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Good illustrations - not so good "how to."This book does an excellent job of explaining which part of the body is used in each asana (muscle groups, tendons, etc). I particularly liked the very in depth intro describing the anatomy of how humans breathe - very useful in yoga practice. The illustrations were also great and they covered quite a variety of poses.
However, I was expecting more of a how to guide for each pose. Possibly a "make sure to keep your feet in line...tuck your tailbone...look forward to lengthen the neck...keep your thigh rotated to bring your knee out...etc" - things you hear from teachers in class that help you get the correct posture. This is not the case with this book.
I also thought the anatomy part was a little overkill. It's nice to know which part of the body is affected but I am not a doctor and to use the Latin terms just confuses me. Many times muscles were referenced in the text of a pose that did not have a label in that pose's illustration - which means I either had to remember what that muscle was or look back through the book. Not that user friendly.
Overall: good book for those who want an anatomical understanding of yoga. Not good for someone looking to supplement classes or practice on their own.
Hope this helps, Namaste.
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Not My Cup of Tea, but a Five Star Book NonethelessCyndi Dale says on the first page of her introduction that this book will make good healers into great ones. I don't know about that. Great healers are great healers, they don't need this book. That being said there is a lot of info here about different kinds of "healing methods", most of which are interesting as all get out, but I'm not a believer.
The illustrations are excellent and even though I disagree with about eighty percent of the stuff between these pages, the book is very well written, very interesting and done with a ton of class. I've had the book for a couple months now, have peaked at every single page, read most of it and just because I don't agree with it is no reason for me not to give it five stars, because this is certainly a five star effort, no matter what you believe in. This is a worthy addition to any library.
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