While in the bookstore the other day, I came across a book that taught you how to do yoga. In my opinion, learning a sport from a book is not as effective as learning one on one with an instructor. However, this book seemed to explain everything in detail. It had an introduction explaining what yoga was all about and what the benefits of yoga are. It then went into different chapters, each chapter focusing on a different part of the body. I also liked the fact that the book started out with simple poses and got more advanced throughout the book. I liked how there were pictures in each chapter that showed the reader how the proper form of the pose should look like. What I also found useful were the tips for each one of the poses that were being introduced. I think it is very important that books are very detailed and show diagrams/pictures about the topic that is being explained in the book, especially if it is a beginner’s book.
Denise
Denise,
While I understand your comments concerning the yoga manual and I am glad that you are expanding your horizons (We all should, I picked up a feng shui book just the other day!)Unfortunately I must inform you that Yoga is not a sport. Had you said football, soccer, arm wrestling, polo, or any other competitive sport for the matter I‘d have to agree. But not Yoga. Therefore I think it quite possible to teach Yoga through a book. Had you said something along the lines of “I learned to throw a wicked curveball from a book” I’d have to raise an eyebrow, but Yoga? I think that feat quite feasible.
Dave