the new standard work by the hundreds of thousands of Iyengar students and followers around the world.
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A lavishly illustrated yoga book--a step-by-step guide to the Iyengar yoga method. Certain to be adopted as the new standard work by the hundreds of thousands of Iyengar students and followers around the world.
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A comprehensive illustrated guide to the famed yoga method developed by B. K. S. Iyengar.
Featuring one hundred key postures with detailed step-by-step instructions and photographs—from Silva Mehta, a disciple of Iyengar and cofounder of the the Iyengar Yoga Institute in Maida Vale, London; and Mira Mehta, founder of and teacher at The Yogic Path in London, who studied with Iyengar from childhood.
About the Author
SILVA MEHTA was an important figure in the spreading of yoga throughout the world, especially the West. She was a disciple of B. K. S. Iyengar and helped found the Iyengar Yoga Institute in Maida Vale, London. She died in September 1994.
MIRA MEHTA, founder of and teacher at The Yogic Path in London, studied yoga since childhood with B. K. S. Iyengar.
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The ancient practice of Yoga has long been regarded as an effective way of relieving emotional stress, curing bodily ills, and achieving personal equilibrium. This is a comprehensive, practical, and authoritative guide to the method developed over the last fifty years by B.K.S. Iyengar, the world's foremost exponent of Yoga. Here is a course manual embodying the purity and precision that have always been the hallmark of Iyengar's work. It features over 100 key postures each accompanied by clear, step-by-step photographs and detailed instructions, and graded according to level of difficulty. It incorporates advice for beginners and the less flexible, and expands on finer details of technique for more advanced students. The book also includes sections on pranayama (breathing), meditation, and the history and philosophy of Yoga, together with progressive courses of practice and remedial programs for a range of common problems. Fully illustrated with hundreds of photographs and written and demonstrated by students who have studied with Iyengar for more than thirty years, this book is an indispensable guide for practitioners and teachers everywhere.
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