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Anatomy of Hatha Yoga: A Manual for Students, Teachers and Practitioners [Hardcover]

David Coulter
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  • Hardcover: 624 pages
  • Publisher: Himalayan Institute Press (30 Mar 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0970700601
  • ISBN-13: 978-0970700605
  • Product Dimensions: 1 x 1 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 322,017 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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The photographs, illustrations and diagrams are clear and easy to understand. Anyone who is curious or troubled about how the body responds to stretching and exercise will find in this book a cornucopia - partly new and partly old - of readable and reliable information.

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41 of 41 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars exellent!!!, 23 Nov 2005
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J. Barker (scotland) - See all my reviews
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I got this book when I was on the teacher training programme, at the time i didn't have the time to read it, just flicking through the pages. Now my course is over I have stuck my head into it and cannot get it back out. What a brilliant tool!! As a teacher it has helped my understanding of the asanas, breathing etc and as a yogi, it has helped my understanding of both my body in action and of the whys. if your serious about learning how you body moves and why your body restricts your practice etc then you'd better get this book...I cannot reccomend it enough.
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53 of 54 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Demystify yoga, increase confidence, 15 Nov 2005
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M. A. Miles "markadm" (Edinburgh, Scotland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Anatomy of Hatha Yoga: A Manual for Students, Teachers and Practitioners (Hardcover)
When I ordered this book I had some idea that it explained yoga according to its effects on one's body. I had imagined it would be a big A4 Dorling Kindersley style hardback. Instead I was met with a squat, fat, 625-page tome, bristling with pictures.

By combining the instruction of how to perform the various yoga asanas with all the medical explanations and nomenclature that you would expect, this book is able to demystify yoga. I didn't doubt yoga before, but this book gives me extra belief that it is working.

The book is thorough in explaining variants of many positions. Almost each is illustrated. This is invariable when, either, you find a position too hard or ineffective, or you are becoming adept at a position to the point where it is too easy for you. In either case, the book is easy to use to adapt one's practice to suit.

With illustrations and instructions on the various positions and the actual physical anatomy of the body, the book begins with movement and posture, thereafter covering breathing, before moving on to abdominopelvic exercises, standing posutres, backbending postures, forward bending postures, and twisting postures. A chapter each is devoted to the headstand and shoulderstand, followed by a chapter on relaxation and meditation. The book also comes with a good glossary of anatomical terms, the book also covers the contraindications (don't dos) for various medical conditions.

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78 of 86 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful approach to physiological aspects of Yoga, 7 Nov 2002
This review is from: Anatomy of Hatha Yoga: A Manual for Students, Teachers and Practitioners (Hardcover)
This book is essential for those who are really willing to know what is behind each posture and each exercise of the yoga practice. It analyses, illustratevely, the physical benefits and functionality of every physical movement in yoga. It is speciallized in Hatha Yoga, one of the very interesting sub divisions of the great Raja Yoga. Great manual indeed... Worthy purchasing it. I'm happy with mine in my mini library at home.. ;)
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