Every Body Yoga: Let Go of Fear, Get On the Mat, Love Your Body.

Jessamyn Stanley hace un excelente trabajo describiendo el yoga como disciplina integral evitando caer en el lugar común yoga=asanas. Un libro inspirador, lleno de pequeños comentarios y expresiones amenas a lo largo del recuento de la historia que cuenta.

I devoured this book. Ms. Stanley has an engaging way of bringing you into her world and breaking down the how and why to her personal practice. With giving credit to those who came before her, she humbly offers insights to her personal journey to yoga. In addition to her personal tale, she breaks down a number of poses and movement flow suggestions and even puts what she looks to get out of each sequence. This is one I will referring to often in my own practice. Thank you to the author for putting it all out there and assuring others that we are not alone!

Livre pratique, décomplexant pour les novices du yoga. Conseils pour l'achat de matériel : du coup, on achète moins et mieux. Photos des postures si l'on veut s'entrainer chez soi. Même en anglais, il n'est pas dur à lire (il faut quand même se débrouiller un minimum dans cette langue, je vous l'accorde !). Et si vous hésitez, allez sur Le Monde et Libé lire les articles consacrés au bouquin, c'est ce qui m'a donné envie.

Libro esencial para cualquier persona con cuerpo fuera de la normativa yogui, me encanta el enfoque que le da a la práctica de yoga, gracias a este libro y los tips que dan me he animado a enfocarme en mis practicas de yoga. Es un libro bastante practico pero con mucho contenido, las fotos son preciosas y la calidad increible.

If you have any reservations about starting a yoga practice, maybe you have a disability, an injury, or you're just not the stereotypical thin, athletic, terrifyingly bendy white woman, then this is the book for you. Its not just a book with a variety of yoga poses, there are personal stories, a historical and spiritual view of yoga, as well as a nice range of practices for different moods and moments in your life. The thing I loved most about this book is Jessamyn's honesty. She writes in such a personal and accessible manner, it's more like you're reading a friend's writing, someone you know well and can so easily empathise with. There are hilarious and heartbreaking stories, as well as great advice, including all the newbie yoga students questions and fears answered, but what really got me was how yoga has affected Jessamyn's life. If you think it's all just stretching then you're in for a surprise! I'm fairly skeptical by nature, but the health benefits of yoga for more than the physical have really interested me since reading this book. It's also lovely to find a book that is so full of body positivity and representation of different bodies participating in yoga. This book is all about self love and self acceptance, but it's not sacharine, it doesn't paper over the bad days nor make these lofty goals seem easy. This is not easy, but nothing of substance ever is. I may have only been practicing for a few days since I finished this book, but it got me on the mat and I'm looking for local classes. I would say that is 100% down to this book as I am admittedly a very unfit and sedate person. A fantastic motivational and educational tool that I'm sure I'll be referring to for a long time.