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Pick Your Yoga Practice: Exploring and Understanding Different Styles of Yoga (edition 2013)

by Meagan McCrary

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"Millions practice yoga, but what kind? Hatha, Ashtanga, Bikram, Iyengar? Hot room, flowing, or held postures, with or without meditation and chanting? And everyone practices for different reasons - weight loss, strength training, injury healing, relaxation. Those new to yoga should know they have choices (so as not to be put off by one bad fit), and regular practitioners should know that there are dozens of ways to expand or reinvigorate their routine. This is the first yoga book to help everyone interested understand all their options. Eight of the most prominent yoga approaches, plus ten "best of the rest," are explained in terms of what a class is like, level of physical exertion, and philosophical and spiritual underpinnings. As in the fairy tale, some may find some yoga too hot or too cold, too hard or too soft - but virtually everyone can find a yoga that is just right"--"Helps readers understand their options among different styles of yoga. Profiles seven prominent styles in depth and ten others briefly, including their history, philosophical and spiritual underpinnings, level of physical exertion, and what to expect in a typical class"--Provided by publisher.… (more)
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Title:Pick Your Yoga Practice: Exploring and Understanding Different Styles of Yoga
Authors:Meagan McCrary
Info:New World Library (2013), Edition: 1, Paperback, 240 pages
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Rating:****
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Pick Your Yoga Practice: Exploring and Understanding Different Styles of Yoga by Meagan McCrary

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This book gives an overview of different styles of yoga, how they differ, and what their strengths are. It starts with an overview of the history of yoga, and specifically of yoga in the US. It also clearly places the physical exercise aspect of yoga within the context of yoga as a larger system. It's a good resource for someone thinking about starting a yoga practice.

I give it 4 stars instead of 5 because it takes everything that each style/guru has to say at face value. In places, it sounds like almost a direct paraphrase of p.r. materials. It also talks about the psychic body, subtle pathways, etc., as if they are real, and uses the word "scientific" in a way that I've only heard from yogis and meditators. It's not enough to make the book useless, but it's a caution for readers that some of it needs to be taken with a grain of salt. ( )
  teckelvik | Feb 20, 2014 |
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"Millions practice yoga, but what kind? Hatha, Ashtanga, Bikram, Iyengar? Hot room, flowing, or held postures, with or without meditation and chanting? And everyone practices for different reasons - weight loss, strength training, injury healing, relaxation. Those new to yoga should know they have choices (so as not to be put off by one bad fit), and regular practitioners should know that there are dozens of ways to expand or reinvigorate their routine. This is the first yoga book to help everyone interested understand all their options. Eight of the most prominent yoga approaches, plus ten "best of the rest," are explained in terms of what a class is like, level of physical exertion, and philosophical and spiritual underpinnings. As in the fairy tale, some may find some yoga too hot or too cold, too hard or too soft - but virtually everyone can find a yoga that is just right"--"Helps readers understand their options among different styles of yoga. Profiles seven prominent styles in depth and ten others briefly, including their history, philosophical and spiritual underpinnings, level of physical exertion, and what to expect in a typical class"--Provided by publisher.

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