Yogini : the power of women in yoga

by Janice Gates

Paperback, 2006

Publication

Imprint: San Rafael, CA : Mandala Publications, c2006. Responsibility: Janice Gates ; foreword by Linda Sparrowe. OCLC Number: 74029217. Physical: Text : 1 volume : vii, 160 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. Features: Includes appendix, bibliography, notes.

Call number

B-A / Gates

Barcode

BK-07886

ISBN

9781932771886

Collections

Your library, Adult Materials, Accounts of the Path

CSS Library Notes

Description: Shakti is the Sanskrit term for the feminine energy of the Divine. Yogini is created for, and by, women, and all who have a passion for yoga as a path and a way of life. There is no other yoga book which addresses women’s issues and concerns; while 90% of yoga students are women, the majority of yoga leaders have been men. Yogini traces the rise of women teachers in modern yoga and offers women stories and ideas for what can be done off the mat to integrate yoga practice into daily life. Here is an inspirational guide for the modern yogini offering a fresh perspective for everyone’s yoga or spiritual practice. The candid photos and personal stories of intention, intuition and devotion of many of today’s leading yoga teachers; Angela Farmer, Nischala Joy, Sarah Powers, Shiva Rae, Donna Farhi, Anna Forest, Rama Jyoti Vernon, and Tenzin Palmo. Contributing essayist Linda Sparrowe is the author of many bestselling yoga titles and is the former managing editor of Yoga Journal

Table of Contents: Introduction --
History of women in yoga --
Yoginis : one ocean, many rivers --
Nischala Joy Devi --
Donna Farhi --
Angela Farmer --
Lilias Folan --
Sharon Gannon --
Sally Kempton (Swami Durgananda) --
Gurmukh Khalsa --
Judith Hanson Lasater --
Swamini Mayatitananda (Maya Tiwari) --
Sonia Nelson --
Sarah Powers --
Shiva Rea --
Patricia Sullivan --
Rama Jyoti Vernon --
Luminaries --
Indra Devi --
Vanda Scaravelli --
Swami Radha.

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Physical description

vii, 160 p.; 26 cm

Description

Shakti is the Sanskrit term for the feminine energy of the Divine. Yogini is created for, and by, women, and all who have a passion for yoga as a path and a way of life. There is no other yoga book which addresses women's issues and concerns; while 90% of yoga students are women, the majority of yoga leaders have been men. Yogini traces the rise of women teachers in modern yoga and offers women stories and ideas for what can be done off the mat to integrate yoga practice into daily life. Here is an inspirational guide for the modern yogini offering a fresh perspective for everyone's yoga or spiritual practice. The candid photos and personal stories of intention, intuition and devotion of many of today's leading yoga teachers; Angela Farmer, Nischala Joy, Sarah Powers, Shiva Rae, Donna Farhi, Anna Forest, Rama Jyoti Vernon, and Tenzin Palmo. Contributing essayist Linda Sparrowe is the author of many bestselling yoga titles and is the former managing editor of Yoga Journal… (more)