Which yoga poses help you sleep better? What’s the purpose of chanting? How can you keep up a yoga practice during times of crisis? In Yoga Beneath the Surface, instructor David Hurwitz poses nearly 250 of such questions to Srivatsa Ramaswami, a former student of the father of modern yoga (Sri T. Krishnamacharya). By sharing the transcripts of their e-mail conversations, Hurwitz and Ramaswami aim to mimic the student-teacher dialogue that they consider essential to nurturing a yoga practice.
Intended to bridge the gap between introductory yoga books and classical Indian commentaries, Yoga Beneath the Surface delves deep into yoga philosophy (including a section on cultivating vairagya, or non-attachment) and gets into the hows and whys of breathing exercises, meditation techniques and poses (such as how long to stay in headstand). Although the beginner or casual yogi may get lost as the authors expound profusely on matters of manomaya (mind space), gnana (pure consciousness) and samyak darsana (perfect perception), the book’s Q & A format makes it easy to pick and choose the sections with which to bend both your body and mind. (Elizabeth Barker)

ISBN : 1569242941
Author : Srivatsa Ramaswami
And : David Hurwitz
Weight : 0.3 kg