''An ideal book for beginners and a spur to more experienced students'' --
Yoga Magazine A complete illustrated practical guide that takes a traditional, holistic approach to combining yoga postures with a healthy lifestyle. Containing detailed descriptions of how to work safely and progressively with the postures and breathing exercises of hatha yoga and more than 200 step-by-step colour photographs to take you through the essential asanas (postures) and sequences. The practical core of the book is complemented by an introduction to the traditional and spiritual context of yoga and connects the contemporary reader to the ancient roots of this extraordinary discipline. Whatever your lifestyle, time pressures, beliefs, or levels of flexibility and fitness,
Total Yoga for You takes you step by step along the path to inner and outer calm.
- Step-by-step instructions to essential asanas (postures) and sequences illustrated by more than 200 colour photographs
- Accessible and inspiring to readers of all levels from beginners to more experienced yoga students
- Shows how to adapt the classic asanas to make them easier to perform for beginners
- Teaches yoga as part of a fulfilling holistic lifestyle that embraces not only posture and breathing but also diet and meditation
- Describes the traditional wisdom behind yoga, to explain the why as well as the what and the how
Tara Fraser took her first yoga classes alongside her mother at the age of six. Tara is the founder and director of Yoga Junction in north London where she trains teachers and leads workshops and classes. She is a Diploma Course Tutor for the British Wheel of Yoga and is a member of their education committee. A regular contributor to the magazine Yoga and Health, she is the author of many books on Yoga, including 3 for DBP.