Yoga Explained: A New Step-by-Step Approach to Understanding and Practicing Yoga - Softcover

Metha, Mira

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1904920179 ISBN 13: 9781904920175

Publisher: Kyle Books, 2005

Synopsis

Addresses both the physical and theoretical aspects of the ancient art of yoga from its very beginnings.

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About the Author

Mira Mehta began Yoga as a child and returns to India annually for further study. She has a Masters degree in Sanskrit and Indian philosophy from Oxford University, England, and runs her own school, The Yogic Path, in London. A long-standing student of BKS Iyengar, she has an unrivaled range of teaching skills and a huge following all over Europe and North America, where she holds lecture tours and workshops. In 1991 the Indian Government Used pictures of Mira on their national stamps, and in 1993 she was listed in The Best British Women yearbook for her work in the field of alternative therapy. She is a successful author; her first book Yoga: the Iyengar Way, was in Amazon.com's Top Ten Yoga books of all time, and it has been a bestseller ever since its publication in the early nineties. This is her fifth book.

Krishna S. Arjunwadkar lives in India and is an award-winning scholar of Sanskrit. He was a former member of the Govcernment of India Sanskrit Commission and was Professor of Marathi at Bombay University. He has taught Sanskrit and classical Indian subjects in schools and universities in India and Canada and has written many books and articles on philosophy and linguistic studies, notably a language textbook for schools and a guide to the Bhagavad-Gita. He has contributed the philosophy sections of this book.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kyle Books
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1904920179
• ISBN 13: 9781904920175
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192