The Yoga Bible: The Definitive Guide to Yoga

As a begginer, this book helps a lot to remember, and practice moves seen in class while alone at home. A book will of course never replace Yoga classes and sceances with more experienced people, but I found it a very useful material for making the move from sporadic yoga classes (once a week) into regular personal practice at home (ance a day) It has very clear explanations as to how to do the postures correctly, how to move from one to an other, how to breathe and what to focus on, most of the posture are illustrated. At the beginning I though the name "Yoga bible" was a little bit presomptuous but it perfectly does the job of a reference enabling to recheck some forgotten postures/move cycles and read more in depth indications as to how and why to do them and it does contain an awfull lot of them

I purchased this book as my sister recommended it. I've recently taken up yoga and wanted to not only learn about the individual poses but also the theory behind yoga. This book is great as it includes pretty much every yoga move you can think of, as well as detailed sections on the theory of yoga and its origins, and breathing techniques etc. It's a compact book but pretty chunky with the number of pages; I've not read it all but it's definitely got everything in it I would possibly need as far as yoga is concerned, and I look forward to reading it in full! I think it was first published a few years ago (the photos give this away!) but that in no way lessens how good it it. Lots of the more modern books don't cover half of what is in here. If you're looking for just one read which covers all you need to know about yoga, this is your book

Contains a lot of information, a picture for each pose. The book is small but thick, print is small and difficult to real, not much help in a yoga session, more for prep before hand or reviewing after. With breathing so important why is it discussed so near the end, pg300 ish.? The book will not stay open on a page without breaking the spine. All that said it will compliment my practice at the local gym and at home; give me some background to what i am doing and a reference book, along with its partner, for future reading.

Usually preamble re yoga then excellent layout, explanations, suggestions and photos...I'm old, I'm creaky (also cranky!) my knees are shot, my back aches, my prolapse has lapsed and I'd be lost with my yoga so this book is an extremely useful tool....highly recommend 👍

What a fantastic little treasure this book is! Recommended to get it by one of my yoga teachers (I have 3 :-) it's an absolute must as a reference book & a guide to all postures , whether you new to yoga or have been practising it for years. It's great for those days that you can't make class. I'm going to buy more as gifts . Highly recommended

I've done yoga classes in the past and decided I wanted to do it myself at home, so I bought this book as it was recommended on amazon. I've only just started using it but I am pleased with it as it really talks you through every pose, in much detail. So far I remember most poses which makes it easier for me to do. I'm not sure how easy it would be if you've never done yoga before, I think you would then need someone to talk you through it. I would recommend this book if you are familiar with yoga.

Great little book

This book is ok, the pictures are very good and the descriptions of how to get into a posture are easy to follow, it includes counterposes and modifications, some modifications need more detailing. It also covers the eight limbs of yoga which is nice to see. However, being a yoga teacher myself, I find it annoying that the translations from sanskrit are not always correct, probably due to western interpretations but it would be nice to see the true translations. It isn't a major problem if you just want a book to use as a guideline to some of the asanas. There are also the chapters that go over mudras, kriyas and pranayama, they do not cover all aspects but it gives a few general techniques. If you are just simlpy looking for something to follow at home, as well as attending a class with a fully qualified teacher then this would be fine.