The Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga
- The Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga
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name = The Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga
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author = Swami Vishnu-devananda
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country = United States
language = English
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genre = Non-fiction
publisher = Bell Publishing/Julian Press
release_date = 1959
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 359 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-517-88431-3
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The Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga is a 1959 publication by Swami Vishnu-devananda, the founder of the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres and Ashrams. It is considered a seminal western introduction to yoga and its practices, describing the yoga of Patanjali and the classical Hatha Yoga Pradipika. It provides a training programme for tapping yoga's power, seeking to relax and rejuvenate the mind, improve concentration, prevent illness and to increase physical strength and flexibility.
ee also
Sivananda Yoga
External links
* [http://www.sivananda.org/yogastore/vvhathay.html The Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga]
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