Product Description Nicolai Bachman teaches you how to read and pronounce these sacred sounds with precision, and guides you through seven yoga chants with exact rhythm, tone, and pronunciation. This is an indispensable reference guide for any serious student of yoga.
"... should, without doubt, be in the yoga library of every teacher and serious student." - Yoga Journal
This program is comprehensive and draws from the 3 major lineages of T. Krishnamacarya (Iyengar, Jois, Desikachar). This covers the vast majority of asanas practiced in the West includes almost every common Sanskrit word related to yoga. Enjoy chants from each tradition along with other popular yoga chants. Learn with audio and visual components reinforce each other serves as a teaching guide and reference manual consists of a hard-over-spiral-bound book with 2 full audio CDs inside.
Nicolai Bachman has accomplished a monumental task in producing Asana Names and the Language of Yoga. Effectively organized, clear, and breathtakingly comprehensive, Nicolai's work is necessary for all yoga students who aspire to learn the Sanskrit sounds of yoga.
FascinatingJanuary 5, 2009 I am still new to yoga but wanted to learn about the traditional names of poses when I mentioned a pose to a friend in English and they mentioned the Sanskrit name.
Right now I am still learning the names and just trying to be able to say them, and I am finding the process interesting and am beginning to associte some of the sanskrit names with asanas.
The Language of Yoga: Complete A to Y Guide to Asana Names, Sanskrit Terms, and ChantsNovember 25, 2008 A great way to learn and maybe more importantly, hear the yoga Sanskrit terms the correct way. The CDs and book are both organized in a way that makes it easy to navigate and pick out what pertains to you specifically.
Yoga study mustJuly 20, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have found this book very useful, informative and easy to use. I have found it a great aid in my yoga studies.
I loved this bookMay 7, 2008 Easy to read, easy to understand. I couldn't put this book down. If you have an interest in yoga and would like to know and understand the Asana Names.... you should get this. I am not a yoga teacher, but I would also like to recomend this to anybody who does teach yoga. If for no other reason so you can say the worrds correctly and aslo be able to answer questions from students (like myself) who wish to know the what and why of asanas and chants.
Truly a "must" for non-Indian yoga teachersMay 2, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I can't believe I have never reviewed this before! I've been a yoga teacher for - oh yikes, way too long to admit to but until I listened to the CDs that come with this book, I had been pronouncing things incorrectly. I guess my teachers learned the wrong pronounciation from others who didn't know...and on it goes. But my students know the difference now; hopefully, they will pass it on as some of them become teachers. I've also used the book for tattoos. Just enlarge the writing for the artist...perfect. Namaste
