The Tree of Yoga: The Definitive Guide To Yoga In Everyday Life - Softcover

Iyengar, B. K. S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007921276 ISBN 13: 9780007921270

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2013

Synopsis

The definitive guide to yoga in everyday life from B.K.S. Iyengar, the world's most respected yoga teacher. B.K.S. Iyengar has devoted his life to the practice and study of yoga. It was B.K.S. Iyengar's unique teaching style, bringing precision and clarity to the practice, as well as a mindset of 'yoga for all', which has made it into a worldwide phenomenon. His seminal book, 'Light on Yoga', is widely called 'the bible of yoga' and has served as the source book for generations of yoga students around they world. In 'Tree of Yoga', the collected wisdom of his many years of practical practice and its application in real life are brought into a single-volume work. A collected philosophy for life researched through decades of practice by B.K.S. Iyengar, the world's most respected yoga teacher. These are his core teachings and advice for living a long, healthy, happy life. Using the tree as a structural metaphor for both life and yoga practice, the essays cover many aspects of life and practice which are vital to health and happiness and in need of care. This includes: * Yoga and health * Yoga as part of daily life * Childhood and parenthood * Love * Death * Faith - hope and spirituality * Teachers and teaching

About this title

About the Author

B. K. S. Iyengar lives in India and travels throughout the world to teach the many people who study his methods of yoga practice. He is the author of "Light on Yoga " and "Light on Pranayama. "

Review

" Valuable insights into the therapeutic nature of yoga. . . . Those already familiar with Iyengar's work will find subtlety and depth here that will increase with each rereading." — "Yoga Journal" " The well known Iyengar, a yoga teacher for fifty years and family man with six children, offers valuable teachings that are consistently lucid, inspiring, and instructive." — "East West"

"Valuable insights into the therapeutic nature of yoga. . . . Those already familiar with Iyengar's work will find subtlety and depth here that will increase with each rereading."— "Yoga Journal "

"The well known Iyengar, a yoga teacher for fifty years and family man with six children, offers valuable teachings that are consistently lucid, inspiring, and instructive."— "East West "

"Valuable insights into the therapeutic nature of yoga. . . . Those already familiar with Iyengar's work will find subtlety and depth here that will increase with each rereading."-- "Yoga Journal "
"The well known Iyengar, a yoga teacher for fifty years and family man with six children, offers valuable teachings that are consistently lucid, inspiring, and instructive."-- "East West "

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0007921276
• ISBN 13: 9780007921270
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192