Effort and Surrender: The Art and Wisdom of Yoga

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Summary: Effort and Surrender: The Art and Wisdom of Yoga
Review: Effort and Surrender is an inspirational book for yoga enthusiasts. This book contains beautifully artist photographs of the various yoga poses. These illustrations create an inspiring and artful feel to the book. Accompanying each picture is a short bit of text. The topics and authors of these texts vary. Some of the blurbs are short poems or thoughts about yoga or about inspiration for life. Other pieces include advice about life and yoga from masters, teachers, and religious gurus. Still other writings urge the student of yoga to fully experience the moment associated with each pose.

This book is not meant to teach yoga or outline the various steps within each pose. Instead, this book is meant to inspire the student of yoga to diligently continue the practice and induce deep internal reflection with each pose. Moreover, this book does not identify a right or wrong way to undertake yoga or a specific master to follow. Instead, the book aims to illustrate a variety of different views in an effort to stimulate the individual to find his or her own right way to practice yoga and to find personal surrender.