Guest guest Report post Posted January 11, 2000 Hello Everybody,<br><br>I just received David Swenson's new book from Amazon, and was a bit dissapointed with it.<br>I didn't think it was nearly as good as Beryl Bender Birch's book.<br><br>It does have photos of all the asanas, including several variations for less flexible people.<br>However so does BBB's book, so in this respect they come out equal.<br><br>It has good binding and a hard cover, which is a plus ( which you pay for )<br><br>But it has hardly any words in the book. What you can't pick up from the photos he often doesn't explain. Most inhales / exhales only have a half line of text, which leaves a lot of details out!<br><br>Lots of short inspirational quotes, which I liked.<br>But I did find BBB's illustrative stories more inspirational. ( Althought these quotes are the kind of thing you can apply during practice, and are good. )<br><br>This book would be useful to anybody reading this post who has been to classes and knows (Vaguely) what they're doing. But I don't think a total beginer would get a good idea just from the book.<br>I think BBB's book ( power yoga ) is much better for beginers, and much more informative in general.<br><br>Liz Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted January 12, 2000 Liz, I agree with your review, having just gotten my own copy of DS's book. I like the binding and hard cover (it's nice to finally have a book that I can leave open during my practise!), and I also like his "short form" routines that can be done when you don't have time for a full practise. I was a little disappointed that there wasn't more text though - as you mentioned, some longer stories and explanations would have been appreciated.<br><br>I do think I will find this book useful as part of my 'yoga library', but probably in combination with Beryl Bender Birch's and Godfrey Devereaux's books. If anyone is considering buying it, I'd suggest taking a good skim of the contents to see if it will give you what you want/need. <br><br>Namaste all! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites