Yoga for Stiff Birds: An Illustrated Approach to Positions, Poses, and Meditations

by Marion Deuchars

A bestselling and award-winning artist presents a fun, illustrated approach to yoga to help you loosen up with a smile on your face!

Marion Deuchars has practiced yoga for many years and knows well the benefits it brings. Now she invites you to join her stiff bird in a selection of classic poses, stretches, and breathing exercises that are guaranteed to revive and energize.

Yoga for Stiff Birds rejects the clichés of studio photography in favor of a friendlier illustrated look. With a few strokes of her brush, Deuchars helps Bob into every position from downward-facing dog to tree—and you’ll want to follow suit. With 60 poses and sequences (all carefully checked by yoga professionals) presented in a lay-flat binding, the book is both practical and inspiring. The full-color art will raise a smile, whether you’re a regular practitioner or a yoga novice, and will encourage even the creakiest beginner to breathe, stretch, and bend like they never have before.

Already a bestseller in the UK and internationally, Yoga for Stiff Birds is a truly unique once seen, never forgotten.

Genres: Nonfiction

80 pages, Hardcover

First published March 2, 2023

Reviews

[Catherine Jeffrey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bought by a stiff bird keen to take up yoga. Very accessible for beginners when used alongside a conventional class. I must admit the bird featured is very flexible though , unlike the reader !

[Iveta · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brīnišķīga ☺️

[Gloria (Ms. G's Bookshelf) · Rating 5 out of 5]

⭐️5 Stars⭐️
Yoga for Stiff Birds: An Illustrated Approach to Positions, Poses, and Meditations by Marion Deuchars.
This pink hardcover book is just gorgeous and so much fun. An inspiring and informative guide for yoga beginners or everybody really that has an interest in yoga. The perfect gift for a friend or your mum.

Relieve stress, become fitter and more flexible, you’re never too old to start.

The guide is beautifully illustrated and easy to understand. One of my favourite poses in the book is Happy Baby. There are poses for energy, poses for bedtime and more. You can start from as little as 5 minutes a day and work up to more.

I am loving all the author’s bird illustrations throughout the book, they’re adorable. I am enjoying using this guide so much, I just love yoga and feel so good afterwards.

Also check out the companion book How to Be a Fit Bird.

Publication Date 07 March 2023
Publisher Skittledog

Thank you so much Marion Deuchars, Thames and Hudson Australia & Skittledog Books for a copy of this book.

[Nadide · Rating 4 out of 5]

As a stiff bird, I approve this book.

[Sorcha O'Dowd · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is adorable, informative, and did I mention adorable? 😍

[Grace B · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome! Funny and substantial. I love the cute illustrations accompanied by short explanations. If you need an overview of the basic yoga poses, here they are. It gives me ideas on how to navigate students simply if I ever start teaching again. Truly yoga for everybody. :)

[7jane · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yoga is for everyone! If this bird can do it, ANYONE can.

A fun little book: various yoga poses with pictures of birds doing them, for beginners and inspiring for those who already practice. There are some sequences (movement series) that one might put bookmarks into, for later ouse. Each pose comes with its original name, plus how to do them, and occasionally what benefits one might gain for doing them.

Sometimes I wish books with exercises were more easier to keep open so one can in the first few rounds of doing them check how the movements are done. The same might be the case here, but mostly here it’s simple about getting into a pose; some others include a few movements first. But I think it’s a cheerful idea to use birds to encourage the stiffer people to try some of these poses, even if one doesn’t feel all are possible or fun.

[Sara Wright · Rating 4 out of 5]

There are so many free, excellent yoga classes online that the audience for this book is probably limited but I think it is a lovely book

Beautifully illustrated and easy to understand

A great resource for learning asanas (poses) and how to put them together in to a flow

[Jana · Rating 5 out of 5]

Alle poses ingeoefend met de grappige vogel die de houdingen illustreerde. En wat heb ik er deugd van gehad. Leuk boek! Al ben ik een stijve hark en kan ik alles verre van perfect uitvoeren, mijn yogakennis overtreft dit beginnersboek aangezien ik er fouten begon uit te halen.

[Tim · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you are interested in giving yoga a try, you can go online and print out a bunch of exercises for free. Or, you can spend a few bucks to buy this book, which is not only more solid, but also supplies pictures of a hilarious bird with every pose.

[Jennifer Thompson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked this. it was easy to follow and I loved the illustrations.

[Leni · Rating 5 out of 5]

As someone who's taken yoga classes in the past, this is a highly approachable book to get back into it.

[Anja · Rating 4 out of 5]

Leuk in de combinatie van een uiterlijke en innerlijke 7 jarige.
Boek mocht dikker zijn!

[L · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sweet illustrated yoga manual for beginners or, indeed, those a little stiffer than desired.

[Jacqueline · Rating 5 out of 5]

Adorable, tiny reference book - filled with darling illustrations!

[Arushi · Rating 5 out of 5]

A basic yoga guide for all the stiff birds out there. Hopefully, this will nudge you into taking up yoga.

[Niels]

Useful ánd cute

[Rebecca A. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute intro to yoga poses!

[Agnes Kyui Ryun · Rating 4 out of 5]

Aanrader voor kinderen en andere mensen ... Leuk, schattig en in een notedop worden de asana's uitgelegd.

[Linda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Leuk naslagwerkje om wat beter de namen van yoga-posities te kunnen onthouden met schattige tekeningen. Niet echt geschikt voor wanneer je yoga houdingen wilt leren. Er staat (soms) een kleine toelichting bij, maar weinig informatie over ademhaling, welke spiergroepen je goed moet aanspannen, etc.

[Justine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Petit format avec juste ce qu'il faut pour une pause yoga toujours bienvenue (pour petits et grands).

[Suan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Toda la obra tiene un marcado tono humorístico y desenfadado, y su mayor logro, en mi modesta opinión es que puede ser una herramienta útil para practicar yoga en familia o con amigos...
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