Anodea Judith - Anodea Judiths Chakra yoga

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Anodea Judiths Chakra Yoga 2015 by Anodea Judith.

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Judith, Anodea, 1952

Anodea Judiths Chakra yoga / Anodea Judith. -- First edition.

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ISBN 978-0-7387-4641-8 -- ISBN 978-0-7387-4444-5 1. Hatha yoga. 2. Chakras. I. Title. II. Title: Chakra yoga.

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Contents

chakra one:

chakra two:

chakra three:

chakra four:

chakra five:

chakra six:

chakra seven:

Postures by Chakra

Chakra One

Chakra Two

Chakra Three

Chakra Four

Chakra Five

Chakra Six

Chakra Seven

Acknowledgments

It is an illusion that yoga is something you do alone on your mat. In truth, everything that we learn has come down to us through a long line of teachers and students, from Patanjalis first lectures over two thousand years ago to the creative license teachers take today as they refine poses and create new traditions. I have never subscribed to any one form of yoga, nor any one teacher, but have taken the attitude that I can learn something from everyone, even a new teacher freshly out of her teacher training. However, there are a few leading teachers that stand out and need mention.

I would like to acknowledge Swami Satchidananda and his book Integral Yoga Hatha for my very first start in yoga back in 1975. Joseph Le Page introduced me to yoga therapy and gave me my first certification in that discipline. When the going got tough and my health challenges would have kept me off the mat, John Friend kept me inspired, practicing, and learning, as did many of the wonderful teachers in the Anusara lineage, such as Sianna Sherman, Jonas Westring, Todd Norian, Martin Kirk, and BJ Galvan. Seane Corn and Shiva Rea continue to raise the bar of what yoga can be and do for the world, for which I am grateful and continually inspired. Rodney Yee has shown me what exquisite teaching is like. Matthew Sanford puts to shame anyone who allows themselves to be limited by disabilities and keeps me transcending my own. Bikram and Sumits yoga have allowed me to sweat out the years of antibiotics and toxins that have helped my healing. Kripalu Yoga Center has been a consistent home for my teachings for nearly two decades, and I have studied with many excellent teachers there.

In the creation of this book, I would like to first acknowledge Bobbi Lance of Yuzu Studios and Larry Martinez, her assistant, for the professional photography work and Bobbis patience with sorting through thousands of images. I have only the highest praise for the models, Sarah Jenness and Mark Silva, who held difficult poses under bright, hot lights, hour after hour, refining and repeating, showing up in spite of other challenges (like being in the middle of moving!) and keeping us all laughing and having fun with yoga.

I couldnt do any of this without my trusty assistants: Shanon Dean, who manages everything in the Sacred Centers office so that I can spend time writing and teaching, and Gianna Perada, who helped with some of the fastidious tasks of formatting and other office details. My partner, Ramone Yaciuk, put up with me while I turned the living room into a photo studio and buried myself in my office writing. Thanks to Nini Gridley, who handles the Sacred Centers Certification Program and keeps me dancing along the rainbow bridge.

I would like to give heartfelt appreciation to Carl Weschcke for publishing my first book, Wheels of Life , back in 1987. Carl, this book is my thank you for believing in me back when I was a nobody and for helping to put the chakras on the worldwide map of conscious awakening. Also at Llewellyn, I would like to thank Angela Wix and Becky Zins for editing and layout, and Bill Krause for pestering me for another book long enough to get me to write this one. Thanks also to publicist Kat Sanborn, who gave me such wonderful support in getting this book out.

I would like to thank all the studios and retreat centers that have sponsored my teachings, as the workshops allow me to continually refine this work, and last, but certainly not least, the thousands of students who have studied with me, investing their time, money, and energy in learning about the chakras, and who have, in turn, taught me so much.