Experience the physical benefits and body awareness from hatha yoga"the most popular form of yoga today. Hatha Yoga Illustrated presents nearly 650 full-color photos to visually demonstrate 77 standard poses from hatha yoga that apply to all major hatha styles including Iyengar, Astanga, Anusara, and Bikram.

Individual poses are presented from start to finish, showing you how to achieve proper alignment and breathing to ensure challenging yet safe execution. The result is an increase in the effectiveness, both physically and mentally, youll experience with each pose. Several pose variations based on your personal preference, ability, and fitness level are also included.

Eleven sample yoga routines show how to assemble the poses into workouts that meet your specific time, difficulty, and intensity parameters. Colorful and comprehensive, Hatha Yoga Illustrated is organized for your ultimate convenience and use. Use it to guide your muscles, as well as your mind, and increase strength and stamina, reduce stress and anxiety, reduce blood pressure, and increase flexibility.

Contents
Chapter 1. Art and Practice of Hatha Yoga

Roots of Yoga

Getting the Most From Your Yoga Practice

Learning to Meditate

Using the Asanas in This Book
Chapter 2. Standing Postures

Mountain

Downward-Facing Dog

Extended Side-Angle

Triangle

Warrior II

Crescent Lunge

Warrior I

Revolved Extended Side-Angle

Revolved Triangle

Chair

Standing Intense Spread-Leg Pose

Beam

Humble Warrior

Intense Side-Stretch
Chapter 3. Balancing Postures

Eagle

Tree

Tiptoe Pose

Boat

Revolved Half-Moon

Standing Extended Leg Stretch

Warrior III

Dancer

Half-Moon
Chapter 4. Arm-Balancing Postures

Inclined Plane

Lateral Inclined Plane

Crane

Peacock

Four-Limbed Staff
Chapter 5. Inverted Postures

Shoulder Stand

Plow

Legs-Up-the-Wall

Head Stand
Chapter 6. Backward-Bending Postures

Cobra

Upward-Facing Dog

Camel

Bridge

Bow

Locust

Upward-Facing Bow

Fish

Cat-Cow

Pigeon
Chapter 7. Twisting Postures

Gentle Spinal Twist

Reclining Spinal Twist

Simple Sitting Twist

Bound Half-Lotus Twist

Sitting Spinal Twist I

Sitting Spinal Twist II
Chapter 8. Forward-Bending Postures

Seated Forward Bend

Standing Forward Bend

Single-Leg Head-to-Knee Forward Bend

Revolved Head-to-Knee Forward Bend

Open-Angle

Side Open-Angle

Three-Limb Intense Stretch

Garland

Splits
Chapter 9. Sitting Postures

Lotus

Looking Within

Baby Cradle

Hero

Kneeling Pose

Lion

Cow Face

Staff Pose

Yoga Sealing Pose

Heron

Sage
Chapter 10. Reclining and Relaxation Postures

Knees-to-Chest

Reclining Hero

Reclining Big-Toe

Reclining Bound-Angle

Reclining Open-Leg Spinal Twist

Supported Bridge

Supported Hero

Childs Pose

Corpse
Chapter 11. Hatha Yoga Routines

Gentle Yoga I

Gentle Yoga II

Yoga for Flexibility I

Yoga for Flexibility II

Vinyasa Yoga I

Vinyasa Yoga II

Vinyasa Yoga III

Sun Salutation I

Sun Salutation II

Moon Salutation I

Moon Salutation II

Martin Kirk is a Certified Anusara® Yoga instructor who travels worldwide offering inspiring yoga immersions and specialize anatomy, therapy and teacher trainings. Martin has trained extensively with Anusara® Yoga founder, John Friend, since 1994 and continues to apprentice with him nationally. He holds a Masters Degree in Biomedical Engineering and has a special gift for teaching anatomy and therapeutics and is frequently a special guest instructor at yoga teacher trainings. Martin's credits also include a successful 20-year engineering career in which he held design and supervisory positions with multinational companies and developed space systems designs that have traveled to the surface of the moon and Mars. Kirk lives in Scottsdale, Arizona with his wife and son.

Brooke Boon is cofounder of Studio Om Yoga and Tai Chi in Phoenix, Arizona. She received her certification through Baptiste Power Yoga Institute and is a registered yoga teacher as well as a member of the Arizona Yoga Association. Her certification came after working with world-renowned master teacher Baron Baptiste.

Boon's teaching style is designed to promote stability, strength, and serenity as well as create hormonal and emotional balance. She specializes in power vinyasa and also instructs classes for mature adults, athletes, and expectant mothers, emphasizing that yoga is for everybody.

Boon lives in Phoenix, Arizona.

Daniel DiTuro was born in Phoenix, Arizona, and is a graduate of Arizona State University with a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering. He has worked as a mechanical engineer since 1980. His interest in photography began at the age of 10. In 1986 he started DiTuro Photography, specializing in commercial and portrait photography.

After a shoulder injury, Daniel began practicing hatha yoga in 1999. Having discovered the therapeutic benefits of yoga, he began working on a series of photographs that evolved into The Yoga Project to introduce people to yoga and meditation. In addition to his work as a mechanical engineer and photographer, Daniel enjoys a variety of activities including traveling, hiking, writing, and cooking.

"Hatha Yoga Illustrated is a complete and practical introduction to the physical practice of yoga that serves as a fantastic starting point on the road to both physical and emotional wellness."

Baron Baptiste

Pioneering instructor of Power Vinyasa Yoga

Author of Journey Into Power

“Hatha Yoga Illustrated makes the theory and practice of hatha and Anusara yoga accessible so that everyone can experience the healing, creative and empowering journey of self-practice. The section on various vinyasa sequences is a hard-to-find gem.”

Shiva Rea

Yoga instructor and writer for Yoga Journal

Author: Kirk, Martin

Publication Date: 20-10-2005