Author: Sparrowe, Linda

Yoga's 5,000-year tradition is rich and varied, and has always evolved to meet the needs of the culture it serves. Above all else, yoga has always been about the process of transformation. Sparrowe looks at yoga's roots in the sacred texts and the 20th-century yogis who brought it to the West - Swami Sivananda Saraswati, Indra Devi, and B.K.S. Iyengar, to name a few. Four hundred artful photographs of famous yoga practitioners illustrate the text and draw the reader closer to this powerful practice. Now back in print. 454 pp. January.