Yoga is for
Every Body
Im very, very new to yoga. I also live in a remote, rural area with exactly zero available yoga classes or teachers. As a result, Ive had to find some resources that I could use to learn on my own. Its made me so happy to find that there are several good ones that are...
Now more than ever, people are recognizing that yoga practice is not just for young and thin bodies. With an emphasis on health and relaxation, Meera has developed a unique yoga program for larger individuals. She begins with an explanation of what yoga is, the...
In the Lifestyle Section of Publishers Weekly Though the power of Yoga to help reverse heart disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels-problems endemic to the overweight is well-established, the popular image of the rall-thin Yoga guru...
Sometime during the popularization of yoga in the West, a mythic yogic body stereotype emerged. As yoga became more commercialized, it appeared to be only forthe slim, hyperlithe figures that permeated the media and studio instruction. "Big Yoga" pioneer Kerr joined...
Meera Patricia Kerr, who began her personal journey into yoga as a college student in the groovy 60s, shows readers how to start and enjoy a yoga practice regardless of their size. With a sense of humor, she illustrates through photo essays of asanas that it is...
I've been studying Yoga for about 40 years now, and have read dozens of books on the subject. I've even written a couple books myself! I thought I would share with you some of my favorites--books that I go back to again and again. At the top of the pile is...