Asanas: 708 Yoga Postures - Softcover

Mittra, Dharma

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1577314026 ISBN 13: 9781577314028

Publisher: New World Library, 2003

Synopsis

Asanas: 708 Yoga Postures is the most comprehensive illustrated guide to classic hatha yoga ever published. There is absolutely nothing like it currently available. In 1974, legendary "teacher of teachers" yogi Dharma Mittra created the Ultimate Yoga Chart as an offering to his guru, Swami Kailashananda (Yogi Gupta). Setting up a camera in his New York City studio, Dharma Mittra photographed himself in 908 yoga postures, sometimes snapping the picture by holding the trigger between his teeth. He then printed each of the photos as an 8 x 10, and then pasted them together and finally produced a poster of all the postures. The effect is like an Escher drawing: you can't tell what is shown until you get very close, but the picture seems to move and evolve as you watch. Asanas is a stylish, design-driven book that -- for the first time ever -- collects these black and white photogrpahs and provides brief commentary.

About this title

Synopsis:

In 1974, Dharma Mittra created the Ultimate Yoga Chart as an offering to his guru. Setting up his camera in his New York City studio, he photographed himself in 708 yoga postures, then printed each one as an 8 x 10, pasted them together and produced a poster of all the postures. The effect is like an Escher drawing. Asanas is a stylish, design-driven book of these black and white photographs, with commentary.

About this edition

• Publisher: New World Library
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1577314026
• ISBN 13: 9781577314028
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 512