06-25-19, 02:20 PM | |
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: NH
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Thanks so much everyone. I signed for the newsletter so hopefully I’ll get notice of the new releases.
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06-26-19, 08:23 AM | |
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: Connecticut
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Sandra - I'm sorry to have spent the money on the book, even though I got it on sale. It's huge and heavy, I can't get it to lay flat if I wanted to try a practice. I don't like seeing the cover. They could have devised a much nicer cover, IMO. I love Ana, don't get me wrong. I would have preferred the two of them together, with a nice neutral background. Agree with you - it should have been hard cover for that price - with a ribbon for place keeping.
Ravi has some very nice writings in it. I hope some day I will appreciate it more, but for now I put it aside and wish I had the $40 back. |
06-26-19, 10:07 AM | |
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: St. Louis MO
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Astounded to see the negative posts about the book. I have it, and my husband and I think it IS worth the money, both of us were very impressed by it. It would be difficult to put this much material in a spiral bound form to lie flat. The pictures and paper quality are top notch.
I can pick and choose and really take my time getting into the breathing or a pose or mix and match without DVD-dependence. I feel that it really helped my understanding! |
06-26-19, 12:19 PM | |
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Buffalo, NY
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Color me unimpressed with Ravi and Ana's manual. And with them in general; I became very disenchanted with them over time. The only one of their videos I kept was 'Beginners and beyond'--the one with the basic spinal series and Ravi's (brilliant) revision to the 5 Tibetan Rites.
Ravi and Ana should have split this gargantuan manual into separate publications--a spiral-bound practice manual showing the kriyas/meditations, and a separate publication about the history and philosophy of KY. As one who took 3HO KY teacher training and did some teaching, this manual is simply way too cumbersome to use in a class setting, and for me at least, in a home setting. For anyone who is interested in written KY practice manuals, the ones by Guru Rattana at Yoga Technology were in *very* heavy usage by every KY teacher I ever studied with or took classes from, specifically: Transitions to a Heart-Centered World Relax and Renew These have been revised and are also available as e-books so you can practice using a tablet or phone. The original editions of these books were a great look at how "kundalini yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan" was in the early days. I also used Nirvair's Art Science and Application of Kundalini Yoga when I taught. (In honesty, though, this too would be more useful if it were spiral bound.) For "3HO approved" manuals, I would highly recommend ordering from Yoga Technology or Spirit Voyage, rather than Amazon. Spirit Voyage only sells manuals in ebook format; Yoga Technology sells manuals in hard copy and ebook formats. My experiences ordering from these two companies has been quite good, especially Yoga Technology.
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06-26-19, 04:23 PM | |
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: NH
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Thanks for your thoughts on the book, positive and negative. Thanks for the links Betsy. Do you know if the ebook versions of the books are PDFs or would I need a particular reader to access them?
I admit that I’d love to know what it was that brought about your disenchantment with them. If you’re uncomfortable sharing I understand. I’ve only been doing their older DVDs and am out of the loop where the newer DVDs are concerned. I assumed their book was hardback given the price. Betsy, you refer to it as a manual. Is this the manual that they give students who take their teacher training? I’m not considering that but they offer a two hour class on each of the weekends they do teacher training. The price is only $35.00. It’s a 4.5 hour drive one way but it’s tempting.
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06-26-19, 04:54 PM | ||
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Colorado
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I haven't bought the book.
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