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Vital Yoga
A Sourcebook for Students and Teachers
By Meta Chaya Hirschl
One of the most authoritative volumes on yoga to emerge from the Western world, Vital Yoga charts yoga’s philosophies, texts, and key figures from pre-Vedic times to the present, and illustrates how to incorporate this ancient practice into everyday life.
Ms. Hirschl makes yoga accessible and practical for people of all ages and levels of flexibility.
Offering more than 170 full-color photos and illustrations, firsthand teacher experiences, a glossary of Sanskrit words, as well as "before the mat," "on the mat" and "off the mat" techniques, Vital Yoga presents ways to use this discipline in daily life and incorporate it into a personal practice. Also discussed are yoga therapy, training, and yoga as a profession.
For those seeking a more approachable and less intimidating introduction to the yoga adopted in the West, Vital Yoga provides numerous welcoming doors to a bevy of paths and practices.”
—Amadea Morningstar, MA, RPP
Founder of Yoga Therapy Institute in Santa Fe, New Mexico
"Having been a student of yoga for fifty years and teaching for twenty, and buying countless books on yoga, I finally stopped buying them, since it seemed there was nothing new to be said. When Vital Yoga fell into my hands, I read it cover to cover in one sitting. A gem! If a person could have only one book an yoga, Meta’s would be the one."
—Barbara Luboff
Santa Fe-based yoga teacher
"Vital Yoga supports yoga students on their search for inner freedom. Meta Chaya Hirschl blends her life experiences with the lightness that only wisdom can give. She takes the reader by hand along the many paths of yoga tradition."
—Rosella Baroncini
Florence, Italy-based yoga teacher and longtime student of Vanda Scaravelli
*Gold Medalist, 2010 Living Now Book Awards, Health and Wellness category*
*Winner, 2010 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, Health and Wellness category*
*Winner, 2010 USA Book News Award, Health: Exercise and Fitness category*
*Winner, New Mexico Book Awards, Health category*
Meta Chaya Hirschel owns and directs the Yoga Now yoga studio in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Before opening her studio, Meta earned an MBA and worked as an IT systems consultant, a technical software writer, and a brewing supervisor.
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| Categories | Health, Wellness, Mind, Body, Spirit |
| ISBN | 978-0-9823055-0-8 |
| Format | 8 x 10.5, 320 pages, layflat binding, full-color |
| Price | $35.00 |
| Pub Date | 2010 |
| Publisher | Prajna Publishing Company |
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