If you've caught the yoga wave and are ready to dive deeper into the energetic world of Ashtanga Yoga, "Yoga Mala" by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois is your indispensable companion on the mat. Jois isn't just an author; he's an acclaimed teacher who brought this dynamic style to the West. The book isn't merely instructional—it's inspirational. With clear guidance on the movements and postures, and the philosophy that grounds them, it's like having a master instructor right at your fingertips, regardless of your yoga experience level.

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The seminal treatise and guide to Ashtanga yoga by the living master of this increasingly popular discipline There is a yoga boom in America, and Sri K. Pattabhi Jois is at the heart of it. One of the great yoga figures of our time, Jois brought Ashtanga yoga to the West a quarter of a century ago and has been the driving force behind its worldwide dissemination. Based on flowing, energetic movement, Ashtanga and the many forms of vinyasa yoga that grow directly out of it--have become the most widespread and influential styles of practice in the United States today. Mala means "garland" in Sanskrit, and Yoga Mala --a "garland of yoga practice"--is Jois's distillation of Ashtanga. He first outlines the ethical principles and philosophy underlying the discipline and explains its important terms and concepts. Next he guides the reader through Ashtanga's versions of the Sun Salutation and its subsequent sequence of forty-two asanas, or poses, precisely describing how to execute each position and what benefits each provides. Brought into English by Eddie Stern, a student of Jois's for twelve years and director of the Patanjali Yoga Shala in New York City, Yoga Mala will be an indispensable handbook for students and teachers of

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