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[Guest guest]

Lu,<br><br>Why don't you try to to Yoga

Journal online? (Go to their website and fill in the

form).<br><br>Consider however that reading Yoga Journal is basically a

waste of time: first, because there is not much (almost

nothing, I would say) about astanga yoga in their coverage

[YJ focuses mainly on iyengar yoga]; second, YJ

targets essentially an American readership, so that their

point of view and their informations are not

necessarily useful to us Europeans.<br><br>Much better to go

to the source and read books like Yoga Mala, the

Bhagavad Gita and the Upanisads.<br><br>[btw, ich bin kein

Teenie mehr.]

[Guest guest]

Just wanted to say that I would not agree that

reading Yoga Journal is a waste of time. It may be true

that they don't give much coverage to Ashtanga, but

they have had a few pretty major articles on the

subject in the past and have (even recently) had

contributions by several top Ashtanga teachers. As Dan points

out, there haven't been a lot of books on Ashtanga

yoga so far, other than the handful which cover the

postures in primary series. The articles in Yoga Journal

have gone a little deeper. And if one could see the

value in studying yoga beyond the confines of Ashtanga,

then there's tons of useful info in Yoga Journal. I

don't think there is any emphasis on Iyengar or any

particular school of yoga and I'm not sure why anything in

the publication would specifically not be useful to

Europeans. Yes, it is a commercial publication, and there is

a lot of fluff and a lot of advertising. Kind of

like this little forum - use what you can, skip the

rest if you want.<br><br>Anyway, just my opinion. I

find YJ very useful and interesting. And I predict

there will be more coverage of Ashtanga there in the

future.<br><br>Also, I seem to be learning that it can be better to

see the good in all things and to learn from

everything that comes your way.

[Guest guest]

TLSlade,<br><br>It's so good to see you back

again, voicing your own opinion!<br><br>Regarding Yoga

Journal, my point is: is it worth the money you spend for

an overseas subscribtion to learn about yoga from a

U.S. magazine? Or shouldn't we, who don't live in the

U.S., do better to read the original books on yoga

instead, like the Bhagavad Gita or the Upanishads? I

sincerely prefer the second option, and I would buy a copy

of YJ only if I knew that it has an article on

astanga yoga in it. Just my opinion, of course.