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Summary: Informative and Inspiring!
Review: This book is a wonderful source of information and inspiration!
Philip Self does an outstanding job of asking questions that are truly relevant to each individual Yogi/Yogini. What you end up with throughout the book is a many petalled lotus of yoga. There are many styles of yoga represented here and the Yogi/Yogini's do bare their personal stories of what brought them to yoga, how it's affected them, their different paths to end up where they are. It's rare that you get to hear the perspectives of these folks who have and continue to make such an impact on so many others lives. Much of the personal struggles and revelations that are revealed in these pages are things that I could personally relate to on my own spiritual path. This is the sort of book that you will want to read over and over because it's not just giving you personal information about the the Yogi's/Yogini's themselves but there is much to learn from here and take into your life in addition to helping provide inspiration for your own practice. Namaste.
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Summary: Very Satisfying
Review: This book lets people come closer to these well known Hatha Yoga teachers.They all talk about what drove them to Yoga, to the practice and the teaching of it.They talk about their relationships with their various gurus and how Yoga has changed them and the way they deal with life.We all probably know these faces and names from some incredible asana we have seen them perform in Yoga Journal or a demonstration and a workshop.Here we get a glimpse of their heart and their own journeys in life and Yoga .
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Summary: As close as many of us will get...
Review: to having what amounts to as a chat over tea or coffee to some of yogas current luminaries. From these interviews we learn how the various teachers paths led them to yoga. Mind you, there are no tough questions asked or answered here as to how the west has changed yoga to suit its needs and draw a wider base of clientel thus losing some of the spiritual foundations that it is based upon. Nor does it offer up insight as to why some of these teachers deviated from the type of yoga they originally learned whether it be Iyengar, astnanga, kripalu etc. and created their own style. Also, as one reviewer mentioned, some of the truly great teachers have been left out ( Tim Miller, David Life, David Swenson, Manuso Manos to name a few) and thus this book probably requires a volume II to make it complete. However, if you are looking to skim the surface of some of the west best yoga practioners and gain just a little more insight into their philosphy and personality than this is a fine, easy reading book.
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