Bikram's Beginning Yoga Class (Second Edtion)
by Bonnie Jones Reynolds, Bikram Choudhury
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Author: Bikram Choudhury, Bonnie Jones ReynoldsEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2000-08-07
ISBN: 1585420204
Number of pages: 205
Publisher: Tarcher
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Book Review: Delivers on More Than Just Stretching
Summary: 5 Stars
Years ago a friend from work who knew I trained for marathons (Yes, I'm one of those nuts who runs alot), asked if I had considered yoga. I was very polite in my response, but inside I was thinking, "What's all that navel gazing got to do with running? If I need to stretch, I stretch."
Fast forward a few years and I underwent minor knee surgury (if you can believe any sort of knee surgury to be minor). Because of my travel schedule, I knew I'd have trouble attending twice weekly physical therapy sessions and the rehab was important for making a proper recovery. I needed some strength training, but it had to be exercise I could do while on the road. Yoga fit the bill.
My first yoga class was a Bikram class. I can honestly tell you that the class ripped this in shape, marathon running idiot to shreds. I couldn't believe you could get your heart rate well into the triple digits standing still. That was seven years ago. I have since practiced yogo avidly.
I'll write another time about my yoga adventure, but this is about the book. The book is by written Bikram Choudhury, the guy that invented this style of yoga. The photos in the book are taken by Bizwanath "Bisu" Ghosh. It sounds like its written by someone out of "Slumdog Millionaire" with the Indian accent coming through clearly.
And Bikram is hillarous. He knows this stuff is hard especially for beginners so he sprinkles conversations with his students into the description of the poses. He addresses in a banter with his students how you might be feeling and then pushes you anyway. He even taunts you which had me cracking up. He must be a trip to have as an actual instructor.
The tone and his commentary are what make this book a great read. He shows you how to start a beginner yoga practice with step-by-step instructions with simple photos of people doing the poses. He makes a point to reach you definitely assuming you are no lithe former dancer/gymnast.
Even the photos deliver this message. Many of them are of kids or older people doing the poses even if imperfectly. He includes cameo appearances of Hollywood actors who practice his yoga and some of these folks are not necessarily in great shape (read that as fat).
Bikram does stress that you do each pose as you can do it. This is no race or competition. Whose keeping track of your performance anyway. And that's another lesson you can grasp from the book...and yoga too.
Yoga has great physical benefits with interesting spiritual benefits as well. Consider making it a part of your lifestyle.
Summary of Bikram's Beginning Yoga Class (Second Edtion)
Sweat, strain, laugh, and do more for your health, body, and general well-being than you even imagined possible as you take your beginning yoga class from Bikram. For more than twenty years, Bikram's Beginning Yoga Class has been among the preeminent and most beloved of all yoga guides-and now it has been revised and updated by Bikram, with virtually all-new photographs and an updated section on yoga's medical benefits.
With nearly two hundred vivid instructional photographs, Bikram's Beginning Yoga Class is the perfect guidebook for any student of yoga, either advanced or beginner-a reference that makes Hatha yoga fun, easy, and completely understandable.
Illustrated throughout with 160 black-and-white photographs by Biswanath "Bisu" Ghosh
With nearly two hundred vivid instructional photographs, Bikram's Beginning Yoga Class is the perfect guidebook for any student of yoga, either advanced or beginner-a reference that makes Hatha yoga fun, easy, and completely understandable.
Illustrated throughout with 160 black-and-white photographs by Biswanath "Bisu" Ghosh
Bikram Choudhury, author of the newly revised Bikram's Beginning Yoga Class and yoga guru to the stars, is on a mission to heal America through yoga. Bikram claims that faithfully doing his yoga routine, which consists of 26 hatha yoga asanas (postures) set down by Patanjali over 4,000 years ago, can fix everything from chronic diseases (like heart disease, diabetes, and arthritis) to obesity and depression. According to Bikram, his beginning yoga class exercises 100 percent of the body, increases energy, and leaves you looking and feeling fantastic.
The book contains nearly 200 photographs illustrating each of the poses. Each asana is also accompanied by detailed directions on how to do it the right way. Can't quite twist your leg around your head or touch your nose to your knee? Bikram will tell you how to modify poses so one day you, too, can resemble a pretzel.
This is not an easy workout. Even intermediate students will find Bikram's yoga routine, which requires about an hour to complete, challenging. Need encouragement? Beginning Yoga contains suggestions for maintaining proper yoga practice, a section on the medical benefits of yoga, notes from Bikram's students, and a good dose of Bikram humor and philosophy. If you can't get to one of Bikram's 100 yoga centers and want to give his style of "hot yoga" a try, open up Bikram's Beginning Yoga Class and let Bikram work his magic on your body, mind, and spirit. --Ellen Albertson
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