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Great book chalk full of yoga poses and provides tons of cool information and tips for those looking to include yoga in their life styles

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I didn't check the first two volumes. Yoga - The Optimal Lifestyle is a complete reference to numerous yoga postures with variations. Everyone interested in yoga could find this book very useful as there are many variations of known and less-known yoga postures. There are more than 1250 included.

I would recommend this book to true yoga fans. Thanks to the Netgalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this! All opinions are my own.

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Yoga - The Optimal Lifestyle is an extensive boo covering over a thousand postures. It is brimming with information and would be suited to the real yoga enthusiasts out there. It would also be a really good full reference guide for the keen beginner. The black and white photos are a little strange and the book has an old feel to it, but the quality of the teacher and the information is unquestionable. Thank You

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Yoga, the Optimal Lifestyle is a really really well written text about yoga (in the spiritual sense). Yogini Shubh Veer is knowledgeable on the subject of Yoga as a spiritual practice and gives a well rounded approach for very complex concepts. A reader who has a established yoga practice as well as a reader who wants to explore more into the ancient practice would enjoy it.
The first part is filled with an overview of concepts and philosophy and then goes into asana (postures) with descriptions and variations.
This book is not for those whom don't associate Yoga/Asana with a spiritual practice. This talks heavy about the spiritual properties of yoga and how they can bring fulfillment to one's life.

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This book was received as an ARC from Troubador Publishing Ltd. - Matador in exchange for an honest review. Opinions and thoughts expressed in this review are completely my own.

If you are a novice yoga enthusiast, this is the book for you. I appreciated the photographs taken breaking down each step of each pose and the benefits for each of them. This book also reflects the lifestyle of the yogi from everything to mediations to healthy eating and living. Everyone deserves to feel Zen and this book does an exceptional job showing us how. We have a lot of people in the community who are practicing yogis and who want to learn more about the lifestyle and I am excited that this book will be perfect for them. I even picked up some tips and tricks for myself even.

We will consider adding this title to our R Non-Fiction collection at our library. That is why we give this book 5 stars.

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Yoga-The Optimal Lifestyle is the last volume of a trilogy by Yogini Shubh Veer. I didn't have a chance to read the first two which focus on both yoga and meditation. This last one focuses mainly on yoga poses and there is an abundance of photos illustrating yoga poses in different levels of difficulties. It's amazing to see the photos of Yogini Shubh Veer in various poses that were taken during her younger and older years. The only drawback of this volume I would say is that the black and white quality of the photos gave off an weirdly eerie vibe. The photos with colours at the last section were more pleasant to the eyes.

Thank you NetGalley and publisher for an ARC in exchange of an honest review.

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Wonderfully detailed, descriptions of poses and benefits of yoga are very clear and easy to understand. This book really took my understanding of yoga to the next level. A book for every yoga enthusiast!

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A great guide to yoga, and it does not omit the practical, such as how long can you eat before a session, as well as explaining meditation and yoga.

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