The Secret Power of Yoga: A Woman's Guide to the Heart and Spirit of the Yoga Sutras
by Nischala Joy Devi
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11 ratings, 4.64 average rating, 2 reviews
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published
March 20th 2007
by Three Rivers Press
binding
Paperback, 336 pages
isbn
0307339696
(isbn13: 9780307339690)
description
Yoga is well known for its power to create a healthy body, but few realize the emotional and spiritual benefits. In The Secret Power of Yoga, w...more
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Read in November, 2007
recommended to Shashi by:
fellow yoga teachersrecommends it for: especially women and yogis
The intro of this book is amazing and beautiful. She talks about the human heart and how it is one of the first things to form in an embryo, how it forms before the brain, and maintains it's own rhythm til just before birth. I highly value her interpretations of the yoga sutras as she is the first woman to translate this 2500 year old text, and because she's a yogi of the last 30 years.
I went to a workshop with her May 17-18,2008 and feel extremely inspired and challenged. I am starting a rea...more
I went to a workshop with her May 17-18,2008 and feel extremely inspired and challenged. I am starting a rea...more
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Read in April, 2008
recommends it for:
people looking for a sense of peace
I wasn't really into the author's commentaries, but her translation of the yoga sutras alone makes the book worth it.
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