Yogasana: the Encyclopedia of Yoga Poses: The Encyclopedia of Yoga Poses

Filled with chakra activation charts, images and descriptions of over  eight hundred poses, and Sanskrit translation guides, this comprehensive  encyclopedia makes the spirituality, practice, and language of yoga  more accessible than ever before.

Packed with over eight hundred  individual poses performed by renowned practitioner Yogrishi Vishvketu,  Yogasana: The Encyclopedia of Yoga Poses is the most comprehensive yoga  asana guide to date. With poses adapted to every skill level, the  encyclopedia is an invaluable resource for both the yoga novice and the  studio owner.

Nearly a millennium ago, the hatha yoga tradition  included over seven hundred thousand yoga poses. Today, only a fraction  of those are known. Yogi Vishvketu, a lifelong yoga devotee, bridges  that gap by connecting modern poses to their ancient roots with an  intuitive naming system that fuses past with present.

Thorough  translation charts—which provide pose names in Sanskrit script along  with transliterations in Sanskrit and English—help practitioners gain an  understanding of the relationship between the name and the spiritual  significance of each pose. The energetic essence of each asana is  unveiled through a detailed chakra chart and graphic indicators  depicting the chakras activated by that pose.

With poses  organized into a logical sequence with roots in the traditional  Himalayan system and enhanced by Yogi Vishvketu’s decades of practice,  this yoga compendium showcases the asanas, the language, and the  spiritual path of yoga together in a single, all-inclusive volume.