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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. The bad photographs show an "ideal" and a "realistic" approximation of each pose -- but not for all, and not for the various stages of many, and most often not at all for "realistic." The poses in the "ideal" photographs didn't match the textual descriptions. Also I am really glad I never had him as an instruction, because if this depicts sense of humor accurately, I might almost prefer to listen to Car Talk. Well, no. Never. But the monomania is similar. no reviews | add a review
All yoga students, beginners or advanced, will benefit from this accessible book. It studies each of the 26 movements, breathing exercises and rest poses that form the basis of every Bikram yoga class. Regular practise will completely transform your health by reversing and preventing illness. This is the only guide available on Bikram Yoga. 'It's never too late, it's never too bad, you're never too old, you're never too sick to start from scratch once again.' Bikram Choudhury Bikram yoga began when Bikram, a former yoga champion, made a full recovery from a crippling accident thanks to yoga, heat and his guru, Bishnu Ghosh. His guru then sent Bikram to Bombay to heal the sick with yoga. Finding that he did not have enough time to help everybody individually, Bikram began to develop an accessible sequence of postures that everyone could follow and benefit from. Today, every class follows the same sequence of 26 postures and exercises in a studio heated to 100 degrees F. This reader-friendly guide studies each of the 26 movements in detail, showing and describing the 'ideal' position as well as what the beginner is more likely to be able to achieve initially and the problems they are likely to encounter. Each move is also accompanied by details of its specific health benefit and a student's personal experience of the posture. No library descriptions found. |
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