Ashtanga Yoga: The Practice Manual: An Illustrated Guide to Personal Practice
by David Swenson
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Author: David SwensonEdition: Spiral-bound
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-08-20
ISBN: 1891252089
Number of pages: 263
Publisher: Ashtanga Yoga Productions
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Book Review: Very user-friendly - particularly useful for beginners.
Summary: 5 Stars
The great thing about David Swenson's book is that it is true to the pure form of Astanga Vinyasa Yoga, allowing for certain points of style. Most books go for the "power yoga" option, which is really a sort of spin-off from Astanga Vinyasa, and this can lead to discrepancies and omissions in the forms and series of postures. David is also very tolerant in his approach which I think works well for beginners (up to a point) since this is a very demanding practice and it would be easy to be put off. As long as it is understood that the book is not a substitute for a teacher, this shouldn't be a problem. Alternatives are provided in all situations where a practitioner might have difficulty. As well as the physical practice there is a lot of very informative background information which helps to put the whole practice of Astanga Vinyasa Yoga into context. And of course the spiral binding means the book can lie open which makes it easy to use during practice. An excellent book which I would recommend very highly.
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