I love this yoga book. It has detailed illustrations and very detailed descriptions for all of the more common yoga poses. The level of detail may be a bit much for the beginning student but it really does describe very precisely and accurately how to achieve perfect form. It is definitely helpful to have a manual such as this to supplement exercise videos which seldom provide detailed enough form cues. As a result of reminding myself of the proper form cues, I have definitely improved my mastery of the poses.

This is a decent, portable substitute for Iyengar's "Yoga, the Path to Holistic Health," which is a huge hardback that is impossible to carry with you and much more expensive. It doesn't have the latter's wonderful 360-degree views of the "classic" postures, but it does have the written "check lists" for performing each posture correctly. Accepting that constraint, my only complaint is the authors' selection of "classic" postures. They devoted several pages to "sequences" that could have been used for other postures that were omitted. Still, a worthwhile purchase.

I've been doing Yoga for several years (honestly, on and off) and recently I decided to Yoga sincerely to get rid of my backpain. My backpain vanished in 7 weeks completely and am feeling really vibrant! Earlier, I tried chiropractor / massages, it gave only temporary relief. Having realized that value of Yoga, I got interested in knowing the philosophy as well as other asanas. During my research, most of the books and dvds I looked into are junk as they have commercialized and giving some substandard yoga. This is a book on authentic Yoga (Iyengar) and this work was blessed by Iyengar himself.

If you want to have only one book on Yoga, this is the one as it's highly practical and above all authentic.

Following book are recommended for yoga teachers / advanced students:
~ Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali by BKS Iyengar [faithful to the original text; conclusive]
~ Light on Yoga by B.K.S. Iyengar (good for reference)

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Most Dutch readers were looking for the Dutch text of this book, and as that was no longer available people moved back to the English version, with an increased interest and good feedback on this excellent contribution for an in depth, well documented insight in the Iyengar Yoga practice.

The book was just as described on Amazon. My local Post Office out of no where decided my house was vacant. So I worked that out, meanwhile seller got the book returned to them. Anyway seller emailed me, and i said ship again sorry about everything. Soon the book arrived. Very happy with everything.