Review: Best one!! Must read!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 21, 2013
I love to read various types of books and discover new thoughts. I was looking for such a book like this for a while, which would be great introduction to this lifestyle enhancing hobby-- Yoga. In this book the most of the things are explained in simple terms so that a beginner like me can do it and not get confused. Yoga is such a great exercise and it's not too hard as I predicted before reading this book.I have learnt a lot of stuff about Yoga that I didn't know before from my general reading around online so it is clear this book has been well researched. This book is written well overall except little typographical errors. I think it is a great introduction for a novice like me who is just getting into it, as well full of information for experienced ones.I am happy to read the history of yoga and learn how yoga helps to keel up better healing our body and refresh our mind. Scientific proofs given by author during explaining how yoga works are really informative. Specific instructions for different health conditions are good one.The writing style is articulate and has a smooth flow that it just drags me to the next page. The examples to explain the history, importance and the methods were really good and remarkable. I felt that the book is written in such a way that anybody from any education standard could read and understand. The moment I saw the table of contents I was impressed about the book. The topics are well chosen and chapters are well planned and aligned to discuss the subject thoroughly. Psychologically it ensured me that the book is worth reading.One important feature that needs to be revised is that adding more images. Images with real people's posture provide good insight, but much more sketches for the same asana (pose) would be a better add-on; especially some asana (poses), which seems difficult for novice and intermediate such as cobra pose, plow pose, shoulderstand etc. requires some more stepwise pictures. Though I loved the feature of specific benefits and contradictions for different asana and amused with the great deal of details author has given, I strongly believe that insertion of these simple sketches will be more effective for readers’ understanding. Then, the book would gain the more practical touch of the subject.This book provides a great deal of information about yoga as a working, natural healing practice that I would have never guessed. It was remarkable to learn how much power your body has to heal itself when used properly. Author has gone above and beyond just writing a book to help one who do yoga properly, but also how to use it to better their lives and bodies. The book is easy to use and the directions to do the positions were easy to follow, even for a beginner, like myself.If the author would make little more modifications for some advanced positions to make them more accessible to those who might not be as flexible or in as good of physical shape, that would be more realistic and readable.  It was a great read and overall was a book that I'm glad to have added to my collection. I will highly recommend it!