Transforming Self through Yoga: Getting more than Exercise from an Ancient Spiritual Practice

Yoga beyond Fitness offers a bridge to yoga’s serious meaning for the millions who use it for exercise but want more. It traces America’s love affair with yoga while offering an overview of diverse teachings. Through its colorful stories of ordinary people, we, too, can learn to embrace yoga’s underlying promise-which extends far beyond a flatter abdomen in helping us live with deeper purpose, greater awareness, and even a bit more grace.

Review(s)

An inspiration and a guide to all who recognize yoga as a holistic lifestyle, spiritual discipline, and means for transformation.-Sharon Steffensen, Editor, Yoga chicago Magazine

A must read for anyone who wants to understand yoga in the United States

About the Author(s)

Tom Pilarzyk, Ph.D., is a college administrator and registered yoga instructor who has practiced yoga for twenty years. With a doctorate in the social sciences, he has published articles in numerous scholarly journals and popular magazines.