Insight Yoga

California Bookwatch, Dec, 2008

Insight Yoga

Sarah Powers

Shambhala Publications, Inc.

300 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, MA 02115-4544

9781590305980, $24.95, www.shambhala.com

Yoga is an enduringly popular form of exercise and meditation whose antiquarian origins combined principles of Chinese medicine, the influence Taoism, and practices of Buddhist meditation in "Insight Yoga: An Innovative Synthesis of Traditional Yoga, Meditation, And Eastern Approaches To healing And Well-Being". Profusely illustrated with black-and-white photography, yoga expert and practitioner Sarah Powers has drawn upon her many years of experience and expertise to provide even the most novice of yoga students with an integrated basic yoga practice that will enhance their physical, emotional and spiritual health. Deftly combining basic information with clearly laid out and step-by-step instructions, "Insight Yoga" will prove a welcome and valued addition to personal, professional, and community library yoga instruction reference collections.