Rod
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Mar 13, 2004, 12:03 PM
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Re: [Bonnie] Starting a yoga Book collection
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I know that this question has been foating around I herd alot of people ask it last week and its a question I wouldn't mind hearing some different peoples answers too.....
If I am buying some books to start of my yoga book collection and to help with reading material for the corse which ones would people recomend getting first??
At this point this is preferred list of books in priority order: - Stretch your mind & body, amoona metcalfe - Good all round book - Because writing style, wide range of asanas - good summary of history, yogic physiology, and guide to preparing a class. Has a great section on giving examples of the gunas. The disadvantage of the book is that is does not include photos, just drawings (still okay nevertheless) and is more expensive than most books.
- The Deeper Dimensions of Yoga, Georg Feuerstein - It's deep -Title obvious - history/philosophy however what I have discovered is that most the stories are on his website at www.yrec.org
- Anatomy of Hatha Yoga, David Coulter - Relationship of anatomy with Yoga - Puts yogic perspective coupled with workings of Anatomy help understanding how the body works. Also expensive however.
- Beyond Power Yoga, Beryl Birch - Example of personal application of the 8 limbs. I find this book very easy to read - its cheap approx $15 - but what I like is that her writing personalises the application 8 levels of practice into her life. It helps put a number of the levels in a practical perspective that helps me understand them better. I find some of the other books, while also good, are a little more abstract about explaining the 8 limbs.
- Yoga, The spirit and Practice of Moving into Stillness, Erich Schiffman, Good also on asanas and explaining the concept of stillness. If only purchasing one asana book however, I would keep with Stretch your mind & body. approx $22
- Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandra, Swami Satyananda Saraswati, Another good book on asanas as well as pranayama. approx $30
I also use a John Scott DVD http://www.johnscottashtanga.co.uk/ashtangayoga.cfm that is excellent. With the DVD you can change camera angle whilst you watch the practice. During most sections of this DVD-video, you are able to switch to an alternative camera angle giving you the opportunity to view the asanas and the transitions linking them from front, side and side view points. This perspective of demonstration and explanation is obviously not available in a book.
Namaste,
Rod
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