Yoga Self-Taught

by Andre van Lysebeth

Overview

It's like having a yoga teacher in your own home! Van Lysebeth, with over 50 years experience as a yoga instructor, describes more than 200 exercises and postures, using over 100 photographs and numerous illustrations that show both the right and wrong way to perform them. Unlike other yoga books which show only the completed posture, these illustrations show the intermediate steps for attaining the final postures. For beginning students, this classic book is a perfect introduction to yoga.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781578631278
Publisher:	Red Wheel/Weiser
Publication date:	11/01/1999
Edition description:	REVISED & UPDATED
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

	Foreword	vii
	Preface	xiii
1	Modern Yoga	1
2	The Spirit of Hatha-Yoga	5
3	To Breathe is to be Alive	7
4	Complete Yogic Respiration	19
5	Good-bye to Colds	31
6	Tongue Dhauti	33
7	OM	35
8	Relaxation: Part One	41
9	Relaxation: Part Two	49
10	Now to Deeper Relaxation	53
11	Self-Awareness	61
12	The Secret of a Supple Body	67
13	Concentration During Asanas	71
14	Practice Sequence	77
15	Asanas	85
16	Sarvangasana	91
17	Halasana: The Plough	113
18	Matsyasana: The Fish	127
19	Pashchimottanasana: The Forward Bend	137
20	Bhujangasana: The Cobra	151
21	Shalbhasana: The Locust	165
22	Dhanurasana: The Bow	179
23	Ardha-Matsyendrasana: The Twist	189
24	Shirsasana and Kapalasana	199
25	Shirsasana: The Head-Stand	201
26	Uddiyana Bandha	227
27	Perfecting the Asanas	239
28	Suryanamaskar: A Salutation to the Sun	243
29	And Finally	259
	Appendices: Food	261
Appendix I	We Are What We Eat	263
Appendix II	Adapting Your Diet	267
Appendix III	Eat Wheat	271
Appendix IV	The Kollath Breakfast	275
	Index	279
	About the Author	285