The long-awaited, complete guide to the popular, vigorous American method of yoga that is deeply rooted in ancient wisdom and scriptures

"In this day and age of health and fitness trends, it is assuring to know that Sharon and David encourage their students to draw inspiration from the classical texts of Yoga and timeless scriptural sources. What I appreciate so much about David and Sharon is how they help their Yoga students to understand and appreciate the wisdom of all the great saints and jivamuktas who have contributed to raising consciousness....

The founders of Jivamukti Yoga outline the fundamental principles of the assist, and how to apply them in practice and service to others.

The benefits of both giving and receiving an assist--the extraordinary mind/body/spirit connection between yoga teacher and student--depend on knowing what an assist is, and fully understanding the method of Jivamukti itself.

Though "corrections"--with teachers who fixed students' mistakes--had evolved to "adjustments," the world-renowned founders of the Jivamukti Yoga method recognized this still suggested that changes to...