“Yoga: Your Home Practice Companion” by Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre
As a complete novice on yoga, this is a perfect book for me to learn about the ancient practice. It provides the history of yoga, the philosophy behind the poses, and the scientific benefits of practicing them.
The book also teaches us about breathing, meditation, stress management, and proper diet according to yogic tradition (and how to cook or prepare for them). And every now and then the book inserts beautiful gems of wisdom, as a cherry on top of a wholesome philosophy of living.
All of this are wrapped up in digestible, bite size, chapters and sub-chapters that makes it easy to read and pause (so that I can mercifully – and comically – try to emulate the poses). I couldn’t ask for a more concise and straight forward introduction to yoga than this one.
EDWIN SETIADI 