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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13684 in Books
• Published on: 1997-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

Customer Reviews

if you are interested in Yoga you MUST read this book
yes you really must - and if you find yourself in Santa Monica seek out the man himself for a yoga class. You will not regret it. I bought that book more than 10 years ago and I still refer to it. It has inspired me to do yoga - daily! Also excellent section on simple meditation techniques.

Yoga from the Heart
What endears American Yogi Erich Schiffmann to the hearts of millions of Yoga students worldwide, causing them to speak so fondly of this man they have never met? Read this book to find the simple answer to this question that evades my words.

With an unmatched level of sincerity, Erich Schiffmann explores Yoga beyond the mere shape of its postures, challenging the reader to explore the inner aspects with effortless instruction in plain yet inspiring language. Far from being "just another Asana book", Erich shows us the way to turn each step, each movement, every moment of our lives towards an authentic Yoga practice.

A rich explanation of hatha yoga to read and re-read.
This book was one of the first hatha yoga books I bought and it continues to delight and inspire me. In the Introduction, Eric Schiffmann describes his own yoga journey and the development of his personal yoga, which few teachers explain. Then the book goes into the reasons for practicing yoga in all its facets - the principles behind it, the breathing, ways of meditating and, most helpful of all, extremely detailed explanations of the asanas, including breaking some down into achievable stages. The photographs are large enough to be useful when practising too. There are practice routines at the back that I still turn to five years later. My only very minor criticism is that an index of both English and (anglicised) Sanskrit names would have been useful. And I'd like to know when he's going to write another book!