Yoga: The Iyengar Way (The New Definitive Illustrated Guide)

by Mehta, Silva; Mehta, Mira; Mehta, Shyam

• ISBN13: 9780679722878
• ISBN10: 0679722874
• Edition: Illus.
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1990-04-07
• Publisher: Knopf
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Summary

A comprehensive, practical, and authoritative guide to the method developed by Iyengar. 100 key postures with detailed step-by-step instructions and photographs. This is our most recently published yoga book and has quickly become a backlist bestseller.

Author Biography

SILVA MEHTA was an important figure in the spreading of yoga throughout the world, especially the West. She was a disciple of B. K. S. Iyengar and helped found the Iyengar Yoga Institute in Maida Vale, London. She died in September 1994.

MIRA MEHTA, founder of and teacher at The Yogic Path in London, has studied yoga since childhood with B. K. S. Iyengar.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 6
Preface	p. 7
Introduction	p. 8
About this Book	p. 10
The Body	p. 11
The Asanas	p. 12
Standing Poses	p. 17
Sitting Poses	p. 49
Twists	p. 69
Supine and Prone Poses	p. 79
Inverted Poses	p. 95
Balancings	p. 123
Backbends	p. 133
Jumpings	p. 145
Relaxation	p. 149
The Mind	p. 153
Study of the Self	p. 154
Pranayama	p. 155
Pratyahara	p. 163
The Philosophy of Yoga	p. 164
The Soul	p. 171
Surrender of the Self	p. 172
Dhyana	p. 174
Appendix
Courses	p. 175
Remedial Programs	p. 185
Index	p. 188
Further Reading	p. 192
Acknowledgments	p. 192
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