Margaret & Martin Pierce
A practical guide, beautifully illustrated with over 400 full-colour photographs, this is the first book that captures the spirit of yoga for the western lifestyle. With its emphasis on the individual's needs, this exquisite book surpasses other guides by showing pose adaptations for different body types. In addition to 8 progressive, easy-to-follow lessons, the book includes 8 special programs that offer innovative useful ways to bring yoga into your life.
160pp, 11x8½, illus. ... Paperback
Published price £14.99 -- You save £3.30 ... 22%
David Frawley & Sandra Summerfield-Kozak
This is the first book to detail how to choose the yoga asanas most appropriate to your body type This is done according to the 5,000 year old system of Ayurvedic medicine. These two systems of healing and energy management combine for the most effective method of relieving stress, creating balance, restoring and maintaining health, and relieving chronic pain.
380pp, 11x8½, illus. ... Paperback
Published price £25.00 -- You save £3.75 ...15%
Rachel Schaeffer
Learning yoga can help you balance work, play and even balance your chequebook! This unique programme of postures, meditations and stories teaches step-by-step how to tone twelve "spiritual muscles" for a better life - ranging from balance to flexibility, focus to playfulness, energy to confidence. Special sections on yoga for couples, pregnancy, children, the elderly and for meeting goals and having more fun when at work.
208pp, 11x8½, illus. ... Paperback
Published price £21.99 -- You save £4.00 ... 18%
Mara Carrico & the editors of Yoga Journal
Offers one of the best and most comprehensive introductions to the practice of yoga. It offers all the inspiration and instruction needed to develop the regular practice of yoga. Beginning with an exploration of the roots of yoga, the book goes on to describe a variety of hatha yoga styles - Iyengar, Ashtanga, Kundalini, and others - so you can choose the method that's appropriate for you. Yoga Basics gives tips on the use of the breath in yoga practice, guidelines for health and safety, dozens of illustrated postures with their benefits described, sample yoga routines that can be done in as little as 15 minutes a day, and instruction in meditation.
206pp, 9¼x7½, illus. ... Paperback
Published price £14.00 -- You save £3.01 ... 22%
Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre
Once again the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre have produced a superlative yoga book. In it you will learn to practise the 12 basic Yogic postures along with variations and advanced asanas, which are illustrated in easy-to-follow photographic sequences. You will learn how to perform them properly, and how to increase your personal level of skill gradually in the time that you have available. You'll discover the benefits of proper breathing through simple step-by-step exercises, and feel how this infuses you with renewed energy. Also included are sections on learning to relax physically and mentally, and to purify and strengthen your body and mind with nutritionally balanced meals.
168pp, 11½x9, illus. ... Paperback
Published price £9.99 -- You save £2.00 ... 20%
Roxanne Kamayani Gupta, Ph.D.
This beautifully illustrated book is the first to combine the purity of outer form that is Indian Classical Dance with the inner development derived from the practice of yoga. Developed over twenty-five years of study, Roxanne Kamayani Gupta's creative interpretation illuminates the metaphysical significance of both dance and yoga within the Hindu tradition. A Yoga of Indian Classical Dance provides photographs of sixty-four yoga routines that the aspiring yogini can use in developing a practice intent on achieving a new union of body and spirit.
216pp, 10x8, illus. ... Paperback
Mary Stewart
As our bodies begin to show the signs of daily wear and tear, and workout programmes which once seemed effective no longer meet our changing needs, yoga can be the ideal exercise. With an emphasis on keeping the body supple and the mind relaxed and focused, yoga can be practised at any time of life. Included here are step-by-step descriptions of yoga positions for active and resting poses; programmes suited to varying degrees of fitness, experience and flexibility; and exercises to relieve dpecific problems, including headaches, stiffness and insomnia.
128pp, 11x8½, illus. ... Paperback
Published price £12.99 -- You save £3.00 ... 23%
Chloe Fremantle
Kisen
Kisen is the star name in yoga instruction - with a client list ranging from Jerry Hall and Madonna to Geri Halliwell. Yoga Pure and Simple presents Kisen's immensely successful program, which combines various schools of yoga to provide the most effective and streamlined way of learning and practicing. The book features numerous photographs that provide a clear and practical guide to all the sequences, as well as inspiration that will surely inspire even the most reluctant practitioner. The beautifully honed bodies of Kisen's clients are a testament to the amazing results that stem from his teaching. This book shares all of Kisen's yoga secrets!
160pp, illus. ... Paperback
Published price £14.99 -- You save £3.00 ... 20%
Andre van Lysebeth
If you cannot attend yoga classes, want to supplement what you learn in classes, or simply prefer to teach yourself at home, then this is the book for you! The essence of yoga is in the details, and this book covers them all-not just each of the postures, but their variants, their duration, and the correct method of breathing as well. Van Lysebeth, with over 50 years experience as a yoga instructor, describes more than 200 exercises and postures, using over 100 photographs and numerous illustrations that show both the right way and the wrong way to perform them. Unlike other yoga books which show only completed postures, these illustrations show the intermediate steps for attaining the final postures. Van Lysebeth describes yoga breathing in detail, and explains the benefits and effects of each exercise. As a complete instruction in the practice of yoga, he also covers the mental and spiritual aspects, and discusses the basic principles of a healthy diet. For beginning students, this classic book is a perfect introduction to yoga; for more advanced students, it will prove a valuable resource.
272pp, 8½x5½, illus. Paperback
Published price £15.99 -- You save £3.60 ... 23%
Shiva Rea
What Is Yoga Trance Dance? Yoga and dance are two great rivers that lead us back into our bodies and rejuvenate us with prana - the vital energy of life. Yoga awakens the breath, fluidity of the spine, and inner power. Free-form trance dance cultivates natural movement, intuition, and creativity. Now, with Yoga Trance Dance you can experience the benefits of both these traditions - in one energized workout. On disc one, Shiva Rea guides you through the same innovative methods that she offers at her acclaimed yoga retreats and workshops worldwide. You begin with creative flow yoga ... move into the depths of ecstatic dance ... and complete your session with moving meditation and chant. Disc two contains just the music - a phenomenal full-length world trance dance album ideal for self-guided sessions, traditional yoga, or just great listening. If you've been looking for a dynamic new way to enhance your range of motion, break through physical and energetic blockages, boost cardiovascular strength, and create a more positive relationship with your body, here's the perfect program.
2.25 hours ... 2 CDs
List price £22.99 -- You save £4.00 ... 17%
Jess Stearn
This 2 million copy bestselling metaphysical classic on how to reverse aging, increase energy, resolve back problems and develop inner awareness and peace of mind is finally back in print. Jess' amazing experiences with yoga and reincarnation are told with the excitement of a fast-paced novel. In wonderfully conversational style, he relates the story of his own transformation through yoga and follows this with an appendix containing 24 warm-ups and 35 actual postures, with a variety of recommended training schedules depending on the skill of the student.
336pp, 8½x5½ ... Paperback
Published price £10.99 -- You save £2.40 ... 22%
