Essential Yoga: Illustrated Guide to 100+ Poses and Meditations
Poses: Essential Yoga is Olivia Miller’s illustrated Hatha yoga guide, combining pose instructions with breathing exercises, meditations and suggested practice sequences. Its broad pose and routine coverage makes it useful as a learning aid and an at-hand reference, rather than solely a linear read.
At a glance
- Covers more than 100 poses with detailed illustrations and concise instructions, according to the listing.
- Includes six moving meditations, ten sessions spanning beginner to advanced, and 48 mini-sequences.
- Listing describes technique and alignment guidance, beginner modifications and suggestions for preventing injury.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Combines pose instruction, breathing exercises and meditation in one reference.
- The many suggested sessions and short themed sequences offer different ways to structure practice.
- Customers report that the text is easy to follow and the illustrations are helpful.
Technical specifications
13 specifications| Publisher | Chronicle Books LLC |
|---|---|
| Publication date | January 11, 2013 |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 574 pages |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1452125671 |
| File size | 16.3 MB |
|---|---|
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
| X-Ray | Not Enabled |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Page Flip | Enabled |
| Grade level | 8 and up |
| Reading age | 13 years and up |
Who is it for?
A good fit for
- Yoga learners looking for an illustrated pose reference with practice sequences.
- Practitioners who want one guide covering asanas, breathing exercises and meditations.
- Readers who value digital reading features such as screen-reader support and enhanced typesetting.
Less suited to
- Buyers seeking a video-led course or live instruction, neither is described in the listing.
- Readers looking specifically for a newly published guide, the stated publication date is January 11, 2013.
Customer reviews on Amazon
- 5 stars
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Customer feedback highlights the organization, step-by-step pose explanations, readable text and illustrations, with some customers finding it useful as a reference for routines. Those reported strengths suit the book’s listed emphasis on illustrated pose instruction and sequences, the 4.4-out-of-5 rating from 122 global ratings gives a broad snapshot, but does not establish how well it fits every reader or practice level.
Positive themes
- Customers describe the guide as well-organized, easy to follow and useful for learning poses.
- Customers appreciate the illustrations and use of the book as a pose-and-routine reference.
Frequently asked questions
What does Essential Yoga cover?
The listing describes more than 100 poses, breathing exercises, meditations, six moving meditations, ten sessions and 48 mini-sequences.
Does the guide include beginner-oriented instruction?
The listing says sessions span beginner to advanced and includes modifications for beginners, as well as technique and alignment guidance.
What are the Kindle edition's accessibility and reading features?
The listed Kindle details say Screen Reader is supported, enhanced typesetting, Word Wise and Page Flip are enabled, and X-Ray is not enabled.
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