Asanas: 608 Yoga Poses
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| Rating | : | 4.38 (922 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1577314026 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 672 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Asanas is a stylish, design-driven book that -- for the first time ever -- collects these black and white photogrpahs and provides brief commentary.. In 1974, legendary "teacher of teachers" yogi Dharma Mittra created the Ultimate Yoga Chart as an offering to his guru, Swami Kailashananda (Yogi Gupta). There is absolutely nothing like it currently available. The effect is like an Escher drawing: you can’t tell what is shown until you get very close, but the picture seems to move and evolve as you watch. Asanas: 708 Yoga Postures is the most comprehensive illustrated guide to classic hatha yoga ever published. Setting up a camera in his New York City studio, Dharma Mittra photographed himself in 90
Amazing reference! modernfolk The introduction offers some very insightful words, and the photographs of the poses are beautifully done. I wish that the pages contained detailed descriptions of the dynamics of each posture, but if you are an experienced hatha yoga practitioner, these can be ascertained by studying the photographs. It will be harder for a new yoga practitioner to get benefits from this book because of the lack of descriptions. That being said, the book is still inspiring and will become a great resource for the beginner who intends to . "A little book with large Yogic impact" according to Meredith Leblanc. This little book has been sitting on my shelf for a while, I pick it up from time to time for inspiration. Sometimes I flip through the pages quickly to see Shri Dharma Mittra come to life in my hands, twisting, reaching, inverting, and folding. The simplicity of the black and white photos bring to life the power of the yoga practice.Asana: 608 Yoga Poses is a study of the third limb of yoga, asana or the physical poses. The exercise slice of the bigger pie of the yogic life that purifies and tones the body in preparation. Buy the actual book, not the digital copy Horrible as a digital copy, its only available on the cloud not even the kindle. I still trying to figure out how to get my money back. Not worth the $12. I bought thinking I would have it on my kindle as reference when doing Yoga on the go (traveling) but turns out I have to be logged onto the internet to view the book.