Smart Guide to Yoga

# Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (August 5, 1999)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0471356484
# ISBN-13: 978-0471356486

This is a simple, crisp introduction to yoga. First you get a brief history of yoga and descriptions of several different practices. Then the book focuses on pranayama, the science of breathing, with instructions for correct breathing and illustrations of several breathing exercises. Next you learn 35 hatha yoga asanas (poses) and the Sun Salutation sequence, all well explained and illustrated with photographs. A helpful chapter is "Finding a Class and Developing Your Yoga Practice," with checklists for finding the right class and the right teacher, and tips for practicing at home. Other chapters explain the seven chakras (energy centers), meditation, yoga for women, yoga for men, and how yoga affects particular health problems.

The clean layout makes for easy reading or skimming, with larger print than most books, and boxed tips. A nice feature is the "Smart Source" boxes of additional resources. Smart Guide to Yoga is not packed with a lot of information per page, but it's an easy way to jump into this subject and learn the basics without getting immersed in more information than you want. --Joan Price

Review
Erica Jorgensen put SMART GUIDE TO YOGA as #15 on her list of the 20 best books on yoga -- she calls it a "simple, crisp introduction to yoga."

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