| 词条 | Yoga the Iyengar Way |
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| name = Yoga the Iyengar Way | image = File:Yoga_the_Iyengar_Way_Mehta_1990_cover.jpg | caption = Cover of first edition, showing Mira Mehta in Utthita Trikonasana. The title appears also in Sanskrit as Yoga Marg. | author = Silva, Mira & Shyam Mehta | illustrator = | country = | subject = Iyengar Yoga | genre = | publisher = Dorling Kindersley | pub_date = 1990 }} Yoga the Iyengar Way is a 1990 guide to Iyengar Yoga by Silva, Mira, and Shyam Mehta. It has sold over 500,000 copies. Context{{further|Yoga for women}}At the time of the book's publication, Silva, Mira, and Shyam Mehta were teachers of Iyengar Yoga at the Iyengar Yoga Institute in Maida Vale, London. Silva, mother of Shyam and Mira, records that she had a crush fracture of the spine at age 25, leading to osteoarthritis. Yoga with B. K. S. Iyengar relieved the pain, and she went on to work helping people with physical problems practice remedial yoga. Shyam and Mira learnt yoga from Mr. Iyengar from an early age. Shyam states that yoga has given him determination and the ability to concentrate on office work. Mira had a scoliosis which she gradually overcame with yoga, eventually becoming a full-time yoga teacher.{{sfn|Mehta|Mehta|Mehta|1990|p=7}} Silva ran the first yoga teacher training program approved by the Inner London Education Authority, from 1970.[1] Mira and Shyam appeared on a set of 4 stamps issued by the Indian Department of Posts in 1991: Shyam wearing blue in Bhujangasana on a 2 rupee stamp, and in Dhanurasana on a 5 rupee stamp; Mira wearing red in Ustrasana on a 6.50 rupee stamp, and in Utthita Trikonasana on a 10 rupee stamp; the images, all redrawn from photographs in the book, were described as "perfect postures".[2][3] Mira has been called "the most senior [Iyengar] Yoga teacher outside India, recognised as an authority in all its aspects: asana, pranayama, philosophy and therapy."[4] BookTopics coveredThe book is arranged with an introductory section, three main parts, and an appendix. The introductory section contains a foreword by B. K. S. Iyengar; a short biographical preface by the authors; a short introduction to yoga in general; and a note on Sanskrit transliteration. Part I is the main part of the book, with some 140 pages on the asanas. Part II covers techniques for the mind, including pranayama (yoga breathing) and the philosophy of yoga. Part III describes the surrender of the self and meditation, dhyana. The appendix defines courses of asanas considered suitable for different conditions, with a set of remedial programmes. ApproachEach asana is described with a combination of short paragraphs of text and photographs (about half in colour) of Shyam or Mira Mehta. The book is in a large format (215 x 275 mm, close to A4 size), allowing for a large photograph of each asana together with several smaller ones showing details and stages for entering the pose. Some of the key Iyengar Yoga asanas such as Trikonasana get a double-page spread;{{sfn|Mehta|Mehta|Mehta|1990|pp=22–23}} others get a single page. Each pose is named in Sanskrit (in a pale colour, giving the effect of a decorative frieze at the top of the page) and in transliteration with diacritic marks. Below that is an explanation of the meaning of the Sanskrit words, and a brief summary of what the pose achieves. Trikonasana is described in three steps, each with a small photograph the width of a column of text. A pair of small detail photographs show how to hold the ankle or to use a yoga brick for support. A 'focus' section instructs points to note in the pose. An inset photograph in the main image gives a back view, complete with detailed instructions in the caption for the attention needed to the back in the pose. A final 'Work in the posture' section instructs on the movements required to achieve a good posture in the asana.{{sfn|Mehta|Mehta|Mehta|1990|pp=22–23}} ReceptionThe scholar of religion Andrea Jain, in her study of the sociology of yoga, describes the Mehtas as "a family of senior Iyengar Yoga teachers."[5] Yoga Matters calls it "an influential classic textbook."[6] See also
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