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Good Yoga Book?

Monday 15th February 2010 at 12:58:44 AM

nikita85
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Hi guys,

I am new to Yoga, previously i was active in fitness training but now i am looking at giving Yoga a full go. Can anyone recommend any good books for beginners to practice yoga.
 
 


 
 
 
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Monday 15th February 2010 at 9:31:18 AM

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I've read a few that I enjoyed...
Light on Yoga: the Bible of Modern Yoga (B.K.S. Iyengar)
Yoga as Medicine (Timothy McCall)
The Heart of Yoga: developing a Personal Practice (TKV Desikachar)
I think it depends on what you want to learn and what your goals are. I found Light on Yoga and The Heart of Yoga to discuss more of the spirituality and philosophy of Yoga; the Heart of Yoga also gives a little bit of personal guidance. Yoga as Medicine is just that - it gives an explanation of what yoga styles, etc, can help what symptoms/illnesses, etc. It's a little more geared to the modern world and medical needs, but I thought was very informative.
 
 
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Sunday 21st February 2010 at 4:31:51 AM

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Thank you Cleo for your information. I'm looking for a more practical guide to yoga rather than a complete science of yoga. I heard people taking about this book "Yoga book for anyone" have you heard of that book?? It has some good reviews and it looks promising. What do you think??
 
 
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Monday 1st March 2010 at 5:19:44 PM

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I can recommend a good yoga blog. I hope you find something to enjoy in reading it

www.chakrasyoga.com/journal/
 
 
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Wednesday 10th March 2010 at 7:48:46 AM

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Hey You can use this link to find an Book called "Star Age" written by Ancient Indian Yogic.

Its good it can very usefull
 
 
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Wednesday 10th March 2010 at 7:50:28 AM

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Hey You can use below link to find an Book called "Star Age" written by Ancient Indian Yogic.

http://www.liveinmatrix.com

Its good it can very usefull

 
 
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Friday 2nd April 2010 at 1:26:44 AM

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metta meditation is great technique for mind relaxation. I have also founded a website which provides great tips on metta meditation . If you want to know more on metta meditation just click on the link below.




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Friday 11th June 2010 at 2:57:30 PM

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Thanks for the recommendations, I had the same question and all your responses sound great. I will need to check them out.
 
 
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Wednesday 16th June 2010 at 11:58:49 PM

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I am new to Yoga, previously i was active in fitness training but now i am looking at giving Yoga a full go. Can anyone recommend any good books for beginners to practice yoga.


Hello Nikita,

To give Yoga a "full go" as you mention it is best to use books and other material as supplement to actual contact hours with a highly trained teacher.

If you are only interested in the postures, which is not Yoga but rather a sliver of Yoga, then you can learn some of those through books but you should be aware that postures in yoga are powerfully effective and that effect is positive when the poses are done with integrity but destructive when done without it. It is much like opening up your computer and rooting around with a screwdriver. You may fix a thing or two but it is more likely you'll short circuit something and have to have someone else put it back together.

As long as you are aware of this (as Yoga itself is an awareness practice) then you can mindfully chose which ever direction calls you. To make a mindless decision based only on conditioning would actually be the absence of Yoga.
 
 
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Saturday 26th June 2010 at 5:33:41 PM

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Namaste' (your energy and my energy as one energy) Nakita85:
I see you have fitness training in your background. I assume you are looking to broaden both your personal practice and teaching scope. I also get that you are not interested in "heavy-duty" Yoga reading. There is an issue here, and it's serious. Yoga is a psycho-spiritual art, science, and transpersonal contemplative and cultural lifestyle (if you choose to take it that far) that can be practiced and taught using many different approaches. However, with a mind, body, spirit art and science that is 6000 to 8000 years old, the multi-level complexity is so tight and interdependent that no matter your style or approach, you will require the overall background knowledge to be stored in your consciousness for the comfort and safety of yourself and your students. The first thing a Yoga teacher learns in Yoga 101 is to create a psychologically comfortable zone, and a physically safe space. Certain books should be on your reference desk at all times even if you choose not to actively study them. See this as the philosophy behind CPR. You hope you never have to use it, but if it is needed, well, that's that!
I see from quickly reading ahead that some very fine titles have been offered to you. Please keep the following on your desk just in case... - I understand that you won't want to actively read them: Anatomy of Hatha Yoga: Revised Editon by H. David Coulter - Pub. Body and Breath; YinSights by Bernie Clark - Pub. YinSights; The Yoga Bible by Christina Brown - Pub. Walking Stick Press (?); Yoga: The Path to Holistic Health by B.K.S. Iyengar - Pub. Dorling Kindersly (DK) ; the last title by Iyengar you will really dig for yourself - trust me!
Finally, Yoga is effective because it actually causes deep changes in the anatomical systems. For that very reason, Yoga can be dangerous if practiced incorrectly. I make a living by caring for patient's mini-tears, torn hamstrings, ripped rotators, wrenched spines, etc. I am proud yet humbled by being able to use Yoga as therapy to heal people who have injured themselves or been injured by Yoga. Yoga amazes me! However, I don't enjoy sharing in other's pain, and the best that I can hope for is that you never have to send anyone to me.
Om Shanthi (create peace)
Your friend,
YB
 
 
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Thursday 8th July 2010 at 1:10:59 AM

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I started yoga with Richard “Yoga - 28 day exercise plan". It's mostly hath yoga with a couple of meditation exercises on the side. It could be described as beginners-level if you have any background from another discipline, but if you are altogether new to physical "journeys" you might find it somewhat advanced. The format, as the title suggests, is an exercise plan with routines for a "life-long practice plan" at the end of the book.
 
 
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Saturday 7th August 2010 at 12:40:29 AM

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U can try yoga retreat its great & very useful for you thank you .



 
 
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Monday 27th September 2010 at 9:40:31 PM

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The 7 spiritual laws of yoga - Deepak Chopra
Really easy accessible reading.
 
 
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Wednesday 24th August 2011 at 7:40:49 AM

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Lot of Books available here about Yoga:- http://www.printsasia.com/books/Yoga
 
 
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Thursday 22nd September 2011 at 2:15:37 AM

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It all depends what you understand when you say 'yoga'.It is a spiritual journey.Physical fittness is needed,but asanas alone do not take you far.In fact most of these asanas are invented and imagined during last hunderd years or so and do not find mention in any ancient scriptures.Even bginner must strat with pranayam,not asanas.Pranayam itself is great vehicle to move you forward fast and fit.
 
 
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