Yoga

Unlike many recent manuals that approach yoga postures mechanically, Yee's instructions consistently emphasize subjective experience and sensations. His prose is lyrical, at times even haiku-like, in conveying the more transcendent qualities of the postures. Yee offers a number of posture routines to evoke different experiences of yoga: grounding, relaxation, playfulness, alignment and more. The instructions are illustrated with black and white photos of the author and his wife Donna Fone. At the end of the book, Yee explores individual postures in depth, providing careful instructions, modifications, and suggested timing. Yee peppers the text with quotes from some of his favorite verses. If poetry is the art of using words to go beyond words, yoga is the art of using the body to go beyond the body. No one understands this better than Rodney Yee. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.