Rodney Yee

I personally loved this book. I had never really done much Iyengar yoga and always enjoyed a more flowing practice, but found that I really liked the practices and how they built on each other. I learned things about the poses and my body that were certainly limiting my practice. With the help of this book I am now able to get into camel pose, something that I had only done once before in two years of on and off yoga. This book has shown me the proper poses for preparation and counter poses show more for many asanas and has helped bring and understanding to the poses and how they work together that I never had before.

I liked that each pose was given 3 variations to find out which is most comfortable for your level. I also enjoyed the "Point of Play" for the poses so you can find your comfort zone in each or maybe where you need work.

The only reason why I didn't give it 5 stars is because I think it might be very difficult to learn yoga solely from a book. I would recommend this book for anyone who has had a few classes or done a few instructional yoga dvd's that would help with good alignment and form. That way you can check yourself and it will help you to understand some of the descriptions used for each pose and the correct way to get into a pose or help with the flow of a sun salutation.

I have scanned and printed many of the practices in this book and take them on vacation with me because I have enjoyed them so much. I will certainly be going through this book again and again in my home practice. show less

This is a pretty good book on hatha yoga. I really enjoyed the layout and design. I particularly liked the section on poses. Most of the poses included modifications, and all were accompanied by beautiful photographs demonstrating the pose. The book also included eight step-by-step practice sessions and some interesting insights and ways of thinking about yoga. Although I enjoyed it, the book occasionally annoyed me, though I've not been able to determine why.

A very nice, 50-card practice show more deck of this title also exists.

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I like the stories in the book and the suggestions to start your yoga practice. I like that he present yoga in a way that seems less rigid which works for me.

You can read this book from beginning to end or you can flip through it in bits and pieces. I chose to buy this book because it was written very well, in addition to being informative. it's good to have a round for those spurts every five months when I feel like doing yoga. (Sheepish grin here.)