Product Description: According to the yogic tradition of India, the seven chakras, or energy centers, concentrate and distribute refined life-force energy throughout the body. Yoga master Alan Finger, well-known for his many Yoga Zone teaching videos, presents detailed yoga practices and meditation instructions for understanding the chakras and bringing them into balance. This book is for serious students who wish to cultivate subtle energies using ancient tantric methods. Illustrated with photos and anatomical drawings, with an accompanying CD of guided meditation practices by Alan Finger.

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Shambhala (December 13, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590302559
• ISBN-13: 978-1590302552
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 8.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #74,284 in Books

Chakra Yoga: Balancing Energy for Physical, Spiritual, and Mental Well-being--includes a CD with guided meditations (Paperback)

Product Description: Rosen, a nationally known yoga teacher and contributing editor to Yoga Journal, has written an excellent guide to the yogic art of pranayama, which translates from Sanskrit as the lengthening of the breath or control of the life force. Due to its powerful effects, pranayama is traditionally learned under the guidance of a teacher. This book provides a safe introduction to pranayama for modern yoga students. Drawing on classic Indian texts, Rosen clearly explains the complex philosophy underlying pranayama.

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Shambhala; 1 edition (August 13, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1570628890
• ISBN-13: 978-1570628894
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #137,783 in Books

The Yoga of Breath: A Step-by-Step Guide to Pranayama (Paperback)

Product Description: John Scott's Ashtanga Yoga draws on his expertise as a teacher of this most energetic form of yoga. An easy-to-use guide, it features color photographs and a series of step-by-step exercise sessions -- starting with a simple sequence designed for beginners that, once mastered, provides the foundation for moving to the next cycle.

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press (May 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0609807862
• ISBN-13: 978-0609807866
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #124,490 in Books

Ashtanga Yoga: The Definitive Step-by-Step Guide to Dynamic Yoga (Paperback)

Product Description: Pranayama, the practice of breath control, is detailed here in an easy-to-understand and even easier-to-practise format. Professional yoga instructor Scott Shaw introduces 16 breathing exercises and shows you how to get the best benefit from each of the forms by training, refining and witnessing your breath. Try one of the calming breaths, Nadi Sudi or the Nerve Purifying Breath. Have a long day ahead with no breaks until after dinner? Allow Ujayi or the Hissing Breath to work its miracles. Here you will learn how to breathe while moving, standing and leaning and how these variations can affect your breathing practice. Use the instruction offered in "The Little Book of Yoga Breathing" to feel more focused and energized.

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Weiser Books (January 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 157863301X
• ISBN-13: 978-1578633012
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #95,112 in Books

The Little Book of Yoga Breathing: Pranayama Made Easy. . . (Paperback)

• Paperback: 50 pages
• Publisher: Lulu.com (December 3, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0557012600
• ISBN-13: 978-0557012602
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.3 ounces
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,524,129 in Books

Yoga for Beginners: Instruction Book (Paperback)

Product Description: ALL ABOUT YOGA is a great guide with everything a beginner should know about YOGA. On the cover of this limited special edition one can see "I LOVE YOU". Perfect as a gift.

• Paperback: 122 pages
• Publisher: CreateSpace (September 16, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1440422699
• ISBN-13: 978-1440422690
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.7 ounces
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,354,535 in Books

All About YOGA - Guide for Beginners: "I Love You" Special Edition (Paperback)

Product Description: For the 16.5 million yoga practitioners in America, Swedish yoga instructor Ulrica Norberg's fresh look at Hatha yoga ("the way of the body") will be a perfect entrée to the art of exercising to produce a strong mind and a harmonious soul. Focusing on pacing not perfection, Norberg explains proper breathing and asanas, poses developed to increase consciousness, relaxation, strength, and concentration. Throughout, she maintains a thoughtful balance between philosophy and instruction, and offers step-by-step directions and wisdom for personal and communal well-being. Lavishly illustrated with gorgeous full-color photographs, Hatha Yoga is sure to inspire beginning and advanced yoga practitioners alike. 100 color photographs.

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing (April 8, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1602392188
• ISBN-13: 978-1602392182
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #624,183 in Books

Hatha Yoga: The Body's Path to Balance, Focus, and Strength (Paperback)

Product Description: This chunky, richly colorful volume takes yoga "beyond the mat" to reveal classic yogic wisdom pertaining to the mind, emotions, spirit, and of course, the body. Drawing from such classical texts as the Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads, as well as modern Indian and Western teachers, this treasure trove of yoga knowledge defines key terms and highlights important themes. It's also a helpful supplement to yoga classes, offering asanas, meditations, breathing exercises, mantras, and mudras for every occasion and skill level. Just the right size to pop into a yoga bag, here's a guide to the practical and philosophical aspects of yoga that complements any spiritual practice.

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Chronicle Books (April 30, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0811863581
• ISBN-13: 978-0811863582
• Product Dimensions: 5 x 4.3 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #88,975 in Books

1,001 Pearls of Yoga Wisdom: Take Your Practice Beyond the Mat (Paperback)

Product Description: Yantra Yoga offers the practitioner a unique approach to yoga practice, parallel to the Hatha Yoga of the Hindu tradition. Called "The Union of Sun and Moon," it is a dynamic system of trulkhor (movements) and tsalung (pranayamas, breath control) and differs from more widespread yogas in that it is done as a sequence of movements coordinated with the breath and specific ways of holding it. Yantra Yoga helps the practitioner to relax and achieve a state of well-being and harmony, at the same time enhancing physical health, energy, and mental balance.

• Paperback: 424 pages
• Publisher: Snow Lion Publications; 1 edition (December 25, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1559393084
• ISBN-13: 978-1559393089
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #29,580 in Books

Yantra Yoga: The Tibetan Yoga of Movement (Paperback)

Product Description: "Featuring teenage models and their stories, the book successfully teaches self-confidence and compassion in terms that any teen with an open mind will find enlightening."
 

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: DK CHILDREN; Pap/DVD edition (January 29, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0756626617
• ISBN-13: 978-0756626617
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 6.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: based on 7 reviews.
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #199,734 in Books

Breathe: Yoga for Teens (Paperback)