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Tuesday, August 24, 2010 by Timothy Burgin
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Krishnamacharya: His Life and Teachings
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 No one has had more of an impact on how yoga is taught and practiced in the West than the late T. Krishnamacharya, yet many yogis do not know his name. His students included some of today’s most influential teachers: B.K.S. Iyengar, T. K. V. Desikachar, the late K. Pattabhi Jois, and the late Indra Devi. One of his longtime students, A. G. Mohan, has written this biography and memoir from Mohan’s collection of over 5000 pages of notes and numerous audio recordings of his personal training with Krishnamacharya. |
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Friday, August 06, 2010 by Timothy Burgin
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Teaching Yoga by Mark Stephens
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 Teaching Yoga is a wonderful addition to the growing collection of books being created for yoga teachers. And while this book is specifically targeted towards yoga instructors, a lot of the information is also be applicable for advanced yoga students (especially students who might be thinking of becoming teachers). At 432 pages long, the book covers a wide spectrum of detailed information. |
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Monday, June 28, 2010 by Timothy Burgin
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Yoga Body by Mark Singleton
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 This fascinating and remarkable book documents the history of hatha yoga and it’s practice of asanas (the physical postures) as it was metamorphosing in the late 1800s and early 1900s. During that period a “physical culture” was emerging in the West (and became imported to British occupied India) that involved refining the body through strengthening and stretching exercises. It is these body building and gymnastic techniques that Singleton documents how they slowly influenced and redefined the practices, concept and public option of hatha yoga. |
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Tuesday, June 01, 2010 by Timothy Burgin
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Yoga Therapy for Back Pain DVD
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 This is an essential yoga DVD for those who suffer from the most common forms of back pain. I love how there are several sequences to choose from to target where and what type of back pain you have, as well as being able to choose a longer or shorter yoga practice for each sequence. If you are not sure what yoga sequence would be best for your back, the introduction chapter gives a great overview of the types and symptoms of different back conditions. |
 This researched and highly informative book begins with a thorough overview of the pathology, philology, treatment and prevention of osteoporosis. While these first seven chapters are not required reading to benefit from this book, they will be essential to understand why and how yoga is one of the most effective treatments for this disease, as well as to learn of other treatment approaches that may be helpful as well. The remainder of the chapters are focused on three different yoga practices for managing, treating and preventing osteoporosis and osteopenia: a bone solidifying sequence, a muscular strengthening sequence, and a balancing sequence. |
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Monday, April 19, 2010 by Timothy Burgin
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The Yoga Sutras by Nicolai Bachman
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 This seven Cd and spiral bound book set gives a comprehensive teaching of the philosophy described in Patajali’s Yoga Sutras. While not commenting on the entirety of the Yoga Sutras, Bachman’s explanations of fifty-one core concepts creates a solid foundation for insight and further study. Bachman has arranged the discussion of these yogic concepts to build one on top of another, letting you slowly gain comprehension and an understanding of the interconnection of the philosophy and techniques of the Sutras. |
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Thursday, April 01, 2010 by Timothy Burgin
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Lost in a Moment by Shrift
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 Lost in a Moment is a soft, sweet and dreamy bossa nova inspired album that works great as the soundtrack or mixed in a playlist for a yoga class. The cool and carefree vocals sung in English, Portuguese and French by Brazilian vocalist Nina Miranda are pure sweetness and pull you into a magical mystical realm. |
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010 by Timothy Burgin
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Great Yoga Retreats by Kristin Rubesamen
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 Looking for an escape to your stress-filled hectic life? Open up this beautiful coffee table book and be transported to magical and mystical yoga retreat centers from all over the globe. This book covers a wide spectrum of yoga retreats, from small and rustic centers, to posh and pampered spas, and to large yoga ashrams. The large color photos are artistically shot to show the beauty and ambiance of the setting, decor, food, land and architecture. Each yoga center profile has a brief written overview giving the author’s impression of the center and includes the contact info as well as the retreat’s basic statistics (number of rooms, teachers, food, activities, etc.). |
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Thursday, February 25, 2010 by Timothy Burgin
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Creating a Healthy Back with Pranakriya Yoga
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 Yoga and physical therapist Marlysa Sullivan’s first instructional yoga Cd uses simple yoga poses to strengthen and lengthen the core muscles of the body. This is a safe and preventative approach to maintaining a healthy back, and the program’s tracks can be individually selected for a more personalized and therapeutic approach to healing back pain. |
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 The latest release by Kristin Luna Ray is a bit hard to categorize. While an overall singer songwriter style is present throughout the Cd, this style is combined in varying degrees with jazz, latin, and world-music instrumentation. English, Sanskrit and Spanish lyrics are sprinkled throughout these soulful and heart opening songs. |
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 Yoga-star Shiva Rea has released a new DVD geared especially for yogi/nis who wish to have a daily practice but don’t have much time. Seven 20-minute sequences can be practiced by themselves or can be stringed together and combined with two different meditations, a shorter core or forward bend sequence, and a guided shavasana. There are three options for choosing your practice on this DVD: choose a single sequence, choose a preset practice (2-4 sequences combined), or for the ultimate customization use the yoga matrix to mix together specific practices of your choosing. These options give an great amount of customization for the length, intensity and type of yoga poses for your practice. |
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Monday, December 21, 2009 by Timothy Burgin
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Buddha's Brain by Rick Hanson
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 This fascinating book describes how meditation practices can literally change our minds. Hanson uses neuroanatomy, physiology and psychology to explain how the brain works in creating specific feelings and states of mind. The bad news is that the brain and the body seem to be hardwired to create suffering. The good news is that current research is showing that the brain is malleable and changeable, and it is changed by how we use it. |
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Friday, December 11, 2009 by Timothy Burgin
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The Yoga Bible by Christina Brown
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 This sweet 400-page yoga book covers 170 yoga poses, as well as the other yoga practices of Pranayama, Mudras, Bandhas, and Kriyas. The book starts with a clear, short, and concise introduction to yoga, and ends with a yoga therapy section, but the book’s bulk is focused on teaching the yoga postures, which it does exceptionally well. For each yoga pose the name, benefits, drishti (gaze), prerequisite poses, counter poses, modifications and energetic effects are given. |
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Monday, November 30, 2009 by Timothy Burgin
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Enlighten Up!
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 Yogini and filmmaker Kate Churchill set out to capture how the transformative powers of yoga would effect a new practitioner in this superb documentary. She follows Nick, an out of work journalist, as he takes his first yoga classes in the hip yoga studios of New York and as he explores the devotional aspects of yoga in India. Nick is charming, inquisitive, and skeptical of the possibility that yoga can enlighten him. Kate is passionate and unfailing in her desire for yoga to transform Nick, and this eventually leads to a conflict that was courageously shown in the film. These small segments of drama add a bit of spice to the film’s main focus of showing the vast world of yoga through the eyes of a beginner. |
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Friday, November 20, 2009 by Timothy Burgin
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Pranakriya Yoga Workout Class
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 This 78-minute audio CD was specifically created for experienced and athletic yogi/nis who are wanting a workout yoga experience. No instruction is given for the pranayama practices, so it is assumed you know and are comfortable with practicing Ujjayi, Kapalabhati and breath retention. The practice is comprised of three modified sun salutes with several challenging balance poses and core strengthening poses added in. The hold times on the poses are on the long side which make the practice challenging, yet Yoganand gives permission to modify the poses or to not hold as long. |
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Saturday, October 31, 2009 by Timothy Burgin
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Eyes Wide Open by Mariana Caplan
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 This illuminating and captivating book by psychologist Mariana Caplan explores the practice of discernment on the spiritual path. Through interviewing thousands of spiritual teachers and practitioners Caplan has uncovered the common traps of modern spirituality and the methods to avoid them. This honest look at the challenges of the spiritual path encourages the reader to carefully examine their spiritual practice as well as their psyche. Caplan’s main message is that psychological transformation and spiritual awakening are inseparably one process, and when this process becomes fragmented problems arise. She illustrates this most clearly through the stories of fallen teachers and guru scandals, but she is insistent that we all have the same weaknesses to overcome and the same dark places to befriend. |
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