‘Union of body, mind and soul’. This is the meaning of the word yoga, an ancient discipline that originated in India more than three thousand years ago. It reached the West at the end of the 19th century, when different Indian yogis made it known in the United States. Although there are many types of yoga, in all of them two aspects are taken into account: physical exercise and muscle stretching through postures or asanas and the regulation of breathing through meditation. For all those who want to delve into this discipline or would like to show it to their students, these books of yoga They are ideal to get to know it in a simple and practical way.
autobiography of a yogi
Translated into more than 50 languages, this book narrates the life of Paramahansa Yogananda, a Hindu yogi and guru considered the forerunner of yoga in the West, specifically kriya yoga, a style of yoga related to meditation techniques. The book describes Yogananda’s search as a guru, his life experiences and his encounters with important figures such as Teresa Neumann, who is said to have lived without eating since he was 13 years old; Mohandas Gandhi, who was his apprentice in Kriya Yoga; or famous scientists like Luther Burbank, to whom he dedicated this book. This new edition has a new translation and prologue by Pablo d’Ors.
Yoga Keys
It shows all the techniques of yoga in a theoretical and practical way. To do this, it focuses on the different types that exist, the importance of the body’s energy through knowledge of the chakras, the postures or asanas that can be carried out, the benefits of controlling your breathing or how to meditate… It is ideal both for people who are starting out in the discipline and for those who already know it, as well as for educators.
- Author: Swami Digambarananda Saraswati
- Editorial: The March Hare
the yoga tree
It is a simple and easy-to-read text about what the author, BKS Iyengar, one of the hundred most influential people in the world according to Time magazine, understands by yoga. And it is that for this yoga teacher, this discipline is a spiritual path that is totally rooted in practice. For this, all the philosophical concepts that he deals with in the manual are directly related to different asanas or breath management. He also reflects on the role of yoga in the daily life of the people who practice it.
- Author: BKS Iyengar
- Editorial: Kairos
The yoga bible
This manual offers more than 170 postures or asanas to practice yoga. All of them have detailed descriptions and a step by step to do them correctly. It does not matter if you are a beginner or already practiced because different yoga sequences are shown that adapt to the characteristics, personal abilities and physical needs of each one of the readers.
- Author: Christina Brown
- Editorial: Gaia Editions
yoga at school
A basic manual on this discipline for families and teachers who want to teach students the main benefits of yoga for the body and mind. Also for the stress of the little ones, who through asanas and meditation can calm down in difficult periods of their school years. Through a method in which different exercises and easy-to-perform asanas are explained, the book uses the basic principles of scientific thought and knowledge, but applied to the field of yoga in education.
- Author: Micheline Flack
- Editorial: of the new end
Yoga for the heart: For an inclusive practice
Aimed at both yoga teachers and practitioners, the main objective of this work is to delve into the keys to the practice, focusing on the applications of this discipline for people with signs or risks of vascular heart disease. It is an inclusive guide that adapts to the needs of each person. Through 9 chapters, different aspects related to asanas and meditation are explained and what are the benefits of practicing it for people with heart problems.
- Author: Marisa Barros
- Editorial: Octahedron
Essential Hatha-Yoga
The renowned yoga teacher Ramiro Calle details in this manual the principles of hatha-yoga, a type of yoga that undertakes all branches of this discipline and that combines postures and breathing techniques in a calm and simple way. In the manual, Calle explains easy-to-do postures and pranayamas (breaths) that anyone can do. It also delves into the type of life that this type of yoga promulgates, a peaceful way of life and whose main objective is samadhi, a complete state of consciousness that can be achieved during meditation and that maximizes people’s concentration. who manage to reach it.
- Author: ramiro street
- Editorial: Kairos
Yoga at school. A learning of life
This discipline can be worked on in education as life learning and it takes into account the body, mind, emotions and spirituality. This book is aimed at teachers, parents, educators and all people interested in education as a driver of change. It consists of a theoretical part and a practical part, with a range of exercises and didactic units to practice yoga at school, as well as an evaluation of the results of its practice in various educational centers.
- Author: Dolors Garcia Debesa
- Editorial: Octahedron