Yoga: The Path to Holistic Health - Hardcover

Iyengar, B. K. S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0789471655 ISBN 13: 9780789471659

Publisher: Dk Pub, 2001

Synopsis

A step-by-step, illustrated guide to the top postures of yoga includes a section on stress, breathing, and meditation techniques that alleviate the pressures of modern living and enhance one's physical, emotional, and mental well-being for readers of the beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels.

About this title

About the Author

B.K.S. Iyengar was born in India in 1918; he has been teaching and demonstrating yoga since the age of 17. He has been an innovative and exacting teacher for 60 years, and there are today 180 Iyengar Yoga institutes in 40 countries. Internationally recognized as a leading authority on hatha yoga, B.K.S. Iyengar has established the relevance of yoga to the treatment and cure of many illnesses and stress-related conditions. Iyengar has received many prestigious awards, including Doctor of Science from the United Nations Charter for Universal Peace, and Man of the Year in Yoga Education by the American Biographical Institute, and the Purna Swasthya Award from the World Federation of Societies of Holistic Medicine. His other books include classics such as Tree of Yoga (1993), Light on the Sutras of Patanjali (1993), Light on Yoga (1995), and The Illustrated Light on Yoga (1995).

Edition details

• Publisher: Dk Pub
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0789471655
• ISBN 13: 9780789471659
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 416