Hatha Yoga for Teachers and Practitioners: A Comprehensive Guide

by Ram Jain, Kalyani Hauswirth-Jain

Hatha Yoga for Teachers and Practitioners is a must-read if you want to derive maximum benefits from your yoga practice. Starting from the traditional approach to yoga, you will discover how yoga poses affect the internal body and how systematic yoga practice can increase your holistic health and wellbeing. You will also understand the medically-proven benefits of yoga and you will learn the ancient principles of sequencing asanas according to their corresponding chakras (energy centres). Renowned yoga teacher trainers, Ram Jain and Kalyani Hauswirth-Jain describe how to create safe, fulfilling, and holistic Hatha Yoga practices for different levels, themes, and goals. Within these pages, Ram and Kalyani provide you with practical descriptions of over 200 asanas, with their respective instructions, alignment cues, contraindications, and modifications - which will bring your yoga classes and practice to a whole new level.

711 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 13, 2017

Reviews

[Ionica Panzaru · Rating 5 out of 5]

Am excellent yoga book

I really enjoyed this book and plan to buy the paper form as well to have it on my bookshelf. I find it really helpful at the beginning of my yoga teaching career.
Thank you! Namaste!

[Yogita Chaudhary · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome book

This book has brilliant information about each yoga pose and next pose with contradiction of same. A must to have book

[Kirill · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was expecting this to be more informative, with more in-depth theory that is important for the level of a teacher. Unfortunately, like with many other yoga books out there, most of the book is dedicated to photos of the poses with instructions, with a lot of blank space.
Only the first few chapters are covering effects of yoga on the body, with some hints on how those effects should be considered when building a sequence for the class or personal practice. There are a few examples of finished sequences here too, but they all follow the same structure, and alternative ways to structure your practice are not explored enough.
Overall, this is a good book for beginners who need pose instructions and adjustments, with some basic theory. But I'd recommend seeking other books if you are familiar with foundations and interested in a more in-depth information.

[Amanda Degler · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great info on the background of yoga, the benefits of yoga on the body and research that has been done to support this, and info on each pose. I didn’t really like the sequencing perspective of starting with the crown chakra. If I use sequencing from this book, I will do it in reverse, root to crown. My yoga teachers agreed that root to crown makes more sense in their opinion as well.

[Flowers4Algernon · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m not sure how helpful this book would be for a teacher but for me, it was both very helpful and interesting. I’m sure I will be referring back to for years to come.

[Carver · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great start for a well round text of information