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B.K.S. Iyengar Yoga: The Path to Holistic Health by [B.K.S. Iyengar]

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Updated to celebrate the Yogi's 90th birthday, this perennial bestseller is the only illustrated practical Iyengar yoga guide written by the master himself.

B.K.S. Iyengar Yoga: The Path to Holistic Health is the complete, authoritative teachings of B.K.S. Iyengar for mind, body, and health, and is suitable for every level of ability, age, and physical conditions. The book includes all the classic asanas, which are illustrated with 360¼ views of step-by-step sequences. There are also yoga sequences devoted to help ease the symptoms of more than 80 ailments, from asthma and arthritis to IBS and varicose veins. This edition's new material includes a chapter of reportage-style photography focusing on the life and works of B.K.S Iyengar, chronicling his path from a sickly childhood to a worldwide yoga authority.

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Yoga is now as mainstream as Madonna, as indispensable to fitness culture as the StairMaster. In Yoga: The Path to Holistic Health, 82-year-old Yogacharya B.K.S. Iyengar (Light on Yoga; The Tree of Yoga), one of the world's leading yoga teachers, makes it even more accessible, offering detailed instructions for postures of all levels of difficulty, illustrated by color photos and accompanied by helpful explanations of their health benefits. The basic Adhomukha Svanasana (Sanskrit for "downward-facing dog posture") stimulates the nervous system, while the more daunting Salamba Sirsasana (headstand) promotes clarity of thought and improves your memory. Other postures, according to Iyengar, boost the respiratory and immune systems, tone muscles and, most important, relieve stress. Not only a how-to, Iyengar's book also includes a concise explanation of yoga's spiritual dimension. (Mar.)
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Serious yoga practitioners consider B. K. S. Iyengar to be the master of hatha yoga. Born in India in 1918, he has been teaching for more than six decades, and Iyengar yoga centers have been established all over the world. Iyengar's tried-and-true technique emphasizes breath awareness, alignment, balance, suppleness, and strength to achieve the yogic union of mind and body, a sure path to holistic health. A pioneer in the use of sequenced asanas, or poses, to develop flexibility and endurance, Iyengar has also created an innovative approach to using props-- blankets, blocks, chairs, and belts--to help students overcome stiffness and other limitations and practice restorative variations of demanding poses. This beautifully produced volume is the most useful Iyengar text to date with its sharply detailed, step-by-step color photographs; generous page layouts; clear explanations of how to do the various poses and the benefits of each; and in-depth section on yoga therapy for specific ailments, an Iyengar specialty. There is nothing trendy here: Iyengar is yoga. Donna Seaman
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One of Iyengar's (The Illustrated Light on Yoga) goals is to connect the practice of yoga's asanas ("postures") with its spiritual side. The opening section of the book deals with the spiritual side of yoga and its importance in bringing the body into balance with itself and the environment. However, the simplistic discussion lacks the depth of Donna Farhi's Yoga Mind, Body & Spirit (LJ 4/15/00). The strength of Iyengar's book is its photographs and texts, which illustrate and explain how to perform yoga postures correctly and safely. The author shows the postures being performed with props that help beginners slowly develop the necessary flexibility and strength. The book also contains a section on yoga therapy, illustrating different series of postures aimed at alleviating and preventing certain physical ailments and stress. The last section is a 20-week course that slowly fosters and develops muscle tone, flexibility, and inner peace. Since the postures are listed using transliterations of their Hindi names, the most difficult aspect of this course is stopping to look up each posture. This text, which is aimed mainly at beginners, can be adapted to fit the needs of most intermediate and advanced yoga practitioners. Recommended for public libraries and health sciences libraries that support alternative medicine courses. Debra Mitts Smith, Jamaica Plain, MA
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Recommended for public libraries and health sciences libraries that support alternative medicine courses. (Library Journal) One volume covers yoga for everybody. (New Orleans Times-Picayune) ...a beautiful addition to the yoga literature of the twenty-first century. An important addition to the literature of asana. (Yoga Journal) --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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Recognized as one of the world's leading authorities on hatha yoga, and highly respected for his holistic approach and insistence on technical accuracy, B.K.S. Iyengar has been teaching yoga for more than 70 years. He has written many books on yoga practice and philosophy including Light on Yoga, Light on Pranayama, and Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.

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Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar (14 December 1918 - 20 August 2014), better known as B.K.S. Iyengar, was the founder of the style of yoga known as "Iyengar Yoga" and was considered one of the foremost yoga teachers in the world. He was the author of many books on yoga practice and philosophy including Light on Yoga, Light on Pranayama, Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, and Light on Life. Iyengar was one of the earliest students of Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, who is often referred to as "the father of modern yoga". He has been credited with popularizing yoga, first in India and then around the world.

The Indian government awarded Iyengar the Padma Shri in 1991, the Padma Bhushan in 2002 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2014. In 2004, Iyengar was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine.

Bio from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Photo by Mutt Lunker (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)], via Wikimedia Commons.

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Rennie B. Rankin

Comprehensive resource!

Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2020

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This is a beautiful book. I am a 300 hour certified yoga instructor, and I am currently working on a 100 hour certification for chair yoga. This was a suggested text and I purchased it because I am trying to grow my yoga library anyway. This book is beautiful with pictures, instructions, what each pose does, and when to avoid each pose. It’s very comprehensive and I’m so glad I decided to add it to my collection.

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13 people found this helpful

A wealth of wisdom from a guru

Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2020

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Excellent book. The content of the book is invaluable. The quality of the book itself is great. The pictures are colored and clear and the layout is very easy to read (easy on the eyes). It is a little bigger and heavier than I expected, but it's not that big of deal for me. It almost feels like a 'college text book', which makes it feel a little more official for some reason :)

My only complaint is the way it arrived. The book came in a box with no protection. Simply a book in a box, which was big enough so the book could slide around in there. The box looked smashed up by the time it got to me and so the book was a little damaged, but nothing that would have me sending it back. I plan on using this book often and so it's bound to get a little roughed up anyway.

3 people found this helpful

Nice book, not well organized to me.

Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2019

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I feel like the idea is a good one, and the book itself is lovely and very large. The 360* view of poses is really helpful. What I don't like is that the poses seem to be tossed in willy nilly into weirdly placed sections and not very well organized for reference. It would be much better if it just went pose to pose instead of having a section for standing poses that does not put the warrior poses together. I really want to love this book. Maybe it will grow on me.

6 people found this helpful

Practice Changing!

Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2014

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This book is changing my practice. First it is beautiful and coffee table quality. Secondly, the clear photos and descriptions, along with the organization of the book, have made it very a useful adjunct to my yoga classes. I am practicing more regularly and with clearer intention. Also pronouncing the Sanskrit names before each pose, which was hard before because although I had heard them in class, I hadn't seen them in writing associated with the pose before. Not that this is terribly important, but it makes me feel like a sincere student now. There are helpful sections organized around various ailments to help choose appropriate therapeutic poses.

17 people found this helpful

Raynel Schmieding

Wonderful B.K.S. Iyengar Yoga Book!!!

Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2017

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This is the best book on Yoga!!! I have been doing yoga for 25 years and wanted to share this book with my sister for her health concerns! I have the older version. I have to say that I am so happy to have also purchased one for myself! It is so much more detailed than my original copy!! Awesome!! And my sister loves it too!! She has even gotten her husband to use it!! SCORE!!

11 people found this helpful

This book is amazing - it shows you how to get into the ...

Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2014

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This book is amazing - it shows you how to get into the pose, what the pose is beneficial for, gives you a 360 degree view of each pose and he then provides various modifications for each pose to take you through the months as you build your practice. The last part of the book give you a series of poses that are beneficial for various ailments or issues. This is an amazing book and I wish I had it sooner!

28 people found this helpful

An Encyclopedia of Yoga

Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2020

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I've had this book for five minutes and I already love it. I've started back into yoga again, practicing daily at home due to COVID-19. I'd ordered a couple of books that didn't have the detail that I needed to figure out the various poses. I like vinyasa, but this book is meticulous in its various descriptions of the classic poses so I can master the physical and integrate into my general practice. It's a great big book, that appears to include pretty much everything you need to know about Iyengar Yoga, and yoga practice in general. Terrific.

One person found this helpful

Very well written, remedies for lots of diseases or complications and has lots of pictures

Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2020

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Very well written, remedies for lots of diseases or complications and has lots of pictures. We really love this book. Quality and content of the book are truly astounding. Hats off for all the efforts taken by the author in presenting it exactly the way one would want it.

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ASH

Changed my life in just a few weeks

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 3, 2018

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I love this book.i find my self calming down after just 5 minutes of doing the first few poses. Within two weeks of just 20 minutes a day of theses poses my flexibility increased which kept me motivated. Backs not hurting as much as it used to. I do it in the morning which keeps me focused and motivated and lively. I managed to do sober October with ease with the level of mind control yoga gives me. I plan on giving up booze totally and replacing it with the poses in this book. Go for it and buy the book . You won’t be disappointed at all. ONE THING: if you have a hot shower before the poses, it works much better and I found it gave me no pains when stretching

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Anita

Beautiful and thorough overview of yoga

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 14, 2018

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This book is attractive enough to grace the coffee table of any serious yoga practitioner, and provides a through introduction to the subject in a format that is both accessible and beautifully displayed. The information given is comprehensive without being overly complex, making the book as suitable for beginners as it is for more advanced yogis. While the asanas (poses) covered are necessarily limited, those included give a solid introduction to the subject and are explained in depth, with clear illustrations for each. This book is one of the most beautiful on the subject that I have seen and would be a welcome addition to any yoga student's or teacher's library.

12 people found this helpful

Alison S

The Kindle version is disappointing as it is not complete

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 13, 2019

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I have had the hard copy version of this book for many years which is fantastic. As it's a large book which is not suitable for carrying with you I wanted a Kindle version for my iPad so I could access it when away from home. However, when I was going through the asana plans for various ailments in the yoga therapy section I noticed that some of the asanas are missing. If you are new to Iyengar yoga and want a good, attractive reference manual I would buy the hard copy version and just use it at home. Forget about the Kindle version until they fix it. It would also be far better if you could cross refer to the earlier pages in the 20-week course set out at the end of the book with a link.

8 people found this helpful

Bizzie

Great book, helps you keep on learning

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 14, 2021

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I’ve been practicing yoga for 30 years and was surprised at how much this book - which only cost me several pounds - helped me deepen my practice. The 360 degree photos really help you see how to move your body - it’s almost as good as having a yogi’s personal attention. Here, you’re not a passing focus of attention - you can apply what you see to yourself and make every move deeper, more useful. It’s been an eye opener and helped me correct mistakes I’ve been making for decades - the slightest adaptation towards correct movement has made a HUGE difference.

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danceaddict

Excellent

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 12, 2018

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What a super book! A recent purchase, and the more I look in it the more I find. There's a large section about Iyengar and his work, Philosophy of Yoga, Poses, Yoga for Ailments, a 20 Week Course and much more. I've been practicing Iyengar yoga for many years and this is just what I need to further myself.

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