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A must have	Customer Rating:
This is one of my favorite Iyengar books. THe illustrations and descriptions of the poses are very clear and easy to follow. Good for any begginer or more seasoned person. It also tells you how each Asana benefits asn stimulates different organs- I find this very helpful and I can find even greater motivation to practice. Highly recommend. A must have in any yoga library.

Highly Accessessible Intro To the Iyengar System of Hatha Yoga

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This book is beautifully designed with full-color pictures throughout and a lot of insightful commentary indicating the areas of each pose where the most challenging and rewarding "work" will be done. Many yoga postures are beneficial even when performed with poor alignment. The most important thing is to TRY. I remember starting out - my alignment and flexibility were poor - but I improved and refined my Yoga over time. Iyengar's "Light on Yoga" covers more postures and in more depth - but it is not a practice manual like this one - meant to be laid out on the floor while you practice. If you are a beginner this is excellent. If you are more than a beginner this will help you learn and refine your understanding of the Iyengar approach - which is highly influential for very good reasons.

A classic yoga book	Customer Rating:
This book gives you easily digestable information of the Iyengar yoga. Very clear instructions and steps how to work into the posture. I have recommended this book to my students since it gives you a solid support for the home practise.

Great yoga guidebook	Customer Rating:
I've taken yoga classes for a few years but never remember the poses to repeat at home. This book lists most all the poses I've ever done, with pictures and what body parts they affect.

This book was required reading for my Yoga teacher training.

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I can totally see why my yoga teacher trainer pick out this book to be required reading. It is very well assembled with great picture of well respected Yogi's. The form of the positions leave nothing to be desired. When reading other Yoga books it isn't uncommon for me to wish I could crawl into the page and help the posture of the people in the photos. In this book I just wanted to be as talented and perfect and the people in the pictures. The descriptions of the positions and the subtleties of what the pose requires was well written. It isn't unusual for me to use the same phrasing as they do in the book because some cues can't be better said. Perhaps I'll out grow this book, but as a beginning teacher, I learned a lot from it. I love the amount of detail that the book gives because there is always more that you can accomplish in any Yoga pose, and you must work at the level of the students you're teaching and remind them of things that may be automatic for you.