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FitnessProsBooks.com - Insight Yoga
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Manufacturer: Shambhala
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.7046
EAN: 9781590305980
ISBN: 1590305981
Label: Shambhala
Manufacturer: Shambhala
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: 2008-12-09
Publisher: Shambhala
Release Date: 2008-12-09
Studio: Shambhala
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Summary: Yoga Guidebook
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This is a book I can grab onto as a guidebook for developing my Yoga practice, as well deepening and expanding my practice. The photos allow me to have a clear vision of each posture and modifications of the pose. That really helps me and answers the questions of how to do the poses correctly. Everyday, when I roll out my yoga mat I open Sarah's book as a security blanket and a guide. Sarah has a way of helping me to learn about myself on all levels, by being curious and continually inquisitive. She invites you to experience mini-meditations in the yin yoga poses, stimulates your mind by explaining Chinese meridian lines and how we can affect them; and she offers creative ideas for a flow series to compliment the long, slow holds of yin yoga.
Sarah clearly reveals her development and passion for yoga. She invites the student to create a practice that can stir deep feelings of what being vibrantly alive really means.
Learning about the Chinese meridians and how yoga poses can clear, open and increase the amount of energy moving through the body, is invigorating and calming at that same time.
This book is terrific. I like that there are poses and sequences of poses, Chinese Meridian and organ health theory; and a collection of Pranayama breathing techniques to work with.
Sarah's explains mindfulness training clearly and gives guideline including the Four Foundations of Mindfulness explained in depth. This book is a MUST in your yoga library and yoga studio and by your yoga mat. It weaves an understanding of Yoga, Chinese Medicine and Buddhism into one guidebook that is a joy to open and explore again and again I learn something new every time I open Insight Yoga.. It is a wealth of practical and personal information for increased healing and well being.
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Summary: Amazing Yogini, Beautiful Book, Holistic Approach
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Sarah Powers takes us to the next level where yoga can truly impact many aspects of our lives. Her intelligence, eloquence and beauty shine through on every page in simple, clear text alongside informative pictures of her innovative poses. Central to her Insight Yoga are the connections between our body, emotions and mind. Through a customizable mixture of yoga -- Yin (invented by Sarah and Paul Grilley which targets joints, tendons and ligaments and is more passive with poses held for about 3 - 5 minutes) and Yang (Hatha which targets our muscles and is more active) as well as Mindfulness Meditation, she makes it easy for us to self-regulate our energies and self-heal physically and emotionally. For anyone who wants to radiate from a core of well-being, Insight Yoga is a must.
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Summary: Wonderful guide to Yin/Yang yoga and meditation
Comment: I highly recommend Sarah Power's insightful and lucid guide to the practice of yoga and mindfulness meditation. Her clear explanation of the different threads of Hatha and Taoist yoga, as well as, the foundational ideas of Buddhism and mindfulness meditation are poetic and inspiring. She has the ability to translate Eastern thought without loosing the spirit of the teachings. In fact, she has a wonderful knack for making such teachings more accessible to the western mind. This book is great for beginners and experienced yogis alike.
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Summary: Clear, Deep, and Non-Dogmatic
Comment: If you've ever studied with Sarah Powers, you won't be surprised to learn that her new book is a gem--a clear, deep, inspiring, and nondogmatic guide to her unique synthesis of yoga philosophy and practice, Buddhism, and Chinese medicine. If you're new to her work, you're in for a treat. In her own fresh and precise language, she skillfully integrates and illuminates the underlying principles of these ancient systems for the healing and transformation of the body, heart, and mind. Her insights will inspire you to practice--and once you're on your mat, her clear and well-designed sequences of postures and techniques will make it easy for you to tailor your personal practice to meet your unique needs each day. Highly recommended!
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Summary: A masterpiece on the healing power of yoga
Comment: Sarah Power's long awaited book is well worth the wait. Throughout the book, the written word matches her clarity, precision and depth that is so evident in her teaching. This is a wonderful, clear practical guide for anyone who wants a profound and integrated approach to the practice of Yoga. And yet it is much more than that. It is a text that integrates the subtle and complex workings of chinese medicine, Taoist thought and the understanding of the energy meridians in the body
Sarah explains and demonstrates through pictures and text how different yoga asanas and sequences are beneficial for the main meridians in the body and for the overall health of body, mind and spirit. I found the individual chapters that outlined a yoga practice for each of the meridians very helpful, clear and thorough. Not only is her writing lucid but the beautiful photos make it very easy to follow her asanas and sequences.
Throughout the book Sarah shares her depth of wisdom that she has developed through her broad study of Buddhism, Taoism and yoga. Her approach to asana practice is very refreshing because she is able to explain the deeper spiritual dimensions of yoga and how it is not just a path for physical health but ultimately a path to awareness, insight, wisdom.
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Sarah Powers is widely known for her original ideas and techniques for using yoga both for health and spiritual growth. Combining traditional yoga techniques with the meridians of Chinese medicine and meditation, she has created a practice she calls Insight Yoga; a series of sequences that teaches both the dynamic flow poses (yang) and the more passive resting poses (yin) forms its foundation. Demonstrated by the author in beautiful photographs, the poses balance gentle stretches with dynamic moves for ultimate benefit to organs, muscles, joints, and tendons. Powers offers a basic explanation of Chinese medicine theory, as well as of Buddhist mindfulness meditation.
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