Moon Salutations: Women’s Journey Through Yoga to Healing, Power, and Peace

by Laura Cornell

Are you stressed and exhausted?Would you like to be more grounded, happy, and peaceful?Have you tried Yoga, but it feels . . . not quite right?While traditional Sun Salutation Yoga embraces solar or masculine qualities, the Moon Salutation fills the need for our lunar, feminine qualities. This groundbreaking practice takes you gently by the hand and guides you home to your feminine body and soul in a simple format. Inside this inspiring book find…· Step-by-step instructions for the Moon Salutation sequence, with variations for all levels of ability and fitness· Detailed pose descriptions with modifications to meet your body’s unique needs, from menstruation to menopause and in between· Empowerment practices for both men and women ~ to heal from from body shame, isolation, sexual trauma, or society’s devaluation of the feminine· Poems, guided meditations, and intimate prayers to awaken a deeper spiritual meaningLet yourself be led into this nourishing and heart-opening posture flow, rich with variations for different bodies and the changing seasons of life. Hear your own voice echoed in the moving personal stories of women’s healing, and discover the hidden HERstory of Yoga to celebrate your own feminine Yoga practice.Laura has given us a great gift through the birthing of Moon Salutations! As we align with the moon’s feminine principles, we enhance the dynamic power women naturally embody, propelling us into an era where kindness, love and compassion, high feminine values, reign supreme.” ~ Nischala Joy Devi, author, The Healing Path of Yoga, The Secret Power of Yoga and The Namaste Effect “A great book that will help women to support and nourish themselves through menstruation, pregnancy, childbirth, menopause and simply being a woman. Laura provides guidelines for practice and the history of both Sun and Moon Salutations to reinforce the power of women and Yoga. With all good wishes for this book’s success!” ~ Angela Farmer, cofounder of Yoga from the Inner Body“The very practices we need to remind us that the moon is half of who we are. Laura Cornell offers a corrective to the historical exclusion of women in Yoga and offers a path forward for feminine centered Yoga practice. I love this book!”~ Cyndi Lee, author of Yoga Body, Buddha Mind

Genres: Nonfiction

194 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 15, 2019

About the author

Laura Cornell has illustrated many books for children, including the best-selling picture books by Jamie Lee Curtis. She lives in New York City.

Reviews

[Catherine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Part memoir, part yoga manual, part female empowerment manifest, ‘Moon Salutations’ offers a mind-blowing take on the practice of yoga that is both intuitive and revolutionary.

Diving back in for my second read I find myself immediately activated; ready to practice and ready to change the world. The notion of a standing postural practice that is optimized for the female body is not new, yet I have never seen it discussed or sequenced quite like this.

Female bodies are not less able, even when menstruating or pregnant, but our strengths lie in different directions. The ubiquitous, forward-oriented Sun Salutation caters to male strength in a way that can be beneficial but is not always accessible to every body. Counter to that, the Moon Salutation as Laura Cornell teaches it calls upon the squatting and side-bending strength of the female body, utilizing postures such as goddess, malasana, and skandasana to harness the power of our moon’s cycles.

Highly recommended for all practitioners of yoga, as well as those with an interest in stories of healing and personal empowerment.

[Kim]

If you want to learn moon salutation, this is the book for you. She takes you in stages which is great for learning the whole sequence. I did a whole yoga series based on this book.

[Keri · Rating 5 out of 5]

So good. A beautiful yoga journey for women.

[Claire · Rating 5 out of 5]

I can't recommend this book enough. Thank you Laura for your insight, wisdom, research, and shared experience. So many times I have struggled to identify what wasn't quite right in other texts I have studied and this books helps outline the "HERstory" of yoga (what often gets omitted or left untold). I will be buying several copies to give to my teachers / friends.