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Summary: A disappointment
Review: I started exercising at home watching Cindy Crawford videos and looking at such a familiar, friendly face was one of the things that helped me to stick with it. So when I decided to try yoga, I wanted to keep on looking at a familiar face.
I chose Christy's book because when I stopped smoking her site was one of the many I visited for support and she seemed like a selfless, sweet person.
I bought this book thinking that in a way I was getting two for the price of one: an introduction to yoga, and a brief autobiography of the author. Having read it, I find it might touch those who are die hard fans of hers, or people deeply into spirituality, which I am not in either case.It's mostly a not very interesting autobiography, with lovely pictures of her but very little and insufficient information about yoga technique. I have recently bought another, much tinier book, called Practical Yoga, of Mandala Publishing, which gave me what I had basically wanted all along: a selection of achievable movements, accompanied by detailed information on exactly how you should perform them. For the more esoteric or culturally curious, it gives you some pointers on the spirituality behind yoga. Christy's book unexpectedly makes her seem quite vain and not very giving. One walks away discouraged, feeling one has bought an admission to watch Turlington showing off her skill in performing very challenging movements, instead of striving to teach you to perform them. That said, I am thankful for these her words: that competition and striving for perfection are all very well and good, but that you can't always think on those terms, especially in yoga. If that's the best you can do so far, than that is perfect.
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Summary: Good ideas but too much about her...
Review: I wasn't expecting this to be a painfully in-depth account of Turlington's spiritual awakenings. While it had SOME good points, unless you are an avid Turlington fan you would do better with a different book like The Spirit of Yoga.
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Summary: Many snaps to Christy!
Review: In a world where peoples only guide to happiness is wealth, this book is reassuring for women in their early thirties. Christy's life is framed in a world of excess and surface living but she shows her struggle for a healthy balance of physical, spiritual, and relational growth. If you are looking for a book about a supermodel or a quick answer on how to become a yogi, this book is not for you. If you are looking for a realistic view of what it takes to live a balanced life, this book is perfect! If Christy happens to read this review, "Thanks for sharing your life, thoughts and challenges it was enlighteing and very real." - Now a really big fan.
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Summary: The Girlfriends' Guide to Yoga
Review: This earnest book was impossible for me to dislike, though I was quite prepared before reading it to dismiss it as fluff. It is not fluff, but it will probably be more inspirational than educational for those who are beyond the beginning stages of their "yoga journeys." I give this book three stars only because the content is somewhat elementary and not comprehensive; what is included in the book is thoughtfully selected and carefully laid out. The book is beautifully, beautifully designed and photographed. This goes way beyond the elegance of the author's photographic demonstrations of various poses. The generous use of white space on the fairly heavy page stock gives the contents of the book an air of balance, rather than that of filler. The book addresses a number of topics in addition to asana, pranayama, and ayurvedic topics, and includes a number of personal asides on the role yoga in the broadest sense has played in the author's life. My reviewing credentials, such as they are: I am a more-or-less beginning student of both yoga and meditation and a long-time follower of the high fashion world. I found nothing in this book that was inconsistent with anything I have learned in any of my classes, and a number of tidbits of information that are new to me that fit in with what I do know. And the photographs demonstrate that Ms. Turlington has walked her talk at least when it comes to asana.
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