Guest guest Posted October 18, 2000 Report Share Posted October 18, 2000 does anyone know of some good books for the first series also i would love love love a good web page with the photos of the first series and their names Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2000 Report Share Posted October 18, 2000 A bunch of books and how to get them are listed here:<br><br><a href=http://www.ionet.net/tslade/yogabook.htm target=new>http://www.ionet.net/tslade/yogabook.htm</a><br><br>The first four books listed there cover primary series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2000 Report Share Posted October 18, 2000 Sorry, I left out the tilde:<br><br><a href=http://www.ionet.net/~tslade/yogabook.htm target=new>http://www.ionet.net/~tslade/yogabook.htm</a> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2000 Report Share Posted October 18, 2000 of the four books terry slade gave for you, i've used both yoga mala and swenson's practice manual a lot. i think both are indispensible. at the risk of promulgating what some here view as criminal behavior, i would recommend as well taking a look at "power yoga" by beryl bender birch. despite being castigated by some for teaching ashtanga yoga incorrectly and without authorization, her book about learning power yoga is very helpful for people new to the practice of either approach. of all the books listed, it is the one that gives the most "how to " info for the different postures. you can only get so much out of looking at a photo or a video. sometimes it helps to have to written paragraph or two that describes what to do, what not to do, and why. she also spends a good portion of her text on the importance of the breathing patterns as well as the underlying philosphy.<br>many of us here got our introduction to yoga from that book. it is a little different that ashatngam, from what i can tell, but not to the extent that it is not ha helpful resource. look at them all and use your best judgement. if you're going to spwnd any money at yoga (and fortunately, it is an experience that requires very little money) these books would be among the best places to spend. <br>as for photos, for at least a schematic that you can print out to remind yourself of the order and names of the postures try:<br><a href=http://www.ifrance.com/fourmiesyoga/SITE%202/sommaire/sommaire.html target=new>http://www.ifrance.com/fourmiesyoga/SITE%202/sommaire/sommaire.html</\ a> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2000 Report Share Posted October 18, 2000 warning! not about yoga<br><br>chris, where abouts is dunwoody? i lived in the hinesville and later, the savannah area about 20 yrs ago when i was in the army. i traveled around a fair amount and got to know a good portion of georgia but i can't recall dunwoody. time is eliminating those brain cells one by one.<br>we were comenting a while back how infrequent it is that we come across 'younger' people (makes me sound like a geezer to use terms like that) in class and here on line. what got you into ashtanga? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 21, 2000 Report Share Posted October 21, 2000 David Swenson's practice manual is very good, but the video tape is even better. If you don't have a teacher, I think it really helps to see the Primary series in action as opposed to just looking at a book. Also, I believe that this club's website has the entire Primary and Secondary Series posted, or that there's a link to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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