Janita Stenhouse

Polair Illustrated Yoga Dictionary

Over 1500 Sanskrit and English Terms Explained

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Comprehensive diictionary of terms used in yoga asanas and in yoga philosophy generally, along with some accompanying Hindu and Buddhist words and reference illustrations of asanas, chakra symbols, and yoga physiology. Almost every posture known is here. English terms and posture names are also explained. This is also an encyclopaedic dictionary giving names and dates of key teachers and yoga authorities. Full diacritical marks are shown on the Sanskrit names, for reference. As the preface states, 'This is a dictionary of terms you may come across on your yoga journey ...it is comprehensive enough to help you in your search for inner peace through yoga.... Sanskrit is the only language that does not take its name from the people who spoke it. The very word Sanskrit implies something put together perfectly, refined and cultured, and the written form is called ... 'the writing of the

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Polair Publishing
• 2nd Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 136mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 255g
• ISBN-13: 9781905398393
• ISBN-10: 1905398395
• Artikelnr.: 52529311

Autorenporträt

Janita Stenhouse (BWY, FNEY, ICYER, YBT, Dip Des (Lpl)) has over fifty years of yoga experience. She is author of MORNING YOGA, EVENING YOGA (also for Polair), SUN YOGA: the book of sa-rya namaskàr, and many articles on yoga. Her yoga cartoon series appear in French and Australian magazines, including the British magazine Yoga and Health. She lived for several years in India and returns regularly, and now lives in the Massif Central France where she teaches yoga locally, nationally and internationally