Yoga: The Iyengar Way: The New Definitive Illustrated Guide

by Silva Mehta, Mira Mehta, Shyam Mehta

Overview

A comprehensive illustrated guide to the famed yoga method developed by B. K. S. Iyengar.

Featuring one hundred key postures with detailed step-by-step instructions and photographs—from Silva Mehta, a disciple of Iyengar and cofounder of the the Iyengar Yoga Institute in Maida Vale, London; and Mira Mehta, founder of and teacher at The Yogic Path in London, who studied with Iyengar from childhood.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780679722878
Publisher:	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date:	04/07/1990
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	8.57(w) x 10.83(h) x 0.53(d)

About the Author

SILVA MEHTA was an important figure in the spreading of yoga throughout the world, especially the West. She was a disciple of B. K. S. Iyengar and helped found the Iyengar Yoga Institute in Maida Vale, London. She died in September 1994.

MIRA MEHTA, founder of and teacher at The Yogic Path in London, studied yoga since childhood with B. K. S. Iyengar.

Table of Contents

	Foreword	6
	Preface	7
	Introduction	8
	About this Book	10
Part I	The Body	11
	The Asanas	12
	Standing Poses	17
	Sitting Poses	49
	Twists	69
	Supine & Prone Poses	79
	Inverted Poses	95
	Balancings	123
	Backbends	133
	Jumpings	145
	Relaxation	149
Part II	The Mind	153
	Study of the Self	154
	Pranayama	155
	Pratyahara	163
	The Philosophy of Yoga	164
Part III	The Soul	171
	Surrender of the Self	172
	Dhyana	174
	Appendix
	Courses	175
	Remedial Programs	185
	Index	188
	Further Reading	192
	Acknowledgments	192