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Synopsis
A yoga-inspired guide for self-healing through the subtle body When you step onto the mat, who is your teacher? "Each of us--no matter who we learn from or what style of yoga we practice--can become our own teacher and create a deeply personal and healing yoga practice," writes internationally acclaimed yoga teacher and trainer Peter Sterios. "The key is to learn the language of our own subtle body."
As most practitioners come to realize, yoga works on much more than the physical body--it also works on the unseen, energetic forces that enliven our physical experience. With
Gravity & Grace, Sterios provides a clear, comprehensive guide for accessing the power of the subtle body through yoga. His popular yoga video series of the same name made
Yoga Journal's top 15 yoga DVDs of all time, and here, Sterios brings the same lighthearted and joyful approach to the page.
Using hatha yoga as a starting point, Sterios guides readers to create healing yoga practices that serve each person's unique tapestry of personality, background, and body type. Through lessons and practice principles that anyone, with any level of health or experience, can follow, readers will gain a deeper understanding of subtle body anatomy, its physical and psychological effects on our health, and how to harness its energy for optimum healing.
HIGHLIGHTS - Sterios has been teaching and practicing yoga around the world for over 40 years, including at the Obama White House
- His popular yoga video Gravity & Grace is one of Yoga Journal's "top 15 DVDs of all time"
- Includes easily understandable English translations and elegant illustrations for many of yoga's esoteric topics, making its concepts highly accessible
- There are 200 million yoga practitioners worldwide and 36 million in the US
Synopsis
Transform your yoga practice into an intimate, creative, and healing experience in this refreshing guide to yoga in the modern world
"An inspiring read for all yogis." --Michael Franti, musician, filmmaker, activist
What if, instead of constantly pushing yourself beyond your limitations, you paused to really listen to your body's needs?
In Gravity & Grace, innovative yoga teacher and trainer Peter Sterios shares a unique set of practice principles to help anyone--from beginners to advanced practitioners and teachers--revitalize their approach to yoga by tuning into the subtle body.
When our yoga practices become too rigid, overly focused on technique, or dependent upon ideals that are not suited to our bodies, we lose the full potential of what yoga offers--a truly personal pathway to physical well-being, emotional unfolding, and spiritual awakening.
In this groundbreaking book, Sterios helps you embrace the full, healing potential of yoga as he shares wisdom gained from over 45 years of exploring yoga and the subtle body. He teaches that by developing a sensitivity to how the natural forces of gravity and grace are at work physically and psychologically, we become empowered to confidently decide how to practice each day.
Through an insightful blend of practical theory and direct instruction, Sterios will guide you to incorporate awareness of physical and subtle anatomy into your practice, utilize the breath for greater well-being, and create flowing sequences that naturally meet your unique needs in each moment.
For teachers looking to deepen their offerings, students who want to bring a more personalized and healing experience to their yoga practice, and anyone working with physical limitations (from injury, body type, age, or any of the myriad obstacles humans face), Gravity & Grace is the "no-style" yoga guide you've been waiting for.