The Yoga Bible Paperback – May 29, 2003

I have been into the martial arts and physical fitness all my life. I have recently included yoga postures into my regular workout routine. Whenever I get into any fitness program I read as much as possible about the subject. In the case of yoga, I have read numerous books and articles lately and I must say this fantastic book (The Yoga Bible: The definitive guide to yoga postures by Christina Brown) is the best book I have ever read on yoga. This incredible volume has over 170 yoga positions and they all are in full color showing the postures.This wonderful 400 page book is organized into four parts. Part one provides a detailed introduction of what yoga is and the various kinds being practiced. The second part is the longest section and covers the actual practice of the yoga movements. It explains preliminary practices, standing postures, seated and floor postures, twists and abdominal toners, arm balances, backbends, inversions, relaxation, pranayama, internal energy locks and yogic cleansing practices. The third part is important because it focuses on the use of yoga exercises for various medical and physical conditions. The final part is about finding your yoga and determining what you are seeking from the practice. This section also explains the “nine branches of the tree of yoga.”What really makes this excellent book unique is that it shows such a wide variety of yoga asanas (Postures). At my advanced age and skill level I could never do many of these yoga postures; however, there are enough simple and beginner yoga postures to practice in this volume. This short review cannot do this book justice, and if you are seeking a clear color reference book on the many yoga asanas (Postures) this book is for you. At this time this is my favorite yoga book.Rating: 5 Stars. Joseph J. Truncale (Author: Tactical Principles of the most effective combative systems).

I'm really enjoying this book. Although there might be too much information for a novice yoga student, the book will be very helpful to an advanced beginner student who is looking to augment their home practice.There are overviews of different types of yoga, pranayama, and meditation which are concise but informative. The pose guide is by far the star of this book! Each pose is disected. You are given written instruction and pictoral guidance to get into and out of poses. Instructions are also included for deepening as well as lessening poses, with lead up poses to prepare yourself for more difficult poses.My favorite part of the book so far is a sun salutation sequence starting in Hero's Pose. My second favorite parts of the book are the talented male models. If you've read any yoga magazines or books, you know that male models are often few and far between!

I am in yoga teacher training and this book has helped me so much! I love that it has the common name, sanskrit name, a brief explanation of what the pose is for and then a step by step walk through of getting into that pose. It offers small adjustments to modify a pose as necessary and gives you poses to work up to the pose and poses to do after to counter balance it.The pictures are great, the book is small in size but has nearly every pose ever. It also towards the end talks about Pranayama, the yoga paths, chakras and types of yoga. It's a great little book that is well worth the money.

This book has a lot of poses in it and is a great place for anyone to start I just wish it started from basics then went to more advanced and I wish the book was a bit larger size wise. It’s probably about 5-6” in diameter so it’s hard to hold it open and reference the pose because there’s so many pages the book wants to close and you lose your page.

Love this book...Lots of cool info in a handy size...But a word of caution :while converting the book into a spiral binding makes the book incredible and more accessible a few pages will be negatively impacted in the "Special Uses of Yoga" section of the book (pages 358-365) If this section is important to you proceed with caution. The info is still largely readable, but a words are cut off. I still don't regret rebinding it.Otherwise, this book is a gold mine for cheap!Buy it!

I will mirror close to everyone else who has reviewed this product in saying that if it was spiral-bound it would go from being a great book to a near-perfect book. But the occasionally difficult-to-manage perfect binding is not a major deficit to a very well conceived and organized book. Not only are the asanas arranged according to general bodily position (sitting, standing, etc), but they also are arranged in a sequence that flow, so the following is one that would realistically be something that would follow the preceding. So you can intuitively hash out where the position you want is without having to return again and again to the index. At least that's my experience.Each asana is also labeled with lead ins, variations, and other helpful information, and many of the more complex ones have the sequence to enter it. Every single thing in the book is accompanied by good, full color, unambiguous photographs to compare against. If I lost it I would buy another copy. I think that's about the best praise I can give a book like this.

The book is great… didn’t realize it was going to be so tiny! I would have kept looking for a bigger book, especially for $30