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| Anybody know about Yoga and How to learn Yoga? is there any books to get more information about yoga. |
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| Best thing, in my opinion, is to find a class or a teacher. Preferably one that is convenient (so you actually go), and that is to your liking. The different styles will have different levels of intensity and different points of emphasis.
Books are good as supplements, but I would hate to try to learn the asanas from scratch from a book. It's sort of like trying to learn how to play a musical instrument just from a book, or learning how to dance from a book. For some people, I suppose its possible. But if I tried it that way, it would set me back several years.
It's not like conventional stretching or weightlifting. In those activities, much of the point is to isolate particular muscles. The asanas don't typically isolate any single muscle. Instead, there is an integration throughout your entire body (and hopefully also your mind and spirit). I think this means that there is more subtlety than is likely to be captured in even the best books. Even DVDs and other visual aids are probably less than ideal. I just don't think there is a good substitute for a knowledgeable and sensitive teacher.
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| It seems, based on the links in your signature, that you already know something of yoga.
What is the intention of your question? |
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| purna - your BS detector is one of my favourite things about you.  |
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| tourist - 2008-07-23 7:27 AM
purna - your BS detector is one of my favourite things about you.
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Location: Montana, US | Bikram's Beginning Yoga Class Second Edtion: Edited by Bikram Choudhury is one of the best books to learn yoga. Or you can refer the link mentioned below to get a list of good books to learn yoga.
http://askville.amazon.com/books-learn-practice-yoga/AnswerViewer.do?requestId=12954901 |
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How to learn Yoga?
