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La descrizione dettagliata di oltre 200 posizioni o asana e le tecniche di respirazione (pranayama), le 600 fotografie che accompagnano le spiegazioni e che ritraggono il maestro quando, a trentacinque anni, praticava yoga dieci ore al giorno, ne fanno una storica pietra miliare della divulgazione e dell'insegnamento in Occidente di tale nobile disciplina. Oggi assistiamo ad un'esasperata commercializzazione dello yoga e la sua pratica è diventata quantomai superficiale e ostentata. Il mercato trabocca di prodotti concernenti lo yoga: riviste, attrezzi, abbigliamento. E siccome il vento dello yoga soffia potente, alcuni insegnanti propongono il loro metodo personale d'insegnamento pubblicizzandolo come unico anche se il loro sadhana manca di autenticità.
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- Pagine: 516
- Data di uscita: 01-04-2003
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About a year ago, I got myself a mat (eco friendly, of course), some stretch pants (organic cotton, duh), and went to a yoga studio to investigate what this bottle-nursing, teeny-tiny-spandex-wearing, mat-bag-dangling gang of people that I observed roaming the streets of my neighborhood were up to. N Leggi tutto
I have been wanting to read Light on Yoga for a long time now, and The International Day of Yoga gave a good pretext for finally doing so. Iyengar's work is a must read for all serious practitioners. It gives perspective, and it gives direction. Even if someone is only interested in the yoga poses a Leggi tutto
As they say of Porsches: "There is no substitute." Legal notices aside, every yogi on the planet could say the same for this book. And for once in a blue moon a sensational blurb on a cover-"The Bible of Modern Yoga," in this case-is truer than true. If you own only one book on yoga, let this be the Leggi tutto
Simply the best This is the definitive text on hatha yoga. This is the book you want if you are serious about beginning your yoga practice. This is also a text of reference for professional teachers used throughout the world. It is no exaggeration to say that all yoga instructors in the United States Leggi tutto
2019 Update: I've befriended an incongruous (eighty-year) old man at my university gym. He's been instructed by his doctor to regain fitness for his heart and arthritis. He was curious to see what I was doing on the mats, the focus and control in my slow movements. I showed him some very simple poses Leggi tutto
Since I got back into the habit of a daily yoga practice, I started digging up books on the topic – because that’s what I do. My dad enthusiastically recommended this one as an absolute classic that anyone with a serious interest in yoga should have on their shelf. While I usually take his book reco Leggi tutto
This is on my "currently reading" shelf in perpetuity. Or until I hammer together a couple more e-shelves. Regarding the book: I sort of get eye-rollish about things referred to as "the Bible" of anything, and find it even a bit more grating when the topical focus is of a spiritual nature that is mo Leggi tutto
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