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The Language of Yoga: Complete A to Y Guide to Asana Names, Sanskrit Terms, and Chants (Sanskrit Edition)
 
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This interactive book/cd set includes more than 200 asanas with illustrated yoga postures and 300 Sanskrit definitions. 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.

Product Details
  • Finally, a tool to help yoga teachers and students pronounce asana names and yoga terms correctly!
  • The Language of Yoga is the definitive A-Y of yoga specific words. (There is no Z in Sanskrit)
  • Useful for yoga teachers and students

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Great Way to Learn Sanskrit
 
Review Date: August 16, 2010
Reviewer: Myogalasvegas,
Great book! Fantastic and easy way of breaking down sanskrit. It also explains the meaning behind the words and philosophy. It is a must have for any yoga teacher and any student interested in furthering their yoga knowledge.
Mediocre pronunciation at best
 
Review Date: July 9, 2010
Reviewer: amadeashakti,
While I understand that the general American population is linguistically deficient and that any sort of help with Yoga terms is better than none, I can say that I was completely disappointed with the author's command of Sanskrit pronunciation. My husband, who is from India, listened to the book with me and after a few seconds said, "Pathetic!" and walked away. Even I could hear the poor pronunciation, and I am by no means a Sanskrit scholar. Clearly the author has little understanding of the place of articulation of Sanskrit consonants and other articulation rules. His American accent is noticeable. I would only recommend this book because it's probably better than nothing, and because I am sick of all my Yoga teachers not being able to pronounce even something as basic as "Namaste" (both "a"s are schwas!)
Great guide to learn about yoga / sanskrit terms
 
Review Date: March 28, 2010
Reviewer: Tanya, Greenfield Park, QC
I am studying to become a yoga teacher and I found this book / CD's to be very useful in learning the correct Sanskrit pronunciation.

It helped me understand the meaning of asana names (yoga poses).

Pros: The sections are easy to go through. It has 2 CD's which contain chants, some yoga sutras, various yoga terms, astanga sequences, asana names, synonyms, and the Sanskrit alphabet.
The book contains drawings of he poses which is very practical. The book is hardcover and the interior that is spiral bound.

Cons: For the astanga sequences, it listed the Sanskrit numerical order instead of the asana name. I would have preferred both the number and the asana names, but this is a personal choice.

Namaste.
Tanya
If you are serious about teaching yoga, this should be in your library.
 
Review Date: February 28, 2010
Reviewer: Gloria, North Carolina
If you are serious about teaching yoga, this should be in your library, unless you have already mastered the vocabulary. It was smart of the author to record the two cd's that you can play along with the book as you work on your sanskrit. The book and cd's are easy to use, easy to find things, also includes simple drawings of the asanas.
GREAT LEARNING TOOL
 
Review Date: January 7, 2010
Reviewer: BJ, North Dakota
I am a new yoga instructor and wanted to learn the Sanskrit language. This is a helpful guide for learning pronunciation and has great illustrations for different levels of Ashtanga sequences to follow. I recommend this book w/CDs to anyone wanting to go deeper in their practice and enhance their yoga journey.

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