A Yoga of Indian Classical Dance: The Yogini's Mirror

by Roxanne Kamayani Gupta

Book Overview

The yoga and classical dance traditions of India have been inextricably entwined for millennia. The exacting hand gestures, postures and movements of Indian classical dance can only be achieved through yogic concentration. Conversely, the esthetics, symmetry, and dynamism of dance enhance the practice of yoga. These two traditions, so complementary and essential to one another, are united and explicated for the first time in A Yoga of Indian Classical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892817658
• ISBN13: 9780892817658
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Inner Traditions International
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.0" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Beautiful book packed with more beauty

Ms Gupta is such a talented lady. A westerner who has really taken the art of kuchipudi to such a spiritual level, its so heartwarming really. Her pics are all so clear and she teached some excellent yoga postures. She explains them all so clearly and correctly. This lady is so dedicated to the art form it gives us an insight into what dedication really is. She has lots of history as well and everything is so informative i cant get my hands off this book. Its a work of wonder!! My aunt and i virtually compete to read this beautiful book. For those indians like me who love and embrace everything abt being indian this is a great one too. and for those art enthusiasts theres alot to learn from this beautiful lady@!!!

Wonderful Book

Roxanne creates this book by combining her experiences living in India, learning classical dance and yoga. Her style of writing is exquisite and authentic. I grew up in Hyderabad speaking Telugu language. Reading about her experiences from Hyderabad, I felt like I'm back home. I met Dr. Nataraja Rama Krishna, great dance teacher few times. Teachers like him and others expect nothing but the best from their students. Roxanne incorporates some of the dance movements and hand gestures in the yoga exercises she recommends. It clearly shows, how classical dance and yoga are inter related. Any dance teacher would benefit greatly from reading this book.

Unique and outstanding.

Yoga and the classical dance traditions of India, with their hand gestures and postures, have been blended for centuries: A Yoga of Indian Classical Music will appeal to a wide audience from religious students to those interested in yoga and dance movements aside from spirituality: it provides a survey of yoga dance traditions by a Western woman accepted and trained by Indian masters. Unique and outstanding.

A Yoga of Indian Classical Dance § The Yogini¿s Mirror

A Yoga of Indian Classical Dance § The Yogini's MirrorBy Roxanne Kamayani Gupta, Ph.D.This book is a major work, documenting exquisitely a Western view of the Hindu traditions of Yoga and Classical Dance and their amazing and visceral connections. Rarely has the blend of beauty, knowledge and insight been so unified to teach and inspire. The pictures and the text in the final chapter, The Yoga of the Elements are worth the price of admission alone. The Library Journal, in its splendid review of this work, suggested that it belongs in every college campus library under many and various headings. I couldn't agree more.The book sings with the energy and the authenticity of the author's passion for knowledge and her practice and experience of it. My hat is off! Bravo. Ed Gans, Gh.a.

A wonderful book

This book is a wonderful multifaceted combination of exercise instruction, artistic photography and the author's narrative of her experiences with Indian culture. I recommend this book for anyone interested in accessing and better understanding India's living traditions.