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Book details
  • Genre:HEALTH & FITNESS
  • SubGenre:Yoga
  • Language:English
  • Pages:252
  • Paperback ISBN:9781543940176

52 Weeks of Yoga

A Personal Journey Through Yoga

by Gwen McCarthy

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Overview
52 Weeks of Yoga is a book that will take you on a wide ranging adventure in yoga that is informative, humorous and heartfelt. You will meet the remarkable people who brought yoga to the West, learn the wisdom of the Buddha that has been honored for over 2500 years, and become reacquainted with the workings of your own amazing body. Illuminating, enlightening and uplifting, it is a profoundly spiritual declaration for living mindfully and building a better world. This book is ideal for anyone who wishes to find transformation through yoga. The book is also a touching personal memoir of the author's life experiences that have brought her to a place of mindfulness, acceptance and gratitude.
Description
52 Weeks of Yoga is a book that will take you on a wide ranging adventure in yoga that is informative, humorous and heartfelt. You will meet the remarkable people who brought yoga to the West, learn the wisdom of the Buddha that has been honored for over 2500 years, and become reacquainted with the workings of your own amazing body. Illuminating, enlightening and uplifting, it is a profoundly spiritual declaration for living mindfully and building a better world. This book is ideal for anyone who wishes to find transformation through yoga. The book is also a touching personal memoir of the author's life experiences that have brought her to a place of mindfulness, acceptance and gratitude.
About the author
Gwen McCarthy has spent a lifetime teaching students who have ranged in age from middle school through college. A few years ago she realized that although teaching was still her calling, she wanted to shift the focus of her life to teaching about the loving and healing spirit of yoga. Her book, 52 Weeks of Yoga, covers a wide variety of topics that will delight any practicing yogi as well as acquaint newcomers to what yoga is all about.By the time she had finished writing the book, Gwen became even more aware that when the teachings of yoga become part of your life, they will gently guide you through all the days and years you are blessed to have. Gwen and her husband, Al live in New Jersey where she teaches Therapeutic Hatha Yoga and Kundalini Yoga. She is the mother of four children and the grandmother of five.