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Here's your opportunity to order some inspiring books and tapes by Joan. Books are listed below. Tapes can be checked out at Yoyoga Tapes by Joan. Orders can be purchased on our secure server by going to our Order page or by sending a check or money order (add shipping/handling charges - $2.50 for 1-2 items, plus $.50 cents for each additional item. Illinois residents add an additional 6.75% sales tax.). Send to: Yoyoga, Inc., P.O. Box 5013, Oak Brook, Illinois. 60522.
Three times the charm! You're no idiot, of course. You know yoga is an
ancient practice intended to tone your body, relax your mind, and bring
your bodymind into blissful harmony. But many people get intimidated
when they see some of the more complex positions yogi masters seem to
move into with ease. You don't have to be a contortionist to practice
yoga! The Complete Idiot's Guide to Yoga Illustrated, Third Edition, will show you how to become stronger, more flexible, and more relaxed. It can be ordered through the Amazon.com web site.
You're no idiot, of course, but sometimes there is just so much information out there it can be quite overwhelming. This second edition of the best selling first edition of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Yoga, is filled with expanded and new chapters. In this entertaining, fact filled book, you will delve more deeply into mantras, chakras, hatha, etc. All in a way that is enjoyable and simple to understand. It's everything you always wanted to know about yoga, and more. It can be ordered through the Amazon.com web site.
The Complete
Idiot's Guide to Meditation, Second Edition
This book is about pulling up all the stakes that hold us back. It is a manual on living life fully. It explores the history of meditation and its vast association with numerous cultures and traditions. It also gives an indepth look at how you can incorporate meditation into your life. All for one, and om for all! It was published by Macmillian in NYC, and can be ordered through the Amazon.com web site.
The Complete
Idiot's Guide to Meditation
This book is about pulling up all the stakes that hold us back. It is a manual on living life fully. It explores the history of meditation and its vast association with numerous cultures and traditions. It also gives an indepth look at how you can incorporate meditation into your life. All for one, and om for all! It was published by Macmillian in NYC, and can be ordered through the Amazon.com web site.
Yoga:
The Path to Holistic Health
BKS Iyengar is an internationally renowned Hatha Yoga Master. His book, "Light on Yoga" (1968) is considered by many to be the definitive guide on the Hatha Yoga Postures. Mr. Iyengar is now in his 80's and this is his latest book, "Yoga: The Path to Holistic Health (March 2001). In addition to classical postures and yoga philosophy, this incredible book addresses and illustrates the use of yoga props (blocks, ropes, chairs) which were not addressed in his book, "Light on Yoga." Beautiful illustrated photography of postures with prop use are precisely presented. Yoga as a form of therapy is fully addressed with a wide assortment of ailments discussed and the appropriate posture sequence to follow. Joan was the U.S. Consultant on this book. It is a very large and heavy book, so you may get a back ache holding it, but not to worry. BKS Iyengar gives a thorough description on what to do for back aches and most every other type of ailment you can think of! This is an outstanding book! It can be ordered through the Amazon.com web site.
The Complete
Idiot's Guide to Massage
You're no idiot, of course. You eat all your veggies, get a good night's sleep, and exercise every day. But when it comes to being comfortable in your body, you feel like one giant knot. Don't throw in the towel yet! Joan and her co-author, Eve Adamson, celebrate the physical, emotional, and spiritual uplift you can discover through massage with plain talk, pictures and illustrations in this entertaining new book. It was published by Macmillian in NYC, and can be ordered through the Amazon.com web site.
Yo Joan! Thoughtful
responses to your questions, from a yoga teacher...
Since 1997 Joan has run a column on her site for people to write in with questions. She has received yoga questions from all over the world and has compiled some of her favorite questions over the years in this book "Yo Joan." Check it out and see how you would respond to the mirage of questions, and then read what Joan responds too! $10.00
The Little Yogi
Water Book
Next time someone tells you to "Go Jump in the Lake!" Tell them "Great Idea! Let's do some Yoga!!" This little yogi book takes you and a partner through some simple yoga stretches to do in the water. Yoga's therapeutic effects on the joints combined with the massaging effects of water....makes for a major healing splash. So get out your flippers, dust off your swim suit, hold your breath only when UNDER water,....and let's do some WATER YOGA! $8.00
The Complete
Idiot's Guide to Yoga
This is where it all started, the very first edition! It was such a non-violent smash hit that the second edition came out two years later. But for those of you who seek originals, this is the book for you. Joan and her co-author, Eve Adamson, demystify yoga with plain talk in this entertaining and humorous internationally released book. It was published by Macmillian in NYC, and can be ordered through the Amazon.com web site. WOW! Thank you.... Thank you.... Thank You!
The Little
Yogi Energy Book
This little yogi book is packed full of energy and so aptly named. It explores the yogic system of energy called "chakras" and relates poses to the seven major chakras. By exploring what a "balanced chakra" creates internally, one can soon see the relationship to the balance of the physical body through the hatha yoga postures. The joyful energy in this book is a sure way to introduce you, your family, and friends to the incredible power found in small packages. $8.00
Yoga For A
New Day
"Yoga For A New Day" explores the basic Yoga Philosophy of Observances and Abstentions. It also takes you through a series of Yoga Asanas/Postures that will strengthen your body as well as relax you. The asanas are photographed in Illinois, along the lovely Lake Michigan shores. Joan continues her tradition of including quotes from inspiring souls in leading you through the chapters. It's compact and easy to carry style makes it an accessible approach to yoga explorations wherever your travels take you. This book will warm your body...and your heart. $10.00
Fat-Free Yoga
An inspiring, thought provoking, and pocket-sized book - "Fat-Free Yoga." This little yogi book nourishes the body and soul by covering the ten simple yoga principles and relating them to specific yoga postures. The pictures are beautfully photographed within the natural forest preserves of Illinois. Along with the ten yoga principles and postures are quotes from various spiritual texts and inspirational people . Reflect on excerpts from the Bhagavad Gita, The Upanishads, The Bible, Buddha, Rumi, Mahatma Gandhi and more. $8.00
Joan's not the only national author in her family. Her mother, Leona, has penned a beautiful heart-warming novel about her mother, Helena. In Poland, amidst the ravages of World War One, Helena looses her family one by one to the spoils of war. Alone, she embarks on travels to America, where she begins life anew in Chicago, Illinois. Learn about this beautiful city of Chicago from the eyes of Helena Turlo. Learn about Joan's heritage through the eyes of her mother, Leona, in this special book, "My Mother, Helena." It can be ordered through the Amazon.com web site.
Music, dancing, and death! From Joan's dad, John A. Budilovsky, Funeral Director. The life of an undertaker - 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Death does not take place according to anyone's time schedule. Death Does NOT Take a Holiday, embodies several generations of funeral service with many details about actual and interesting experiences including historical facts from ancient history to the present day. Johnny invites you to journey with him though a life well spent lived with humor, sorrow, and love. It can be ordered through the Amazon.com web site.
Hot off the presses, here's Leona's second book! Lady Lee is an account of one woman’s journey through the glamorous ballrooms of Chicago and into the family life as a funeral director’s wife. For Lee, it all began in the great Chicago ballrooms of the 1940’s. It was in this big band era where Lee first found her footing. Here she discovered her passion for dancing…and for Johnny. With Johnny, she embarks on the ever evolving dance of family life. This new dance continues to bring even greater joys, yet great sorrows too. As a girl, she feared funerals. As a woman married to a funeral director, she learns to face death daily while raising her family above their funeral home. It can be ordered through the Amazon.com web site.
Praying Naked
An inspiring, thought provoking, and pocket-sized book - "Praying Naked, by Fr. Stroud "Real people in life don't get hurt. They thrive on everything that happens to them" and "You cannot be truely grateful and unhappy at the same time." Still, if you're looking for a self-help book informed by a cheery, eclectic spirituality, this is for you. Check out the Demello website to order this new inspiring book. You will also find a multitude of other books and tapes by Anthony deMello at Demello.org along with inspiring tips on awareness. Joan teaches yoga and massage as part of the Demello Spirituality Conferences in Awareness Studies.
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