Yoga: A Manual for Life

Description

Yoga: A Manual for Life contextualizes the ancient practice of yoga in the modern world with elegant images and authentic text. A stand alone practice companion and beautiful coffee table book, Yoga: A Manual for Life is for anyone interested in yoga, mindful movement and meditation, and exploring how these practices fit within the modern world. As well as an extensive guide to poses, this book features a number of picture-led sequences with specific targets in mind: to combat stress and fatigue, to ground, to uplift, to inspire creativity and to sleep better. These sequences are underpinned with essays on yoga's relationship with different aspects of life, such as yoga and discipline, yoga and self-care, and yoga and difficulty. Peppered throughout the book are mindful life hacks--simple ways to take yoga's message of radical self-care off the mat and into daily life. In recent times there has been a great rush in the yoga world to embrace the digital with online classes, apps and web-guides to the practice. Increasingly, though, people are starting to realize the practice isn't particularly compatible with the screen, and that digital guides stop them from being mindful and present in the moment. Yoga: A Manual for Life is an opportunity for people to turn off their laptops, put away their phones and follow simple, clearly laid out sequences that will help them disengage from technology and hone their concentration and focus.

Naomi Annand was a dancer in the Royal Ballet company until her career was curtailed by injury. This traumatic, sudden and very early end to what had been the sole focus of her life since she was twelve prompted her to take herself around the world searching for therapeutic tools to heal her body and mind. It was on this journey that she discovered the extraordinary therapeutic power of yoga, and she has been teaching ever since. In 2012, she set up her own studio, Yoga on the Lane, in Dalston, where, along with her cohort of teachers, she teaches students of all stripes, and runs a highly regarded teacher training program.

"Beautiful, informative, useful" - Anna Jones, columnist and author of The Modern Cook's Year "A beautiful and succinct book, full of imaginative sequences. It's the ideal companion for anyone looking to develop a home practice." - Hannah Ridley, Harper's Bazaar UK "Yoga: A Manual for Life is just what we've all been waiting for: thoughtful, open-hearted, embodied, and thoroughly modern. This stunning book is approachable and easy-to-use for people new to yoga, while at the same time, its deep wisdom will nourish those more experienced. Each page is infused with Naomi Annand's love for the yoga of life. A must-read and reference manual that you'll return to again and again." - Bo Forbes, psychologist, yoga teacher, and author of Yoga for Emotional Balance "Using simple, modern movement, and including everything you need to discover a balanced life, this read seeks to soothe anxious minds, and leave you inspired." - Happiful "This is such a wonderful book for yoga beginners and experts alike ... If you love yoga, you need this book." -VOGUE.co.uk "The ultimate coffee table book" - Happiful "For yoga devotees everywhere, this beautiful hardback guide is inspiring and calming." - Stylist "This beautiful guide is at once a pleasure to read and a useful reference tool for anyone looking to deepen their practice." - The i "A beautiful guide - this is the perfect coffee table book for would-be yogis" - Top Sante "A really special book" - Jo Good, BBC Radio London "A comprehensive guide to yoga at home" - Metro "One of the most beautiful books on yoga I've seen" - Jasmine Hemsley "Beautiful...evokes a real sense of the joy that the author finds in her practice" - OM Yoga & Lifestyle "A yoga manual to set you on the right wellbeing path" - You Mag