Curious Poses: 30 Yoga Postures and the Stories They Tell

ISBN-13: 9781472991485 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 160 str.

Lucy Greeves

Opis

Deepen your practice and discover the myths, gods, sacred animals and imagery that lie hidden in your favourite yoga postures.

Recenzje

This magical little compilation of the back-stories of some of Hatha Yoga's best known postures is a treasure... A rich seam of material for yoga teachers and a wonderful resource for practitioners. Tara Fraser, bestselling yoga author

Spis treści

IntroductionLotus (padmasana)Hero (vajrasana)Bharadvaja's pose (bharadvajasana)Matsyendra's pose (matsyendrasana)Marichi's pose (marichyansana)Lion (simhasana)Cow face (gomukhasana)Preliminaries (pawanmuktasana)Sun salutation (surya namaskar)Mountain (tadasana)Tree (vrksasana)Chair (utkatasana)Downward-facing dog (adho mukha svanasana)Warrior (virabhadrasana)Triangle (trikonasana)Gate latch (parighasana)Crow (bakasana)Half-moon (ardha chandrasana)Headstand (sirsasana)Lord of the Dance (natarajasana)Peacock (mayurasana)Wheel (chakrasana)Cobra (bhujangasana)Pigeon (kapotasana)Forward fold (paschimottanasana)Squat (utkatikasana)Child (balasana)Happy baby (ananda balasana)Corpse (savasana)

O autorze

Lucy Greeves is a writer and yoga teacher. In addition to her regular studio classes and workshops, she leads Yoga for Writers residential retreats for the Arvon Foundation. She writes on yoga and meditation for Planet Mindful magazine. Her previous books include The Naked Jape (Michael Joseph, 2006). Amanda Leon is an artist and illustrator based in Barcelona, Spain.