Yoga for the Three Stages of Life

YOGA Are you ready to devote your life to yoga? For thirty-three years Srivatsa Ramaswami studied with the legendary T. Krishnamacharya, the most influential figure in the field of yoga in the past hundred years and teacher of B. K. S. Iyengar, Pattabhi Jois, and T. K. V. Desikachar. Since that time he has developed Krishnamacharya’s teaching into what may be the most highly evolved program available for making yoga a way of life, rather than simply a routine. In thought-provoking discussions and hundreds of photographs, Ramaswami lays out a life’s worth of yoga teachings, including principles for right living, postures, breathing practices, meditation practices, and mental disciplines. Key to Ramaswami’s teaching is the focus on adapting yoga to individual needs and to different stages of life. During the early part of life, learning yoga as a physical art form is most beneficial for the self-confidence and discipline it instills. In middle age, yoga should focus on...