Yoga: The Poetry of the Body
by Rodney Yee, Nina Zolotow
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Author: Nina Zolotow, Rodney YeeEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2002-01-01
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 368
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Book Review: Great yoga book for those new to yoga.
Summary: 5 Stars
The best way to describe the book, Yoga: The Poetry of the Body, is as a conversational dialogue between Rodney Yee and Nina Zolotow, a writer and yoga student of Rodney's. She asks Rodney questions about yoga, his classes, and life in general, to which Rodney responds. The book also includes poetry chosen by Rodney as well as short stories written by Nina.
As someone new to yoga, I really enjoyed this book. The conversational dialogue really helps address a lot of issues and fears that I think a very common with yoga.
The book is divided into six parts:
Part 1 Why - Basically a brief dialogue that addresses the question of why people practice yoga.
Part 2 Before You Practice - Rodney describes the tools of yoga, including an exploration of our own bodies through massage
Part 3 Falling Into Yoga - Rodney presents eight short yoga practices. The idea behind this section is that each practice has a theme and Rodney gives brief description of each pose. He deliberately chooses not to go into detail so that people will just "do" the practices and learn from their own body and observations. More detailed descriptions of the poses are given in Part 5.
Part 4 Being Present - This section of the book focuses on your breath and getting you to focus on it. Rodney gives seven breathing games. To quote Rodney,
"In a breath observation practice, you are trying to get into that same state of deep relaxation while still remaining conscious. It's like learning how to see all those odd fish in the deepest, darkest part of the sea-you need to be able to drop that far down into your own ocean. When it's that quiet, you can begin to see your breath."
Part 5 Posing and Reposing - This section provides detailed descriptions of the individual poses and also provides modifications and shows the use of props.
Part 6 Unwrapping It - Basically a couple of pages to summarize and provide an ending for the book.
There is also a priceless Appendix B: Yoga and Watermelons. LOL
I am really enjoying this book. As someone who has just discovered yoga in the last five months or so, this book is a great introduction to the idea of yoga and establishing a practice. I think yoga and yoga books can often be very intimidating to someone just starting out. This book directly addresses those fears and encourages you to just get out there and do it. I would highly recommend it for someone new to yoga.
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