Tuesday, September 2, 2008

next book for reading group: "Wisdom of Yoga" [group open to new readers, sign up now]

Announcing the next book for our reading group: "The Wisdom of Yoga" by Stephen Cope.

If you are interested in signing up (totally free) and receiving e-mails about the times planned and reading assignments, please e-mail me by this Saturday. After that I will switch all book-related e-mails to only those on the book group list, so as not to clutter everyone else's inboxes.

I do encourage attending all meetings for the sake of the discussion, but I understand if you have to miss one (or more). Don't let that stop you from signing up if you're interested. (Or, if you'd rather read the book on your own and not attend the meetings, that's fine too.) The last thing I want is for this to become a "school project" hanging over your heads. Read, enjoy and benefit as much as you want to, I say.

book info:
"The Wisdom of Yoga: a seeker's guide to extraordinary living" by Stephen Cope.
ISBN #: 978-0-553-38054-5.
$16 off the shelf (should be available at Barnes & Noble--if not in stock, they can order it in about a week).
About $11 from amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Wisdom-Yoga-Seekers-Extraordinary-Living/dp/0553380540/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1220374128&sr=1-1)

[note: it is available for free shipping if order is over $25, so if you want to buy ahead, I'd recommend Pema Chodron's "Start Where You Are"]
[another note: if you need to borrow a copy (and you're not a highlighter) for the sake of saving money, I can probably convince a few friends to loan out their copy. . .just let me know]

The reason I like this book is that for those of you who read through "Heart of Yoga," this dovetails nicely into the sutras using the discussion on the mind we just finished. Even so, you don't need to have read the first book to understand this one. . .

I am thinking we'll break the book up into sections, like last time, and finish it in three months (taking a break during December before we start the next in January).

The following are tentative dates (all Sundays, from 2:30-4): Sept. 28 (first meeting), Oct. 26 and Nov. 23. Reading assignments to follow. . .

No comments:

About Me

I owe my passion for yoga and its transformative nature to my teachers, namely Max Strom. I have been teaching since December, 2006. I teach an all-levels vinyasa flow class, which focuses on the breath as the key to change and healing. As my teacher, Max, says, we just add the poses to the breath. I have completed a 30-hour teacher training with Max in Kansas City and another 54-hour training with him in Greenville; a 230-hour, 9-month intensive with Max's students and owners of North Main Yoga studio, Brian and Liz Delaney; and a Yin Yoga teacher training with Shala Worsley from the Asheville Yoga Center. Most recently, I have begun studying Thai Yoga Massage privately with Asheville therapist Lia Pardy. In April, I will enroll in the Asheville School of Massage & Yoga to pursue my massage therapist license.