Press Reviews

• Norman Blair, author and qualified yoga teacher trainer

  This is important. What you are holding in your hands is crucial reading for all yoga teachers and all committed yoga practitioners ... you will find jewels within these pages.

• Dr. Graham Burns, Yoga teacher and teacher trainee

  As the Foreword says, this book is important. Packed full of common sense advice, as well as wide-ranging and accessible practical tools for teachers and students, it is an essential reminder that yoga is not about performance, but about giving ourselves space and time really to get to know ourselves, and to meet what we find with compassion, non-judgment, and the willingness to change. An incredibly valuable resource for yoga teachers new and old.

• Donna Farhi, author of Bringing Yoga to Life

  In the 21st century, the word yoga has become synonymous with the physical practice of yoga postures, relegating this time-tested spiritual technology to a form of calisthenics with Sanskrit names. Having jettisoned the essential values of yoga, modern practitioners are being short-changed of what could be a much deeper experience with rich rewards. Anna Taylor's Weaving Mindfulness and Compassion Into Yoga Teaching, reasserts that yoga's primary purpose is to reduce suffering and to awaken an awareness of ourselves and the world that is both clear and compassionate. What I love about this book is the warmth of the author's voice which makes the reading of this book feel like a warm balm for the soul. I highly recommend this accessible book, not only for yoga teachers, but for anyone interested in understanding yoga, themselves, and what a yoga practice can be when it is reconnected to the heart of a living tradition.

• Bernie Clark, author and creator of YinYoga.com

  This wonderful book is filled with guidance and directions for not only practicing yoga mindfully but also taking this skill into daily living. It is an excellent resource for teachers for their own practice and sharing this wisdom with their students.

• Naomi Annand, Yoga Teacher, Teacher Trainer and Author of Yoga: A Manual for Life, and Yoga for Motherhood.

  This book is a gift. Whether you've just qualified or you've decades of experience, you'll find insights on every page that will enrich and sustain your teaching practice. It's clear and inspiring and full of wisdom. I will be recommending it to every yoga teacher I know.

• Lisa Kaley-Isley PhD, E-RYT-500, and C-IAYT, Clinical Psychologist, Yoga Therapist and Yoga Educator

  This book is born of experience. Centered around the transformation of self-critique and suffering into self-care and self-compassion, Anna Taylor draws equally on yoga and mindfulness practices and philosophy to knit together the methodologies and describe a body-heart-mind integrated approach to life. The text is alive with her authentic voice sharing her experience and offering practice guidance to us readers on how to enliven physical practice with mindfulness and both with heart-felt curiosity and compassion. Anna illumines a path toward wholeness in language that is easy to understand and a pleasure to read. She leads us while standing right beside us.