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Ashtanga yoga has become the 'it' exercise of the moment. Including 100 images and 12 principal sequences and variations, this book shows how Ashtanga helps re-align, detoxify and purify specific organs and muscles of the body; how to harmonise and balance your body to boost immunity; and how pranayama, or breath control and meditation, helps to calm and focus the mind.
About the Author
Juliet Pegrum lives and works in New York, and continues to give Ashtanga classes there. Every year she spends several months studying Ashtanga yoga in India under Master Shri Pattabhi Jois. In 1984 she began practising yoga (Hatha, Iyengar and Sivananda schools), and in 1994 met Master Shri Pattabhi Jois in Mysore, south India, who introduced her to the Ashtanga system. She has taught and demonstrated yoga in Jaipur, India, and Santiago, Chile. She has also studied Sanskrit and yoga sutras with eminent professors in Mysore.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
There are better Ashtanga books available.
18 July 2004
Format:Paperback
I bought this book because I wanted a different take on Ashtana Yoga to David Swenon's "Ashtanga Yoga: 'The Practice Manual'". I have practiced yoga off and on since I was 14. I am 25 now and thus have more than a decade of trying to do yoga- primarily with the use of books- as I do not have the kind of money it requires to get a good teacher i.e. $100-150/month- but I have had 3 months or so with a good teacher.
Positive Criticism:
If you are learning from a class and an instructor, Pegrum's book is pretty much a very terse flip book of asanas and could help you remember the names, and basic ideas to remember when practicing these asanas. She also describes Ujjayi breathing in some detail, which again is a very important part of Ashtanga Yoga.
Negative Criticism:
If you are trying to learn from a book or learn something more than what your instructor has shown you this is not the book for you. This book is incomplete in terms of a description of the type of asanas described, the directions for each asana, and also how to do the rediculously difficult - at least at the beginning- half vinyasa. The main problem I found with this book is that the descriptions given to each asana are so terse that you have a problem knowing if you are doing the asana properly.
These statements were made after comparing Pegrum's "Ashtanga Yoga: The Complete mind and Body Workout" to David Swenson's "Ashtanga Yoga: 'The Practice Manual'". If Swenson's book and Pegrum's book are compared Swenson' has a far superior book for learning Ashtanga by one's self and even if you plan to have a teacher Swenson's book is still superior if you like descriptions of asanas that deal both with how to get into a pose eventually from a rather inflexible body to how one can get into a pose having a body like a yogi. Not everyone thinks like me so Pegrum's book might suit another person very well but I felt that something should be said about what I think is an inferior product.
Sincerely,
Yigal
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Recommended
1 May 2003
Format:Paperback
I found this one to be extremely informative & practical and thankfully free from the cliched vagueness of some other books I have read. It contains very clear photos and detailed instructions for each pose/sequence along with the benefits of each pose. The introduction talks about the origins of yoga, the 8 limbs, etc and basically how to get the best out of your practice (touching on routine, diet, etc). Probably best suited for individuals who have already been introduced to yoga (at any level).
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Does a good job of breaking down the series
16 Oct 2003
Format:Paperback
I enjoyed this book immensely. The book breaks down the Primary Series into workable parts. The book starts with the two Sun Salutations, then it goes into the standing postures, the seated postures, advanced seated postures, and finishing/closing postures. This book does a good job of offering some modifications to some of the poses. Berly Benders "Power Yoga" does an even better job, but this book is quite good to get started with. Pegrum demonstrates the poses with tremondous competency, and makes them look almost attainable :-). Overall, this is a good book to start with.
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