How Yoga Works
About this product
The Yoga Sutra is the great motherbook of all the yoga works ever written; it was composed by the Indian master Patanjali some 2,000 years ago.
The Sanskrit text is written in 210 brief, cryptic verses whose meaning has long ago sunk into darkness; the many, confusing modern attempts to explain them bear little resemblance to each other, which is just a sign of how difficult this priceless little book can be.
Geshe Michael Roach is an honors graduate of Princeton University and the first westerner in the 600-year history of Sera Mey Tibetan Monastery to be awarded the degree of Geshe, or Master of Buddhism. He is known for his business bestseller, The Diamond Cutter: The Buddha on Managing Your Business & Your Life.
Using a database of almost half a million pages of ancient Asian literature, Geshe Michael has produced a fresh, clear, and immediately usable translation of the Yoga Sutra in the form of a wonderful novel about a young Tibetan woman who uses the wisdom to transform the corrupt world around her into a paradise on earth.
How Yoga Works has been acclaimed as a must-read for anyone who does yoga and who wants to know what the Yoga Sutra really says. It is an especially popular reading for yoga teacher training courses throughout the world, and as a personal daily guide for spiritual inspiration. Read more
Editor's Take
How Yoga Works by Geshe Michael Roach gets generally positive feedback for being clear, engaging, and useful for people who want a deeper understanding of the Yoga Sutras. Amazon- and Goodreads-style reviewers praise its easy-to-read narrative style and say it can be transformative or eye-opening for both yoga students and non-practitioners.
- Review blogs describe it as a memorable, story-driven book that explains yoga philosophy in a simple way.
- Goodreads reviewers highlight that it is “comprehensible” and helpful for healing body, heart, and mind, though some readers dislike the fictional/historical framing.
- ThriftBooks customer reviews are very enthusiastic, with readers calling it life-changing and highly recommendable.
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| Topic | Yoga |
Product Details
| Publisher | Diamond Cutter Press |
| Publication date | September 1, 2005 |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 406 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0976546906 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0976546900 |
| Item Weight | 1.25 pounds |
| Dimensions | 6.09 x 1.3 x 9.11 inches |
| Best Sellers Rank | #56,837 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #3,482 in Religious Literature & Fiction |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (1,122) |
