New Iyengar tome

February 21, 2001

Here is a brand-new hardcover book I saw last

time at Amazon.com, written by B.K.S. Iyengar himself

(OK, it's not Astanga Yoga) and entitled "Yoga: The

Path to Holistic Health",

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3/103-1558604-7141413</a> . With its 408 pages and its large-sized

dimensions, it could well be the new millenium bible on

Iyengar Yoga. I ordered it yesterday from Amazon.de -

although, in this country at least, the tome IS expensive,

whew, it's nearly as costly as the Georg Feuerstein

tome on the Yoga Tradition!<br><br>No details

whatsoever on the book's content to be found: I haven't the

faintest idea what the 408 pages are all about. The cover

shows several pictures of a woman, shot from different

angles, doing Warrior I in a simplified version - which

might suggest that the tome is (hopefully) copiously

illustrated.<br><br>Recently, I took up Iyengar Yoga again, which I now

practise along with Astanga Yoga. Doing the postures the

Iyengar way - i.e. SLOWLY - helps me to understand them

better, as in fast-paced Astanga the poses are usually a

rather rushed affair. Iyengar Yoga is also more

flexible, which might partly explain its enduring

popularity. For all its merits, Astanga Yoga really is a

quite strict and rigid practice.

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