Ashtanga Yoga by Scott John

Ashtanga yoga, also known as power yoga, is ideal for anyone looking to derive aerobic benefit from yoga practice. Scotts easy-to-use guide features color photos which illustrate a series of step-by-step exercise sessions. 120 full-color photos.

Ashtanga yoga is designed to increase flexibility, strength, concentration and balance by releasing muscles, realigning the skeleton and detoxifying the body. It has dynamic and aerobic qualities that other forms of yoga lack.

Drawing on his expertise as a yoga teacher who studied with the well-known yogi Shri Pattabhi Jois, John Scott has written an easy-to-use guide to this energetic form of yoga. The main part of the book contains a series of step-by-step exercise sessions -- starting with a simple sequence designed for beginners, which, once mastered, provides the foundation for moving on to the next.

The first chapter, The Way of Ashtanga Yoga, explains the basic philosophy and techniques. Chapter Two shows how to purify the body using dynamic movement, postures, and breathing. And Chapter Three, The Practice Session, demonstrates the various postures in greater detail.

"Ashtanga Yoga" is the perfect book for those who want to take their yoga to the next level, as well as an excellent way to introduce yoga to anyone who enjoys an intense workout.