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The Power of Ashtanga Yoga II: The Intermediate Series

A Practice to Open Your Heart and Purify Your Body and Mind

Author Kino MacGregor
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8.5"W x 11"H x 0.5"D   | 21 oz | 20 per carton
On sale Sep 01, 2015 | 248 Pages | 9781611801590
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Elevate your yoga fitness with his essential guidebook to intermediate-level Ashtanga Yoga—ideal for yoga teachers and experienced yogis

In her first book, Kino MacGregor introduced readers to Ashtanga Yoga, a popular and athletic type of yoga developed by her mentor, Sri K. Pattabhi Jois. Now, she returns with this informative follow-up to present and explain the Second—or Intermediate—Series to practitioners who wish to take their practice to the next level. MacGregor provides step-by-step instructions and covers the key aspects of the practice, including:
 
• The basics of Ashtanga Yoga philosophy
• Essential background information on the Intermediate Series
• How to know when you are ready to take on this next stage of practice
• The purification aspects of the practice
• The pranayama techniques associated with the practice
• And more
 
With over 250 photographs, this solid and engaging entrée into intermediate-level practice is a wonderful resource for both practitioners and teachers.
"Kino MacGregor’s The Power of Ashtanga Yoga II is a wonderful gift for anyone who wants to really make their yoga work. Her approach gives the understanding, patience, courage, and technique to practice in a way that will allow us to actually evolve step-by–intelligent-step toward transforming not only our bodies, but our hearts and minds. Please study this book deeply and then practice and practice."—Richard Freeman

"You could not ask for a better guide to the Ashtanga method than Kino MacGregor, whose expertise, patience, compassion, and skillful teaching are at the highest level, and are all distilled in this book."—Jack Forem, author of Transcendental Meditation: The Essential Teachings of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

"This book is inspiring. Readers will benefit from Kino’s unparalleled mastery of asanas and her thorough understanding of the wisdom contained in Ashtanga’s Intermediate Series."—David Robson, creator of “Learn to Float”
Kino MacGregor is an international yoga teacher, author of three books, producer of six Ashtanga Yoga DVDs, writer, blogger, world traveler, cofounder of the Miami Life Center (www.miamilifecenter.com), Yoga Challenge (www.yogachallenge.com) and OmStars (omstars.com). Kino’s dharma is to help people experience the limitless potential of the human spirit through the inner tradition of yoga. She is one of the few people in the world of yoga to embrace both the traditional teaching of India’s historic past and the popular contemporary social media channels. With more than 15 years of experience in Ashtanga Yoga, she is one of a select group of people to receive the Certification to teach Ashtanga Yoga by its founder Sri K. Pattabhi Jois in Mysore, India and practice through the Fourth Series of Ashtanga Yoga. View titles by Kino MacGregor

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Elevate your yoga fitness with his essential guidebook to intermediate-level Ashtanga Yoga—ideal for yoga teachers and experienced yogis

In her first book, Kino MacGregor introduced readers to Ashtanga Yoga, a popular and athletic type of yoga developed by her mentor, Sri K. Pattabhi Jois. Now, she returns with this informative follow-up to present and explain the Second—or Intermediate—Series to practitioners who wish to take their practice to the next level. MacGregor provides step-by-step instructions and covers the key aspects of the practice, including:
 
• The basics of Ashtanga Yoga philosophy
• Essential background information on the Intermediate Series
• How to know when you are ready to take on this next stage of practice
• The purification aspects of the practice
• The pranayama techniques associated with the practice
• And more
 
With over 250 photographs, this solid and engaging entrée into intermediate-level practice is a wonderful resource for both practitioners and teachers.

Praise

"Kino MacGregor’s The Power of Ashtanga Yoga II is a wonderful gift for anyone who wants to really make their yoga work. Her approach gives the understanding, patience, courage, and technique to practice in a way that will allow us to actually evolve step-by–intelligent-step toward transforming not only our bodies, but our hearts and minds. Please study this book deeply and then practice and practice."—Richard Freeman

"You could not ask for a better guide to the Ashtanga method than Kino MacGregor, whose expertise, patience, compassion, and skillful teaching are at the highest level, and are all distilled in this book."—Jack Forem, author of Transcendental Meditation: The Essential Teachings of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

"This book is inspiring. Readers will benefit from Kino’s unparalleled mastery of asanas and her thorough understanding of the wisdom contained in Ashtanga’s Intermediate Series."—David Robson, creator of “Learn to Float”

Author

Kino MacGregor is an international yoga teacher, author of three books, producer of six Ashtanga Yoga DVDs, writer, blogger, world traveler, cofounder of the Miami Life Center (www.miamilifecenter.com), Yoga Challenge (www.yogachallenge.com) and OmStars (omstars.com). Kino’s dharma is to help people experience the limitless potential of the human spirit through the inner tradition of yoga. She is one of the few people in the world of yoga to embrace both the traditional teaching of India’s historic past and the popular contemporary social media channels. With more than 15 years of experience in Ashtanga Yoga, she is one of a select group of people to receive the Certification to teach Ashtanga Yoga by its founder Sri K. Pattabhi Jois in Mysore, India and practice through the Fourth Series of Ashtanga Yoga. View titles by Kino MacGregor

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