Author Description

This is the workbook companion to our previously released title "108 Asanas: The Most Essential Poses." The purpose of this book is to assist serious students of yoga to engage with the asanas, exploring each major yoga pose in a systematic and disciplined way. It is best used in conjunction with the previous book, though this book is also a stand alone work. What follows is the description of the 108 Asanas manual... This book of yoga poses (asanas) represents what we might call the “industry standard” insofar as these are the poses you will generally find taught at most studios around the world today. And the names given here are also more or less the standard names that are used for the poses. Of course there is and will always be different names (both in English and Sanskrit) for these poses, but presented here are the most commonly used names. The asanas are alphabetically listed in three separate listings, the first according to the Romanized Sanskrit name, the second following the English name, and the third presenting the poses as written in Sanskrit. The reason for this is that some might find it easier to look up the English name, while others might prefer searching by the Sanskrit. As for the Romanized Sanskrit, all efforts were made to write the words phonetically for ease of reading, which means you might see slight variations of spelling in other places. The book also contains color photos of the asanas along with a short, often humorous dissertation on each. This document is just the beginning. A future document will provide the different name variations, the modifications and variations of the poses, benefits, contraindications, and so on. But this will suffice for now. Trust it will be truly helpful!