Um, Like... OM: A Girl Goddess's Guide to Yoga
by Evan Cooper
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Author: Evan CooperEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-04-13
ISBN: 0316980013
Number of pages: 192
Reading Level: Young Adult
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
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Book Review: Surprisingly serious and useful
Summary: 5 Stars
A disclaimer: I am a yoga instructor in my mid-thirties. Clearly, I am not this author's target demographic. I took that into account when I first picked it up. Even with that caveat, I initially found the tone so off the cuff and the postures so disorganized that I put it down and walked away.
A few years later, after I'd incorporated much more Kundalini into my own practice, I found myself drawn to this book again. This time, much more of what she was offering for asanas/kriyas made sense to me, as well as many of the meditations. That she doesn't include a lot of different movements in each section also made more sense- often times with kundalini you may find that you get more bang for your buck from fewer movements.
I liked that she not only tackled serious issues- family pressure, drug use, body image, school stress and romance- but that she also had her own contributions to make about how those issues affected her. Her light, breezy style belied the seriousness of both her own and her students' and how yoga helped address- if not cure- all of them.
Like many authors for the younger set, her aim was off- I felt like she was reaching for the older teen, but instead landed on the twelve to fifteen year olds, if not younger. That's probably just as much her style as it is the increasingly jaded affect of all age groups, but it's something to keep in mind.
I'd love to see more from this author- I think she has a lot to offer not only this age group but adults as well.
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