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Title: Daily Yoga Class: A Workout for the Body, Mind and Spirit by Bruce Eric Van Horn ISBN: 0-9724512-2-6 Publisher: Yoga for Business Inc Pub. Date: May, 2003 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Moving Meditation
Comment: "The pace of the world pushes us at breakneck speeds. Those in fast-track careers in corporate America are often overcome by stress." ~Bruce Eric Van Horn
Bruce Eric Van Horn is the author and CEO of Yoga for Business. This is a company dedicated to individual and organizational growth. Bruce is convinced he can offer society more as a writer than an accountant and I think he is corret.
The CD in this book starts with a Yoga Workout.
If you are used to yoga workout videos, this is quite a change. First, you might want to read through the book to become aware of the yoga positions. If you are very familiar with yoga, you will enjoy this "Daily Yoga Class" which combines Bruce Eric Van Horn's instruction with peaceful guitar music.
Some of the poses are:
Bending over Backwards to serve your customers (Camel Pose)
Change from the Top Down (Headstand Pose)
Firm Footing in a Changing Marketplace (Warrior Pose/Tree pose)
Global Vision (Spinal Twist)
This is all pretty creative!
There is a special section on the CD for meditation. I loved how he said that "your thoughts are leaves falling into a stream." How calming ...ahhhh. There is also a Sailboat Meditation. I love the visual pictures Bruce paints in my mind. I think I'd love to keep sailing and sailing forever.
The cartoons are also pretty hilarious. I think the one about Tantra would amuse David Deida although I don't think Bruce and David would agree on page 104.
I was actually looking for a book with most of the yoga positions, so this has been helpful. I would like to say that you might want to read through the book and take a look at the positions before attempting to follow along with the CD. In a way, some of the poses are easier to do while listening than viewing anyway. Who can see the TV screen when you are upside down!
The Contents Include:
1. Why Yoga?
2. Four Step Program for Individual and Organizational Wellness: Humor, Art, Music, Self Acceptance.
3. Tips for Beginning Yoga Practice
4. The Body
5. Basic Yoga Workout
6. Yoga Practices
7. The Mind
8. The Spirit
9. The Future: Sound Advice, Art Therapy, Humor Therapy, Pet Therapy.
I enjoyed reading the comparison of traditional exercise with the advantages of yoga. Already my workout shelf is brimming with more yoga workouts than ever. I have discovered the peace it brings me. I love the slow, dynamic movements instead of the more rapid movements in aerobics. Although at times my yoga workout can be rather intense depending on which level I'm practicing.
An Essential Yoga book for the Business executive or anyone who enjoys creativity and meditation.
Organized and Creative!
Rating: 5
Summary: Peace and Health for the Stressed Male Business Person
Comment: Daily Yoga Class is the most unusual introduction to Yoga that I have seen. Business is used as an analogy to explain the benefits of Yoga. The book will appeal mostly to male executives whose business lives are driving them slowly crazy while making them frantic. There's a lot of humor here about being divorced, so people who have been through that experience may find the book even more appropriate. Women can certainly use the book, but the content, examples, and illustrations are mostly from a male perspective. The author spares no element of imagination in making Yoga and meditation accessible. There are exercises involving humor, art, breathing and music plus a CD with supplementary material (including music), and advice on diet and healthy living. Other authors contribute in brief sections including world-renowned author and expert Dr. Bernie Siegel in a foreword.
The heart of the book contains detailed descriptions of how to do Yoga asanas (postures) with photographs of the poses. For those whose bodies need to be reshaped, there's lots of advice on how to get into the first accessible positions (and how to move on to more correct ones as your body changes). I thought that the descriptions were excellent. The photographs would have been better if shown from more than one angle per asana. If the models had included women, the book would have had a much better feminine appeal.
The book starts slowly. If you are pretty sure that you want to do Yoga and haven't done it before, you could probably start with chapter three and return to the earlier material after you've been practicing for awhile.
There are a lot of assertions in the book that are not specifically footnoted with "proofs." Unless you want to read the extensive bibliography listed at the end, you probably won't ever find out exactly what these assertions are based on. I suggest that you consider the value of those assertions from an intuitive point of view. If they make sense to you, go with them. If not, do something that makes more sense to you. I've read a lot of the research behind these kinds of assertions, and the research is more often suggestive than conclusive.
I liked the book's writing style and use of cartoons. There's a friendly, "let's get going" prod in every section that should encourage even the most lethargic to begin the gentle practice of Yoga.
As a long-time meditator, I found that the book's advice on meditation was sound. If you are attracted to meditation, you would probably get even more benefit, however, from exploring Transcendental Meditation (TM).
Whatever you think of the book, do start some daily Yoga. It will be very healthy, relaxing and energizing for you.
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