/24-7PressRelease/ - BERKELEY, CA, September 08, 2006 — As yoga and meditation continue to thrive in public consciousness, Stone Bridge Press is proud to announce that Yoga Poems: Lines to Unfold By, by Leza Lowitz, illustrated by Anja Borgstrom, is back by popular demand. Finally available in a gorgeous, affordable paperback version, this seminal volume - the first of its type - is home to Lowitz's seamless combination of yoga and poetry. In Yoga Journal, Phil Catalfo agrees: "Lowitz uses the experience of an asana as a platform from which to mine the emotional depths of the practice known as Being Alive Now, as reflected in and stirred up by hatha yoga." These poems and illustrations inspire everyone, from those new to yoga to experienced teachers. "Hatha-Yoga at its best is both precision science and poetry of the heart. Leza Lowitz's inspired poems capture well this dual spirit. I have been enjoying them for their depth and grace," said Georg Feurstein, PhD, author of The Yoga Tradition.
The sixty poems in this book are windows into the physical and spiritual experiences that come about through yoga practice. Each poem is named for a posture or breath exercise and is inspired by the physical properties of the pose or some aspect of breathing that led the poet to deeper understanding. Listening to these poems read aloud, or contemplating them on one's own, yoga students begin to understand their own struggles, inspired on the way to personal transformation. Readers with a literary interest in yoga will be delighted by the clarity of Lowitz's vision. This book is for everyone!
Leza Lowitz is an award-winning writer and yoga teacher who lives in Tokyo, where she owns and runs Sun and Moon Yoga (www.lezalowitz.com/sunandmoonyoga.html). A constant creator, she is the co-author of Sacred Sanskrit Words: For Yoga, Chant, and Meditation and Designing with Kanji: Japanese Character Motifs for Surface, Skin, and Spirit, and editor of Donald Richie's The Japan Journals, all available from Stone Bridge Press.
Anja Borgstrom is a fine artist and yoga teacher active in the San Francisco Bay Area. Visit her artistic home on the web at http://www.groundspirit.com
Yoga Poems: Lines to Unfold By
By Leza Lowitz
Illustrations by Anja Borgstrom
September 2006
$9.95, 126 pp., paper
5" x 7"
12 2-color illustrations
ISBN 1-933330-11-2
Poetry/Yoga/Spirituality
For review copies or more information, please contact Ari Messer
ari@stonebridge.com
(510) 558-7826x116
Stone Bridge Press. Quality Books about Japan. http://www.stonebridge.com. 800-947-7271
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