I cannot tell you anything about it. It is a secret. Talk about when the you are ready to read it the book will appear.
About a year ago I bought the book Pranayama
but quickly dismissed it. Then Helen reminded me that Andre Lysebeth -the first student to visit Pattabhi Jois in '64- was actually the author of that book I had thrown to the bottom of the pile I keep near my desk.
Out it came again, a little dusted.
All I will say is three things:
1.- I appreciated his honesty and down-to-earth conversation he creates around telling you secrets that have been passed from yogi to yogi by the ages and how by reading it you "get" that certain practices are to be kept private, very private.
The Pradipika
does it too, but Andre adds the ring of true in the wording of our modern times. I loved his Belgium/French no b/s approach to a subject that can be very prone to it.
2.- It's really not an introductory book, could be perceived as boring unless you have the fire of curiosity on the subject.
3.- He does mention the Ashtanga Yoga Nilam of Mysore, if briefly, just like Helen said.. He also has some very good pictures of advanced students -from Mysore not sure if at the yoga shala- with a guru watching closely over him as he practices.
Liked it much better than Yoga Self Taught. A treat, and shhh... a secret.
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About a year ago I bought the book Pranayama
but quickly dismissed it. Then Helen reminded me that Andre Lysebeth -the first student to visit Pattabhi Jois in '64- was actually the author of that book I had thrown to the bottom of the pile I keep near my desk.Out it came again, a little dusted.
All I will say is three things:
1.- I appreciated his honesty and down-to-earth conversation he creates around telling you secrets that have been passed from yogi to yogi by the ages and how by reading it you "get" that certain practices are to be kept private, very private.
The Pradipika
does it too, but Andre adds the ring of true in the wording of our modern times. I loved his Belgium/French no b/s approach to a subject that can be very prone to it.2.- It's really not an introductory book, could be perceived as boring unless you have the fire of curiosity on the subject.
3.- He does mention the Ashtanga Yoga Nilam of Mysore, if briefly, just like Helen said.. He also has some very good pictures of advanced students -from Mysore not sure if at the yoga shala- with a guru watching closely over him as he practices.
Liked it much better than Yoga Self Taught. A treat, and shhh... a secret.
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10 Things to Know About Dhyana - Meditation
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Good I'm glad you rediscovered it.
ReplyDeleteis this out of print? $26 for a used copy? i would love to read this. pranayama has changed my life. but i did not learn it from a book.
ReplyDelete@Helen, yeah, thank you
ReplyDeleteBindy, seems like they have it for 25 at ashtanga.com and yes I guess 26 in amazon, I did not even look at the price, pretty salty!