Art of Attention
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WELL+GOOD
The Art of Attention by Elena Brower and Erica Jago is a beautiful book for practitioners of yoga - a "yoga workbook for teachers + practitioners".
On one level, this book is a study guide to better understand yoga postures and to deepen your own practice. To make yoga your own by exploring how to sequence and to tap into your internal experiences.
But more than that, this book "contains magic so profound it will transform you forever", as Mark Hyman puts it.
It is simply a beautiful book to behold - the physical touch of the pages, the stunning photography, the colours, the flow, the words, everything that calls you in deeper, whispering and beckoning for you to read it, sit with it, try it, and treasure it.
This book was obviously created with such love, a virtuosity of expression, and gratitude that these other elements of yoga pour from the pages and fill your space.
It is inspiring.
Even for people who do not practice yoga.
The title of the book Art of Attention is apt + authentic. The exploration of this book is being in a state of mindfulness. It is not only about the foundational points, lines of energy, and other aspects of coming into and moving from a particular asana. It is about the breath, awakening, finding stillness, surrender, forgiveness...it's about healing and about living.
It is about paying attention to yourself, to who you are, and discovering the essence that makes you, you. The vulnerable bits. The strengths. The embarrassing stuff. The "duh" and the "aha" moments.
"Emanate consistently. Expand consciously."
This is the PERFECT gift for yogis and also anyone looking for their sanctuary and their own voice, ready to shine more brilliantly and express all that lies within.
"This book is a must-read for anyone interested in experiencing the dignity that comes from attending to both the inner landscape of Being as well as to the outer detail of daily life with clarity and integrity."
photos: courtesy of Art of Attention
A Yoga Workbook for Teachers + Practitioners? Or more?
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photo credits: Michael Chichi