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Based on "Light On Yoga", this abridged version is for the beginner practising without a teacher. It gives a step-by-step introduction to the 57 key asanas and a brief summary of pranayama. The appendix provides an asanas course for the continuing student.
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'The Illustrated Light on Yoga' is a straightforward and comprehensive introduction for the beginner by the acknowledged expert on the subject. Illustrated throughout with 150 photographs carefully positioned in the relevant part of the text for easy reference, it includes:
• An introduction to the philosophy and practice of yoga
• Detailed descriptions of 57 key postures
• Techniques for stilling the mind through breathing exercises
• A 35-week course progressing from beginner to intermediate level
• A full glossary of yoga terms
B.K.S. Iyengar has been teaching and demonstrating yoga for more than 50 years. He has several million students and has established centres all over the world.
"Mr Iyengar's 'Light on Yoga' has, since it was first published over 25 years ago, enabled many to follow his example…This new concise edition will bring the basic art of yoga to a much wider audience and will enable it to be practised at the very highest level"
YEHUDI MENUHIN
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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This yoga guide is excellent for beginners. Unlike other yoga books that I have tried, this one offers both practical and spiritual knowledge to get a body relaxed and on the right path. If you are interested in exploring the mental and physical discipline of yoga, buy it!
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Required reading
9 Nov 2007
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This book is, in my opinion, a modern classic. Students of yoga should be familiar with this book even if Iyengar yoga isn't the tradtion of yoga they adhere to. Tlhis is because the information in the book is foundational and expresses universal principals of yoga philosophy, alignment, and therapeutic uses of yoga poses.
12 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Good book on how to do the Asanas
27 Jun 2005
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Good book on how to do the Asanas. The author is highly regarded as an expert of Yoga. It also has a 35 day course that one can follow as an Introduction.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
A Do-It-Yourself Beginner's Guide to Yoga
17 May 2010
Format:Paperback
For many years I was academically interested in Yoga. I had read and heard about Yoga but never got around to actually doing any Yoga. I had read that the appeal of Yoga is in the fact that the stretches and the regulated breathing causes a sense of lightness and exhilaration. And then I found the Illustrated Light on Yoga by BKS Iyengar.
The Illustrated Light on Yoga is a shorter version of the earlier book by BKS Iyengar called Classic Introduction to Yoga. The book has a bright orange cover and is printed on an easy-to-use A4 layout making it eye-catching - especially for a book on Yoga. Its a welcome departure from the text book like Yoga books I have seen in the past. It has 57 asanas and an introduction to Pranayama. All the asanas have simple step-by-step instructions along with photographs making it very easy to do the asanas on your own. The instructions for each asana is followed by a listing of the benefits of the asana. The part I liked the most is that there is an Appendix which contains a week by week asana course on which asanas to do each week and in what order. This ensures that beginners do the asanas in the right order.
I have been regularly practising Yoga since buying the book and have so far progressed to Week-8 of the course. It has made me more flexible, especially the hamstrings which are stiff in people with a sedentary job. I do feel light and exhilarated after a session. So recommending the book since it helped me actually do Yoga instead of simply filling up the the self-improvement section of my book shelf. Wishing you many good yoga sessions!
The Illustrated Light on Yoga is a shorter version of the earlier book by BKS Iyengar called Classic Introduction to Yoga. The book has a bright orange cover and is printed on an easy-to-use A4 layout making it eye-catching - especially for a book on Yoga. Its a welcome departure from the text book like Yoga books I have seen in the past. It has 57 asanas and an introduction to Pranayama. All the asanas have simple step-by-step instructions along with photographs making it very easy to do the asanas on your own. The instructions for each asana is followed by a listing of the benefits of the asana. The part I liked the most is that there is an Appendix which contains a week by week asana course on which asanas to do each week and in what order. This ensures that beginners do the asanas in the right order.
I have been regularly practising Yoga since buying the book and have so far progressed to Week-8 of the course. It has made me more flexible, especially the hamstrings which are stiff in people with a sedentary job. I do feel light and exhilarated after a session. So recommending the book since it helped me actually do Yoga instead of simply filling up the the self-improvement section of my book shelf. Wishing you many good yoga sessions!
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