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Myths of the Asanas: The Stories at the Heart of the Yoga Tradition

10 best books like Myths of the Asanas: The Stories at the Heart of the Yoga Tradition (Alanna Kaivalya): Yoga as Medicine: The Yogic Prescription for Health and Healing, The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice, The Mirror of Yoga: Awakening the Intelligence of Body and Mind, The Key Muscles of Hatha Yoga, Yoga for Depression: A Compassionate Guide to Relieve Suffering Through Yoga, The Wisdom of Yoga: A Seeker's Guide to Extraordinary Living, A Life Worth Breathing: A Yoga Master's Handbook of Strength, Grace, and Healing, Teaching Yoga: Exploring the Teacher-Student Relationship, Yin Yoga: Outline of a Quiet Practice, Structural Yoga Therapy: Adapting to the Individual

Yoga as Medicine: The Yogic Prescription for Health and Healing
AuthorTimothy Mccall
ISBN0553384066
The definitive book of yoga therapy, this groundbreaking work comes to you from the medical editor of the country’s premier yoga magazine, who is both a practicing yogi and a Western-trained physician.

Beginning with an overview of the history and science of yoga, Dr. McCall describes...
The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice
AuthorT.K.V. Desikachar
The first yoga text to outline a step-by-step sequence for developing a complete practice according to viniyoga--yoga adapted to the needs of the individual.

• A contemporary classic by a world-renowned teacher.

• This new edition adds thirty-two poems by Krishnamacharya...
The Mirror of Yoga: Awakening the Intelligence of Body and Mind
AuthorRichard Freeman
The world of yoga is astonishingly rich in its array of schools and practices. Yet, as diverse as they seem, they share a common aim: the discovery of the essence of existence that can be found at the core of our being, and the liberation that comes from that discovery. With this worthy goal in mind, Richard...
The Key Muscles of Hatha Yoga
AuthorRay Long
ISBN0977961419
This is the third edition of The Key Muscles of Hatha Yoga, with extended contents. There is a new cover, over 50 new pages with an expanded chapter on the breath and more biomechanics in yoga. 244 page book with over 650 colour 3D computer generated images of a human skeleton covering over thirty key muscles...
Yoga for Depression: A Compassionate Guide to Relieve Suffering Through Yoga
AuthorAmy Weintraub
ISBN0767914503
Take the natural path to mental wellness

More than 25 million Americans are treated with antidepressants each year, at a cost in excess of $50 billion. But the side effects of popular prescription drugs may seem nearly as depressing as the symptoms they’re meant to treat. Veteran yoga instructor...
The Wisdom of Yoga: A Seeker's Guide to Extraordinary Living
AuthorStephen Cope
ISBN0553801112
For modern spiritual seekers and yoga students alike, here is an irreverent yet profound guide to the most sophisticated teachings of the yoga wisdom tradition–now brought to contemporary life by a celebrated author, psychotherapist, and leading American yoga instructor.

While many...
A Life Worth Breathing: A Yoga Master's Handbook of Strength, Grace, and Healing
AuthorMax Strom
ISBN1602399808
We can do more with this life. We all know it, we all wish for it, but just how to do it—that eludes us. In his new book, A Life Worth Breathing, internationally renowned yoga teacher and spiritual philosopher Max Strom shows us the way. His groundbreaking book reaches past expected dogma in a language...
Teaching Yoga: Exploring the Teacher-Student Relationship
AuthorDonna Farhi
ISBN1930485174
Drawing on decades of experience training yoga teachers and cowriting the California Yoga Teachers Association (CYTA) code of ethics, Donna Farhi offers the first book to set professional standards for teaching yoga. Teaching Yoga explores with depth and compassion a variety of topics both practical...
Yin Yoga: Outline of a Quiet Practice
AuthorPaul Grilley
ISBN1883991439
Yin Yoga: Outline of a Quiet Practice brings together in a fresh way the ancient wisdom of acupuncture and Taoism with Hindu yoga practices. The Yin aspect of Yoga (using postures that stretch connective tissue) is virtually unknown but vital for a balanced approach to physical and mental health. Paul...
Structural Yoga Therapy: Adapting to the Individual
AuthorMukunda Stiles
ISBN1578631777
Structural Yoga Therapy has been written for teachers and serious practitioners who want to use yoga to bring complete balance to the body. Mukunda Stiles begins by providing a comprehensive overview of the spiritual philosophy of yoga, and its many branches. He discusses everything that a beginning...
The Language Of Yoga: Complete A To Y Guide To Āsana Names, Sanskrit Terms, And Chants
AuthorNicolai Bachman
ISBN1591792819
The Language of Yoga is a definitive guide to the asana (physical postures) limb of yoga. This edition contains more than 200 illustrated yoga postures with both English and Sanskrit names. Additional yoga-related Sanskrit terms and over a dozen common chants and sutras round out the content. Audio...
Hatha Yoga Pradipika
AuthorYogi Swatmarama
ISBN8185787387
This affordable, definitive edition of the Hatha Yoga Pradipika contains the original Sanskrit, a new English translation, and full-page photographs of all the asanas. The chakras, kundalini, mudras, shakti, nadis, bandhas, and many other topics are explained. This is the first edition of the...
The Yoga Tradition: Its History, Literature, Philosophy and Practice
AuthorGeorg Feuerstein
ISBN1890772186
From the foremost living authority on Yoga comes the most comprehensive and reliable treatment of the subject available today. This is a work of impeccable scholarship by a person who has dedicated his life to the understanding and practice of yoga. The book offers a complete overview of every Yogic...
Yoga for Wellness: Healing with the Timeless Teachings of Viniyoga
AuthorGary Kraftsow
ISBN0140195696
Mainstream America is finally catching on to what Eastern countries have known for thousands of years--that yoga is not only a great, low-impact way to increase flexibility and reduce stress, it is also useful in healing any number of afflictions, from common aches and pains to chronic diseases and...
Jivamukti Yoga: Practices for Liberating Body and Soul
AuthorSharon Gannon
ISBN0345442083
The long-awaited, complete guide to the popular, vigorous American method of yoga that is deeply rooted in ancient wisdom and scriptures

“In this day and age of health and fitness trends, it is assuring to know that Sharon and David encourage their students to draw inspiration from...
Relax and Renew: Restful Yoga for Stressful Times
AuthorJudith Hanson Lasater
ISBN0962713848
Experience the rest of your life with restorative yoga, the supported poses and breathing practices that will help you heal the effects of chronic stress. In Relax and Renew, the first book exclusively devoted to this work, the author offers in-depth guidance in the Basic Relaxation Pose (Savasana),...
The Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali: A New Edition, Translation, and Commentary
AuthorPatañjali
ISBN0865477361
A landmark new translation and edition

Written almost two millennia ago, Pata�jali's work focuses on how to attain the direct experience and realization of the purusa the innermost individual self, or soul. As the classical treatise on the Hindu understanding of mind and consciousness...
Mudras: Yoga in Your Hands
AuthorGertrud Hirschi
ISBN1578631394
Mudras--also playfully called "finger power points"--are yoga positions for your hands and fingers. They can be practiced sitting, lying down, standing, or walking, at any time and place. Schooled in the traditional knowledge of this eastern art of healing, well-known Swiss yoga teacher, Gertrud...
The Complete Book of Vinyasa Yoga: The Authoritative Presentation-Based on 30 Years of Direct Study Under the Legendary Yoga Teacher Krishnamacha
AuthorSrivatsa Ramaswami
ISBN1569244022
A thorough and instructive guide to the yogasana teachings of the father of modern yoga

Sri T. Krishnamacharya (1888-1989) was the most influential figure in the last 100 years in the field of yoga. Many of today's best-known yoga teachers-including his brother-in-law B. K. S. Iyengar, his...
Asanas: 608 Yoga Postures
AuthorDharma Mittra
ISBN1577314026
After practicing the art of yoga for a few years I acquired this book upon its release in 2003, and have been studying the work of Dharma Mittra ever since. This book challenges the mind and body, strengthening both with discipline. I found some of Dharma's poses a bit intimidating at first, but because...
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