Contact Yoga The Seven Points of Connection and Relationship

by Guber, Tara Lynda; Chopra, Deepak; Robbins, Anthony; Judith, Anodea

• ISBN13: 9781608870769
• ISBN10: 1608870766
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-05-01
• Publisher: Mandala Publishing

Summary

Contact Yoga presents an inspiring new vision of yoga created to deepen your relationships with lovers, friends, family and other intimates in your life. Contact Yoga explores that mysterious and dynamic edge where two people connect: physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Tara Lynda Guber and Anodea Judith offer valuable insight into the dynamics of all loving relationships, using poses designed for two participants that bridge the “Seven Points of Contact.” Contact Yoga brings these seven points (trust, passion, commitment, love, communication, vision, and union) into focus as points on the body, training patterns of connecting and distancing, loving and protecting, giving and receiving to be revealed at their deepest levels. Contact Yoga will appeal to all who seek depth and fulfillment in their relationships. Contact Yoga also features over one hundred striking tri-tone photographs by award-winning photographer, filmmaker, and director Norman Seeff. His vivid images capture candid portraits of renowned yoga teachers such as Patricia Walden, Anna Forest, and Shiva Rae, as well as celebrities in dynamic yoga poses including Cheryl Tiegs, Carrie Otis, Daphne Zuniga, Catherine Oxenberg, Linda Grey, Elizabeth Berkley, Harry Hamlin, and Lisa Rinna.

Author Biography

For eight years, Tara Guber served as president of Education First!, a non-profit organization that addresses the crisis in American education through fundraising and advocacy. A twenty-eight-year practitioner of yoga, a teacher, producer, and philanthropist, Guber is the founder of Yoga Ed., a nationally recognized yoga program for schools. Tara Guber resides in Los Angeles with her husband Peter, the CEO of Mandalay Entertainment, and her children. Anodea Judith is one of the world’s foremost authorities on the integration of Eastern teachings and Western psychology. Author of numerous works, including the best-selling Wheels of Life and Eastern Body, Western Mind, she lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Deepak Chopra is the best-selling author of The Book of Secrets, Perfect Weight and The Chopra Center Herbal Handbook as well as numerous other works.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 8
Foreword	p. 10
Indroduction: Tara Lynda Guber. My Journey into Contact	p. 12
Contact: Background and Guidelines
The Seven Points of Contact	p. 18
Points, Postures & Practice	p. 24
Points in Practice	p. 30
General Guidelines for Approaching Contact	p. 34
Creating A Sacred Space	p. 36
The Seven Points in Practice
The First Point of Contact: Trust	p. 42
The Second Point of Contact: Passion	p. 56
The Third Point of Contact: Commitment	p. 74
The Fourth Point of Contact: Love	p. 90
The Fifth Point of Contact: Communication	p. 108
The Sixth Point of Contact: Vision	p. 120
The Seventh Point of Contact: Union	p. 138
The Contact Yogis	p. 160
Acknowledgments	p. 164
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