From Publishers Weekly

Having studied for more than three decades with renowned yoga master T. Krishnamacharya, and taught for more than two decades, Ramaswami attempts to offer a more complete picture of the practices developed ages ago to heal the body, train the mind and cultivate inner peace. He calls much of Western yoga practice “blatantly aggressive” and altered to appeal to Western tastes, omitting such essential aspects as yoga philosophy, breathing techniques, correct s (more…)

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From Booklist

Sparrowe, former editor of Yoga Journal, has teamed up with one of the most preeminent yoga instructors in the country, Walden, to put together a comprehensive guide to yoga for women. The book contains numerous yoga sequences and photos and is designed to be a lifelong reference guide for female practitioners. Basic sequences for women are covered as well as recommended sequences for pregnancy and menstruation. The chapters for later stages of life are particularly (more…)

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Wai Lana’s latest fun-filled music fest will have the whole family singing, dancing, humming, and tapping! Unlike anything you’ve ever heard before, this inspiring album unites Wai Lana with some of the world’s finest musicians to bring you 12 catchy, feel-good songs that are educational, inspirational, and super-sensational fun for the young, old, and everyone in between! Fun Songs comes with an adorable cartoon songbook filled with favorite funny characters and song lyri (more…)

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Pranayama, the practice of breath control, is detailed here in an easy-to-understand and even easier-to-practise format. Professional yoga instructor Scott Shaw introduces 16 breathing exercises and shows you how to get the best benefit from each of the forms by training, refining and witnessing your breath. Try one of the calming breaths, Nadi Sudi or the Nerve Purifying Breath. Have a long day ahead with no breaks until after dinner? Allow Ujayi or the Hissing Breath to work i (more…)

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Amazon.com Review

“Simple practices to help you stay healthy, calm, and strong, and to carry you forward in a natural progression toward wisdom, real beauty, and the strength of realized grace that belongs to all women,” promise Machelle M. Seibel, M.D., and Hari Kaur Khalsa, authors of A Woman’s Book of Yoga. The authors, a gynecologist and a yoga instructor, offer prescriptions for the transitions in women’s lives. They teach the health and stress-reduction benefits of breathin (more…)

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Help the little yogis get their colors back with Wai Lana’s Little Yogis Coloring Book. Even off the mat, kids can remember their favorite yoga poses as they give color to the little yogis and their silly animal friends. Over 50 pages of fun-filled pictures and activities, the Little Yogis Coloring Book provides kids with hours of wholesome entertainment.

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From School Library Journal

PreS–Toddlers can move along with the playful illustrations and simple poses introduced in this book. Each colorful spread shows a child in a yoga pose on one side, while the opposing page pictures the animal the position is supposed to reflect. For example, the first spread shows, Yoga Baby in the flying eagle pose, and the facing page reads, spreads his arms like a butterfly. While a butterfly is depicted rather than an eagle, the idea is conveyed (more…)

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From School Library Journal

Grade 2–5—This book intends to show children what yoga can help them to accomplish emotionally. The introduction gives simple and clear explanations of the practice, dealing with feelings, affirmations, and breathing. Eighteen spreads follow, each with a full-page color photograph of a child in a posture, a brief explanation of the pose, the associated feelings, and an affirmation. The pictures are clear and useful, as are the discussions of the em (more…)

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From Booklist

Sparrowe, former editor of Yoga Journal, has teamed up with one of the most preeminent yoga instructors in the country, Walden, to put together a comprehensive guide to yoga for women. The book contains numerous yoga sequences and photos and is designed to be a lifelong reference guide for female practitioners. Basic sequences for women are covered as well as recommended sequences for pregnancy and menstruation. The chapters for later stages of life are particularly (more…)

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This unique coloring book uses each letter of the alphabet and the corresponding yoga pose for each letter to enable kids to not only color in the pictures of children doing the postures, but also teaches them the alphabet and how to practice yoga, a non-competitive form of exercise.

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Teresa Anne Power has practiced yoga for the past quarter century, and for the past seven years has taught yoga to young children, both in school and at local (more…)

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