Category: Literary Escapes
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_Yoga Anatomy_ by Leslie Kaminoff and Amy Matthews
_Yoga Anatomy_ by Leslie Kaminoff and Amy Matthews Part of my yoga teacher training includes a study of human anatomy as we are dealing with people’s physical make-up. It is important to know how the bones and muscles are affected by different poses. Our Bali retreat was mostly for the purpose of studying anatomy with…
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_Vayu’s Gate_ by Orit Sen-Gupta
_Vayu’s Gate_ by Orit Sen-Gupta One of my yoga teacher training required books. I read it on my Kindle app which might have taken away a bit from fully enjoying what this book had to offer. Sen-Gupta walks the reader through the vayus, pranayama and how they work together within various poses. It was actually…
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_The Night Counter_ by Alia Yunis
_The Night Counter_ by Alia Yunis Shortly after I arrived in the UAE, I discovered that one of my colleagues and acquaintances had written a novel. She even did a book tour and many people raved about this novel. Me being me put off reading it for a while as I dislike band wagons –…
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_The Signature of All Things_ by Elizabeth Gilbert
_The Signature of All Things_ by Elizabeth Gilbert Just a couple more books to go before I am just about caught up on past readings. I have been working my way through some more books (more yoga) recently, but want to be sure to get the final books from the past year updated here. The…
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_Hatha Yoga Pradipika_ by Swami Muktibodhananda
_Hatha Yoga Pradipika_ by Swami Muktibodhananda Another one of our required reading texts for my yoga teacher training course was this rather thick text. Most of my yogi-mates have avoided reading these more historical/ancient books, but the nerdy literature academic in me loves these readings the most. 😛 As per my usual routine of breaking…
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_Light on Yoga: Yoga Dipika_ by B. K. S. Iyengar
_Light on Yoga: Yoga Dipika_ by B. K. S. Iyengar Beware that the next few book write ups will be yoga related. We had quite a few that have been required for my yoga teacher training and even though not all have been assigned specifically, being a reader makes me want to get through them…
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_From Where You Dream: The Process of Writing Fiction_ by Robert Olen Butler
_From Where You Dream: The Process of Writing Fiction_ by Robert Olen Butler Sooooo I must admit that I have little recollection of reading this book. I recall the title and author’s name, but even when I looked at a review to try to refresh my memory, I do not remember it at all. I…
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_The Power of Your Subconscious Mind_ by Joseph Murphy
_The Power of Your Subconscious Mind_ by Joseph Murphy This summer really required some reading to get a handle on my mind and my reactions to situations that were beyond my control. Rather than focus on what I could not control, I decided to look into the areas that I can. Our subconscious minds are…
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_One Hundred Years of Solitude_ by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
_One Hundred Years of Solitude_ by Gabriel Garcia Marquez This was a beautiful story of three generations of the Buendia family in their hometown. While the town changes, the family’s complex relationship, characters and connection do not. The story has everything from war, love, drama, death and mystery. Using Latin American culture and mysticism beliefs,…
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_Outlander_ by Diana Gabaldon
_Outlander_ by Diana Gabaldon For the past week or so I have been consumed by this 850-page novel. I came across it on the bookshelf where residents at PR leave unwanted books for others to take freely. Although I already have a long list of books I want to read, including ones I am still…
