Yoga: A Path to Wellness: A Workbook for Students

The focus of this text is primarily to help students learn more about themselves as they create a fitness and wellness routine through an introductory practice of one of the systems of Hatha yoga, the physical path to union of body, mind, and spirit.
The introductory text explores modern-day Ashtanga yoga, also called ashtanga vinyasa, a profoundly transformative and therapeutic practice created by Pattabhi Jois and his guru, Krishnamacharya, also known as ""the father of modern yoga."" Ashtanga vinyasa requires austere discipline and decades of study and commitment to a regular practice. One of Pattabhi Jois's favorite quotes was ""ashtanga yoga is ninety-nine percent practice and one percent theory."" On this particular path, students cannot be armchair yogins. To truly understand the theory, they must be willing to do the practice.