Christy Turlington

I picked up this book thinking it would be a good introduction to yoga. In actuality, the book was really an autobiography with bits and pieces of yoga philosophy thrown in, along with some great photography. It's more of an inspirational book than a yoga book, and I would say that it falls far from being instructional.

As a side note, the layout and art design is above average, and was one of the reasons I picked up this book. Worth a look for all you designers out there.

I didn't resonate well with the author's life story (although it was fairly written), which took up most of the content in the book.

I also have questions about the validity of the informational sections, as I ran into a few 'facts' that struck my wrong. Calling Japanese Buddhism a form of yoga seemed a far stretch to me. Then again, I don't know a lot about yoga, so I may just be uninformed. But, I'll be finding a different book that I can trust more to be my introduction to the concepts (and practice) of yoga.… (meer)