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Bikram's Beginning Yoga Class: Revised and Updated » (REVISED)

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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

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Author Biography: Bikram Choudhury

Book Synopsis

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

Table of Contents

Introduction: We've Come a Long Wayviii
Getting Startedxii
1Pranayama Series: Standing Deep Breathing2
2Ardha-Chandrasana with Pada-Hastasana: Half Moon Pose with Hands to Feet Pose10
3Utkatasana: Awkward Pose24
4Garurasana: Eagle Pose34
5Dandayamana-Janushirasana: Standing Head to Knee Pose41
6Dandayamana-Dhanurasana: Standing Bow Pulling Pose50
7Tuladandasana: Balancing Stick Pose59
8Dandayamana-Bibhaktapada-Paschimotthanasana: Standing Separate Leg Stretching Pose67
9Trikanasana: Triangle Pose76
10Dandayamana-Bibhaktapada-Janushirasana: Standing Separate Leg Head to Knee Pose84
11Tadasana: Tree Pose91
12Padangustasana: Toe Stand Pose98
13Savasana: Dead Body Pose105
14Pavanamuktasana: Wind Removing Pose110
15Sit-up: Sit-up116
16Bhujangasana: Cobra Pose120
17Salabhasana: Locust Pose126
18Poorna-Salabhasana: Full Locust Pose133
19Dhanurasana: Bow Pose140
20Supta-Vajrasana: Fixed Firm Pose146
21Ardha-Kurmasana: Half Tortoise Pose152
22Ustrasana: Camel Pose159
23Sasangasana: Rabbit Pose170
24Janushirasana with Paschimotthanasana: Head to Knee Pose with Stretching Pose177
25Ardha-Matsyendrasana: Spine Twisting Pose188
26Kapalbhati in Vajrasana: Blowing in Firm Pose194
AppendixMaintaining Proper Yoga Practice199
Medical Advisory201

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