Books

Ashtanga and yin yoga practitioner and teacher Norman Blair reviews Joyful Wisdom by Youngey Mingyur Rinpolche, a sharply observed book on Buddhist teachings.

Yoga is often viewed as a young person's pursuit; the domain of the lithe, ultra-flexible, under-40 year-old female. Images in the media of honed young bodies sinking into impossible-looking yoga poses compound this misconception.

London-based pilates and yoga teacher Sally Parkes reviews The Anatomy of Pilates by Paul Massey: a well illustrated, comprehensive new book on the classical method of pilates originally formulated in 1926.

Lucy Edge's name will be familiar to many on account of her first, and successful book, Yoga School Drop Out - an immensely entertaining account of the author's quest for spiritual riches in India.

There's a vast cannon of yoga-related literature and texts out there - so much so, that the student or teacher can easily feel bewildered (though inspired) at the breadth and range of books waiting to be poured over.