MORNING YOGA, EVENING YOGA
- Janita Stenhouse
From yoga comes one of the oldest systems of exercise, perhaps the oldest, we have. The length of the tradition is one of the things that most appeals to its followers in the West.
MORNING YOGA, EVENING YOGA presents two sequences of postures for today. One, the Surya Namaskar or 'Salutation to the Sun', is probably the earliest such sequence in the tradition. The second of them, Chandra Namaskar, is much more recent and less well-known. It translates as 'Salutation to the Moon'. Where Surya Namaskar is traditionally an early morning routine to awaken the body, Chandra Namaskar is designed to still the body before sleeping.
MORNING YOGA, EVENING YOGA thus appeals to both the larks and the owls among us. It is designed to help owls face the morning, and larks cope with the evening - to help both types become more balanced in their routine and get more out of each precious day. In addition, Janita writes with a rare depth of understanding about the history of the sequences. She enlarges on traditional teaching and provides alternative postures with authority.
Uniquely, the book also contains the mantra chants that traditionally accompany the sequences, taken from the original Sanskrit texts.
978-1-905398-09-6
Yoga /Body, Mind & Spirit
£6.99/US$11.95
Paper
Illustrated with black & white photographs, alongside line drawings by the author
64 Pages/178x144mm
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Reviews
- "This excellent little book." - Yoga and Health
- "Designed for people who find it difficult to find time for yoga practice. Based on extended versions of the two sequences Surya Namaskar (Sun salute) and Chandra Namaskar (Moon salute), together with the bija mantras, chakras focuses and breathing techniques. It offers advice on adapting these powerful routines for personal needs and goes into the practices in great depth, including the history of their development." - Yoga Scotland
About the Author
For several years, Janita Stenhouse wrote a column for Yoga and Health and also has had a regular strip cartoon feature there and in other yoga journals. She has made prolonged visits to India, where her husband studied Indian miniature painting and she learned Hindi. She currently teaches yoga in the South of France and has recently compiled The Polair Illustrated Yoga Dictionary.