The TGY Beginners’ Guide to Yoga
What is yoga?
Yoga is an ancient philosophy for a healthy life that emerged from India thousands of years ago. I am pleased to introduce the first TGY E-Guide – The TGY Beginners Guide to Yoga. It is available for free download now. This guide is designed for beginner yogis and also for students who are eager to learn more about this ancient philosophy of living but don’t yet wish to delve into Patanjali’s Sutras.
For yoga teachers, yoga studio owners and retreat centre owners – please feel free to download the guide and make it available to your students for reading. Of course you are also very welcome to post a link to the guide from your websites or your social networking sites. At the bottom of this article you will find the ‘Share This’ button – just click on that and enter the appropriate details.
Who this guide is for
This guide is for beginner yogis who are relatively new to yoga, maybe have done a few classes and are hungry to learn more and deepen their understanding of yoga, or have already been attending yoga classes for some time but don’t yet have a good overview of yoga philosophy.
What is in this guide
This guide will give you a definition of yoga, a basic overview of yoga philosophy and the history of yoga, a short description of the different styles of yoga common today and some advice on finding a yoga style, a yoga teacher and developing a regular yoga practice.
What isn’t in this guide
This guide doesn’t explain how to do yoga postures (asanas), or describe how to meditate, or practise yogic breath control techniques (pranayama). I will leave this to your yoga teacher.
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