Yoga Books


The Yoga Life Style website features many ideal Yoga books for yoga enthusists, and those who are new to practicing yoga, based on research information. Some of these yoga books include one entitled Yoga Body written by Judith Lasater, which is described according to research, as Gray's Anatomy for yogis. The yoga book is said to be a definitive guide to the dynamic movement of the human body through yoga, based on research data. The author has forty years of practice as a
yoga teacher and physical therapist, and lays out an in-depth guide to the principle of macroanatomy and kinesiology, to the practice of yoga, based on research information.

Yoga Body explores the bones, nerves, muscle, joints and the connective tissue of each of the locomotor system, the vertebral column, the lower extremity, the trunk and the upper extremity in relation to yoga movement, based on information obtained. In the book Yoga Body there are colorful anatomical drawings, charts and asana diagrams based on research. The author's decades of insight into the body, are brought into vivid focus according to information obtained. The book is a great resource and tool, it is said, for those interested in expanding their knowledge or practice through anatomical awareness.

One other very good Yoga book is Light on Yoga by B.K.S. Iyengar, published in 1966 according to research data. This yoga book is stated as being the gold standard for its encyclopedic illustration of hundreds of yoga poses and many breathing techniques, based on information obtained. This book, Light on Yoga, is advertised as a must have for any yoga practitioner's library, based on research data. A newer version of Light on Yoga was published in 2005, this book is one in which the author, Iyengar is said to have intended to shed the same light on the spiritual and mental aspects of yoga, as he did on the physical elements in the first Light on Yoga tome, based on research data.

Cool Yoga Tricks written by Miriam Austin is a book on yoga, which research shows is perfect for a beginner who wants to practice at home. As the book offers very creative adaptations of many poses using props such as chairs, blocks, blankets and straps, based on research information on the book. The book does not show super flexible, advance yogis, in gravity-defying poses, but instead it offers practical advice for realistic goals for beginners, based on research data. This yoga book is indispensible for yoga teachers it is said, as it is very helpful to students in making them feel good in a yoga pose and encourages them to continue their practice of yoga, based on information obtained. The price of Cool Yoga Tricks is $15.53 at Amazonemarketplace.com, the book received a five out of five star rating, based on research information.