Yoga Mala
The Seminal Treatise and Guide from the Living Master of Ashtanga Yoga
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
The seminal treatise and guide to Ashtanga yoga by the master of this increasingly popular discipline
There is a yoga boom in America, and Sri K. Pattabhi Jois is at the heart of it. One of the great yoga figures of our time, Jois brought Ashtanga yoga to the West a quarter of a century ago and has been the driving force behind its worldwide dissemination. Based on flowing, energetic movement, Ashtanga and the many forms of vinyasa yoga that grow directly out of it--have become the most widespread and influential styles of practice in the United States today.
Mala means "garland" in Sanskrit, and Yoga Mala--a "garland of yoga practice"--is Jois's distillation of Ashtanga. He first outlines the ethical principles and philosophy underlying the discipline and explains its important terms and concepts. Next he guides the reader through Ashtanga's versions of the Sun Salutation and its subsequent sequence of forty-two asanas, or poses, precisely describing how to execute each position and what benefits each provides.
Brought into English by Eddie Stern, a student of Jois's for twelve years and director of the Patanjali Yoga Shala in New York City, Yoga Mala will be an indispensable handbook for students and teachers of yoga for years to come.
Customer Reviews
PLEASE fix the pictures
This is a wonderful book, but all of the pictures are in the wrong place. The picture for pose number one is under the description for pose number two, the picture for pose number two is under the description for pose number three and so on. It's inconvenient when you're trying to read the description and look at the pictures. Thank you!
pictures are all in wrong sequence
pictures are all in wrong sequence
Disappointed reader
The pictures are not correctly sequenced with the asana. Poorly organized book that will confuse beginner yoga students. Also, the pictures appear as negatives.