Tales from the Yoga Studio

Tales from the Yoga Studio
Author: Rain Mitchell
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2010-12-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 110147811X

A sparkling new series introducing five unforgettable women who flock to yoga at turning points in their lives and find the gift of lasting friendship. The yoga studio is where daily cares are set aside, mats are unfurled, and physical exertion leads to well-being, renewal, and friendship. An aggressively expanding chain of Los Angeles yoga "experience centers," has Lee and her extraordinary teaching abilities in its sights. They woo her with a lucrative contract, a trademarked name for her classes, and a place for her handsome musician husband. But accepting the contract means abandoning the students at the homey studio Lee runs in L.A.'s Silver Lake district- and leaving behind four women whose friendships are suddenly more important to her than retirement benefits and a salary increase. Tales from the Yoga Studio is an insider's look at the current obsession with yoga, told with enough humor, wit, and warmth to charm and delight readers, whether or not they've ever done a Downward Dog.

Tales From the Yoga Studio

Tales From the Yoga Studio
Author: Rain Mitchell
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2011-12-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0241953669

For five women who take yoga classes at Edendale Studio it's about more than just sharing tips for the perfect pose. It's all about their hopes, fears and dreams. So it comes as a shock to the women when yoga teacher Lee announces the studio is closing. Can these friends keep their beloved yoga class alive?

Soul to Soul

Soul to Soul
Author: John Mundahl
Publisher: Monkfish Book Publishing
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2015-06-09
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1939681421

Poems, prayers and stores from beloved spiritual teachers, perfect for ending a yoga class or for personal inspiration

Storytime Yoga

Storytime Yoga
Author: Sydney Solis
Publisher: Storytime Yoga
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2006
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0977706303

Help create peaceful children and a peaceful world with this book that teaches the universal wisdom of yoga philosophy using multicultural, interfaith stories to bring peace and character education to children and families.

Yoga Wisdom

Yoga Wisdom
Author: Stephanie Spence
Publisher: Skyhorse
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2018-10-23
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9781510737099

**2018 Nautilus Award Winner** Awarded 2018 Top Ranked Yoga Blog Essential and uplifting advice that will help you get from where you are to who you hope to become. Often referred to as The Traveling Yogini, beloved yoga teacher Stephanie Spence explores what it means to become our truest selves. Weaving her experience as a writer, mother, and PTSD survivor, Spence affirms that not only is the soul’s messy and unpredictable journey inevitable, it is essential to our quest to live a life we thrive in. Yoga heals—not just the body, but the heart and soul. Whether you’ve only dabbled with the idea of trying yoga, or have practiced for a long time, yoga is about you. Physically, it increases endurance, strength, and flexibility. Mentally, it reduces stress and helps you find stillness in a chaotic world. Spiritually, it helps you evolve to your highest potential and live in a space of gratitude and peace no matter what’s happening around you. Here, Spence has gathered the wisdom of eighty-five acclaimed yogis to enable readers to live their life to the fullest. Real and raw wisdom from global leaders in the yoga community—from classic yoga superstars to today’s rock-your-daily-asana hipsters—will motivate you to live a life beyond your wildest dreams. Filled with universal insights, intimate, comforting stories, and spiritually practical tips, Yoga Wisdom is here to help keep you on the road to truth, authenticity, and balance in all aspects of your life.

Yoga Bodies

Yoga Bodies
Author: Lauren Lipton
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 163
Release: 2017-03-28
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1452156166

With a diversity of bodies and perspectives, this portrait collection presents over eighty yoga practitioners posing and sharing their personal yoga stories. Artfully capturing yoga’s vibrant spirit, Yoga Bodies presents full-color yoga-pose portraits of more than eighty practitioners of all ages, shapes, sizes, backgrounds, and skill levels—real people with real stories to share about how yoga has changed their lives for the better. Some humorous, some heartfelt, others profound, the stories entertain as they enlighten, while the portraits—which joyously challenge the “yoga body” stereotype—celebrate the glorious diversity of the human form. Yoga Bodies is a source of endless inspiration for anyone seeking fresh perspectives on how to live well. “Unpretentious and delightful . . . A collection of first-person portraits of more than 80 people who practice and enjoy yoga. It’s not a book only for yogis—it’s a book for people.” —RealSimple.com

The Barefoot Book of Buddhist Tales

The Barefoot Book of Buddhist Tales
Author: Alexandra Kohn
Publisher: Barefoot Books
Total Pages: 83
Release: 2019-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1782856684

Meet a generous merchant's son, an outlaw-turned-monk and more in 13 thought-provoking stories from India, China, Japan and Tibet. Gentle illustrations and an insightful foreword provide context to help young readers grasp the warmth, wisdom and compassion of Buddhist tradition.

I Am the Tree of Life

I Am the Tree of Life
Author: Mychal Copeland
Publisher: Apples & Honey Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020
Genre: JUVENILE NONFICTION
ISBN: 9781681155524

"The Torah is called the Tree of Life. Just as a tree is always growing and changing, the Torah's ideas can help us grow and change, too. Yoga can do the same. Both can help us strengthen ourselves, calm our minds, and learn to appreciate the world around us. Written by rabbi and certified yoga instructor Mychal Copeland, I Am the Tree of Life encourages us to explore both the world of yoga and the stories of the Bible and find meaning in both"--Amazon.com.

The Stories Behind the Poses

The Stories Behind the Poses
Author: Raj Balkaran
Publisher: Stories Behind
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2022-07-26
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0711271887

A beautifully written introduction to Indian mythology, join storyteller, scholar and teacher, Dr Raj Balkaran, and explore the unforgettable tales behind 50 key yoga poses.

Flexible India

Flexible India
Author: Shameem Black
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2023-12-19
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0231556284

Yoga has offered the Indian state unprecedented opportunities for global, media-savvy political performance. Under Modi, it has promoted yoga tourism and staged mass yoga sessions, and Indian officials have proposed yoga as a national solution to a range of social problems, from reducing rape to curing cancer. But as yoga has gone global, its cultural meanings have spiraled far and wide. In Flexible India, Shameem Black travels into unexpected realms of popular culture in English from India, its diaspora, and the West to explore and critique yoga as an exercise in cultural power. Drawing on her own experience and her readings of political spectacles, yoga murder mysteries, court cases, art installations, and digital media, Black shows how yoga’s imaginative power supports diverse political and cultural ends. Although many cultural practices in today’s India exemplify “culture wars” between liberal and conservative agendas, Flexible India argues that visions of yoga offer a “culture peace” that conceals, without resolving, such tensions. This flexibility allows states, corporations, and individuals to think of themselves as welcoming and tolerant while still, in many cases, supporting practices that make minority populations increasingly vulnerable. However, as Black shows, yoga can also be imagined in ways that offer new tools for critiquing hierarchical structures of power and race, Hindu nationalism, cultural appropriation, and self-help capitalism.