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Title: Asanas: 608 Yoga Poses by Dharma Mittra ISBN: 1-57731-402-6 Publisher: New World Library Pub. Date: April, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.56 (9 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: selfless service to all
Comment: As Dharma's name implies, he has devoted his life to the selfless service of others. As he explains in the book, he painstakingly created these photographs as an offering to his guru, Swami Kailashananda, in order to document the ancient asanas. Many of them had only been described in written form, but had never been illustrated before.
In executing this monumental undertaking, Dharma not only served his guru, but served all yogis and yoginis for generations to come, who wish to study the eight limbs of yoga. While the majority of the photos were taken circa 1975, some of the original negatives were lost, and he recently had to retake some of the photos for the book. Looking at the more current photos is the strongest possible testament to the benefits of leading a life of yoga and selfless servitude. This book is both educational and inspiring.
Rating: 1
Summary: Don't purchase this book.
Comment: This book was worthless to me and would be to anyone other than a Yoga instructor. I have been doing Yoga for a year and was looking for a book that displayed a wider range of "exercises" with descriptions of each. While this book does in fact show 608 poses, it does not provide any instruction on positioning. I use Yoga to complement my weight lifting and long distance running and this book does not do this. Having said this, a professional Yoga instructor probably would know exactly how to do each pose and just having a visual representation may be quite helpful. I highly recommend "Journey into Power, How to shape your body, free your self, and transform your life" by Baron Baptiste. Don't be scared by the esoteric nature of the title, for me it was very thorough on the exercise part of Yoga. I don't know why these people insist on attempting to inculcate this psycho-babble on people that may just be looking for exercise and the benefits of the relaxation. No offense intended.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Jewel in the ocean..
Comment: Pictures say more than words. These 608 pictures truly does. For the Intermediate to the Advanced student, you don't really need a descriptive guide - the pictures tell you all. This is going to be an inspiration to me all the time. For the great price Amazon.com offers, think no further. Just buy it and your Yoga practise is bound to get more inspired.
The size of the book (small) is a plus as you can carry it along even on your vacation. The quality of the pictures is not going to impress the aesthetically prone, but the point is the variety of asanas come out quite well with few words!
Dharma Mittra put Yoga to work in the form of Karma (Yoga), when he spent time and effort in photographing himself and distributing it to the public (I have read he did this free). Pure, selfless action results in such works that will stand the test of time!
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