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Title: Yoga for Wellness: Healing with the Timeless Teachings of Viniyoga by Gary Kraftsow ISBN: 0-14-019569-6 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.25 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the best.....
Comment: As a yoga instructor, I use many yoga books for reference. After taking a workshop with Kraftsow, I bought this book and have not been disappointed. I find that I refer to this book over and over again, even over my Iyengar books.
Kraftsow's advice on modifying asanas for health reasons or physical limitations is right-on. Too many yoga classes nowadays are seen purely as another type of aerobics class with no value placed on "honoring the body". In my opinion, too many yoga teachers nowadays are approaching asanas from the "one size fits all" perspective, without taking into account an individual's capabilities or limitations.
I believe that Kraftsow's advice and the photos on how to modify asanas to prevent or help injuries is invaluable. This book should be required reading in every yoga teacher training class.
Rating: 4
Summary: Informative Nuggets Curiously "Organized"
Comment: This book has almost a "stream of consciousness" presentation style. It is difficult to just dip into to get the information you want. However, it is rich in information about how to adapt postures for various body structural problems and has a good section on postures for various problems, including structural problems and as chronic diseases. Mikunda Stiles book "Structural Yoga Therapy" does not cover chronic diseases, but it does a better, more organized presentation of yoga for structual problems than this book does. I bought this book, and I'm glad to have it, but for me it will be a supplement to the Stiles book.
Rating: 4
Summary: A very good book, but not for beginners
Comment: I like this book. I've been trying to get back into my practice for the last couple of years, after a number of orthopedic rehabs. I haven't been too successful; most books are awfully rigid about the "right" way to do the postures.
Then I got my hands on this book. There are still a few postures I can't do, and shouldn't do, and will never be able to do. For the rest, Mr. Kraftsow shows adaptations that are allowing me to ease back into my practice, and feel like I'm doing myself some good. If you've looked everywhere else, try this.
I do have a problem with this book, though. It's not for beginners. It does give decent descriptions of what you should be doing at each stage of a posture, and how each stage should feel, but it doesn't give those things with the descriptions of each series of postures. I think that's a big drawback; you're not going to follow one of his practices and keep flipping backward to find out how exactly to do it. On the other hand, if you're not a beginner, this may be as good a book for you as I'm finding it is for me.
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Title: Yoga for Transformation: Ancient Teachings and Practices for Healing the Body, Mind, and Heart by Gary Kraftsow ISBN: 0140196293 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 04 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice by T. K. V. Desikachar ISBN: 089281764X Publisher: Inner Traditions International Pub. Date: 01 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Anatomy of Hatha Yoga: A Manual for Students, Teachers, and Practitioners by H. David Coulter, Timothy McCall ISBN: 0970700601 Publisher: Body and Breath Pub. Date: 01 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: Yoga The Spirit And Practice Of Moving Into Stillness by Erich Schiffmann ISBN: 0671534807 Publisher: Pocket Pub. Date: 01 December, 1996 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Structural Yoga Therapy: Adapting to the Individual by Mukunda Stiles ISBN: 1578631777 Publisher: Weiser Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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