Authors: Bikram Choudhury, Julian Goldstein (Editor), Bonnie Jones Reynolds
ISBN-13: 9781585420209, ISBN-10: 1585420204
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
Date Published: August 2000
Edition: REVISED
Sweat, strain, laugh, and do more for your health, body, and general well-being than you even imagined possible as you take your beginning yoga class from Bikram. For more than twenty years, Bikram's Beginning Yoga Class has been among the preeminent and most beloved of all yoga guides-and now it has been revised and updated by Bikram, with virtually all-new photographs and an updated section on yoga's medical benefits.
With nearly two hundred vivid instructional photographs, Bikram's Beginning Yoga Class is the perfect guidebook for any student of yoga, either advanced or beginner-a reference that makes Hatha yoga fun, easy, and completely understandable.
Illustrated throughout with 160 black-and-white photographs by Biswanath "Bisu" Ghosh
Introduction: We've Come a Long Way | viii | |
Getting Started | xii | |
1 | Pranayama Series: Standing Deep Breathing | 2 |
2 | Ardha-Chandrasana with Pada-Hastasana: Half Moon Pose with Hands to Feet Pose | 10 |
3 | Utkatasana: Awkward Pose | 24 |
4 | Garurasana: Eagle Pose | 34 |
5 | Dandayamana-Janushirasana: Standing Head to Knee Pose | 41 |
6 | Dandayamana-Dhanurasana: Standing Bow Pulling Pose | 50 |
7 | Tuladandasana: Balancing Stick Pose | 59 |
8 | Dandayamana-Bibhaktapada-Paschimotthanasana: Standing Separate Leg Stretching Pose | 67 |
9 | Trikanasana: Triangle Pose | 76 |
10 | Dandayamana-Bibhaktapada-Janushirasana: Standing Separate Leg Head to Knee Pose | 84 |
11 | Tadasana: Tree Pose | 91 |
12 | Padangustasana: Toe Stand Pose | 98 |
13 | Savasana: Dead Body Pose | 105 |
14 | Pavanamuktasana: Wind Removing Pose | 110 |
15 | Sit-up: Sit-up | 116 |
16 | Bhujangasana: Cobra Pose | 120 |
17 | Salabhasana: Locust Pose | 126 |
18 | Poorna-Salabhasana: Full Locust Pose | 133 |
19 | Dhanurasana: Bow Pose | 140 |
20 | Supta-Vajrasana: Fixed Firm Pose | 146 |
21 | Ardha-Kurmasana: Half Tortoise Pose | 152 |
22 | Ustrasana: Camel Pose | 159 |
23 | Sasangasana: Rabbit Pose | 170 |
24 | Janushirasana with Paschimotthanasana: Head to Knee Pose with Stretching Pose | 177 |
25 | Ardha-Matsyendrasana: Spine Twisting Pose | 188 |
26 | Kapalbhati in Vajrasana: Blowing in Firm Pose | 194 |
Appendix | Maintaining Proper Yoga Practice | 199 |
Medical Advisory | 201 |