Partner Yoga: Making Contact for Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Growth

by Cain Carroll, Lori Kimata

Like food and water, touch and intimacy are basic human needs. As naked and vulnerable newborns, we thrive on skin-to-skin contact with other humans. Yet somewhere between infancy and adulthood, this fulfilling nourishment from touch is virtually lost. In today's high-tech world, most of us are more comfortable connecting with each other through machines and modems than our own skin. Yet for optimum health, we all need to touch-- and be touched.

Partner Yoga can be practiced with a friend, lover, gym buddy-- even your child. It can be practiced indoors, outdoors, in a group-- even on a beach.

Partner Yoga is a bold, new step in the evolution of yoga. With their 30 years of combined experience in yoga, medicine, fitness, dance, the martial arts, and music, Cain Carroll and Lori Kimata, N.D., have developed a totally new yoga practice that blends mutually beneficial postures, conscious breathing, trust, communication, and-- most of all-- playfulness and fun.

The 60 dynamic postures and 3 yoga flows introduced in this book offer a threshold into a provocative and exciting yoga experience. Developed with reverence for the ancient tradition of yoga, these beautiful postures are designed to help improve balance, strength, and flexibility as well as increase the level of trust and communication between you and your partner. Partner Yoga is perfect for anyone-- novice or seasoned yoga practitioner-- who is interested in increasing fitness, releasing tension, strengthening relationships, and having a good time. So find a partner and explore the possibilities!

Genres: Spirituality

256 pages, Paperback

First published November 4, 2000

About the author

Cain Carroll is a visionary teacher, speaker and author in the fields of self-healing, personal development, and embodied spirituality. Cain is the founder of Clearbright 501 (c)(3), author of Partner Yoga, Mudras of India, The Four Dignities, The Radiant Awakening Workbook, and creator of three instructional DVDs: Pain-Free Joints, Heal Neck & Shoulder Pain, and Digestive Power.

More about Cain at: www.caincarroll.com

Reviews

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought this was a really interesting look at the concept of Partner Yoga and it had plenty of resources to get started with practicing yoga with another person. I really liked that the instructions for each pose were clear and detailed, and each pose had a list of benefits associated with it.

[Alexander · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice introduction to a partner yoga. I did not know too much about partner yoga before I got the book. The authors describe postures that they came up with by themselves. The book has adequate descriptions and pictures. I am quite happy with this book.

[Sherrie Gingery · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful pictures and easy to follow instructions.