Yoga from the Inside Out Making Peace With Your Body Through Yoga
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars A must-read for any yogi!
This book speaks to me like none other. I am a yoga teacher and absolutely passionate about what I do. I also do not resemble the models on the covers of Yoga Journal. I have spent years dealing with eating disorder issues and body image issues and yoga has helped me immensely. No matter what I do, I will never look like those tiny, lithe yoginis and I am finally learning not to care so much. I try to bring the body awareness and acceptance that this book describes into the classes that I teach. My goal is to change the world, one yoga class, one person at a time. If I can bring yoga into someone’s life who would never even think of walking into a yoga studio, then I am successful. Thank you, Christina, for a very important book, and for having the courage to bring your story and experiences to those of us with whom it resonates. Love it!
4 Stars wonderful book
I read the reviews before I bought this book so I knew for the most part what to expect. I enjoyed reading it, and have used it as a jumping off point in my own yoga journey.
5 Stars Incredible book
This book is an intressant and beautiful book of an Anusara teacher.
4 Stars Accepting your True Self
An interesting, easy to read book about yoga and accepting your true inner self. This by means of doing yoga and accepting your body as it is and not what it should be according to the outside world, where women have to look perfect, being muscular, slim and beautiful. I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 as the “theme” repeats itself throughout the book which get a little bit too much in the end. Nevertheless a very inspiring book, a must to have when you have body image problems.
5 Stars Beautiful Book for Almost All Women
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This book really spoke to me about weight issues, body acceptance, self-image, and how yoga can be used to deal with all of these. The subtitle of the book is “Making Peace with Your Body Through Yoga”, and every time I read it (I’ve read it three times so far) this book helps me to accomplish this. I have the parts I like best highlighted and often reread them for inspiration; it is a beautifully written book.
The book focuses on a type of yoga called Anusara Yoga, but as other reviewers have said, you don’t really have to be interested in yoga to benefit from the book. It’s more about mindfulness, philosophy, attitude, being with feelings, and acceptance than it is yoga and yoga positions. The women modeling the poses are women of all shapes and sizes, all obviously content with their bodies and enjoying their practice.
The only part of the book I did not relate to was about having a guru, which is part of the philosophy of the author, and I just skip over those parts when I reread it. That part is peripheral, and the book is more than worth it for the rest.
Highest recommendation.
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