Yogi Bare: Naked Truth from America's Leading Yoga Teachers

I loved this book... I read this book several years ago when I first started teaching yoga and had a lot of questions about my path as a teacher. This book was a wonderful inspiration to me because it brought to life some of the teachers I always looked up to as a student! Sometimes I think we forget that the yoga teachers are just people too... This book brings everything together. This is a must read for anyone new to yoga, or a long time teacher. I keep right there on my coffee table!

This book is a wonderful source of information and inspiration! Philip Self does an outstanding job of asking questions that are truly relevant to each individual Yogi/Yogini. What you end up with throughout the book is a many petalled lotus of yoga. There are many styles of yoga represented here and the Yogi/Yogini's do bare their personal stories of what brought them to yoga, how it's affected them, their different paths to end up where they are. It's rare that you get to hear the perspectives of these folks who have and continue to make such an impact on so many others lives. Much of the personal struggles and revelations that are revealed in these pages are things that I could personally relate to on my own spiritual path. This is the sort of book that you will want to read over and over because it's not just giving you personal information about the the Yogi's/Yogini's themselves but there is much to learn from here and take into your life in addition to helping provide inspiration for your own practice.Namaste.

Fun,easy to read and a delightful travel book. I was moved to tears by some of the stories and moved to practice by others.Let's contact the author and request a sequel.

It is a rare and worthwhile book that stays with you long after you've turned the last page. This one does.Whether you are a yoga practitioner or simply an evolving human being, once you read this book you can't forget its words or delightful wisdom. Yogi Bare is just as likely to show up when you're walking your dog and life is grand as when you're thinking about doing bodily harm to the guy with the cell phone who just cut you off in traffic.Filled with wisdom and humor, Yogi Bare offers a revealing look at the personal stories, triumphs, and struggles of twenty one of the world's leading yoga teachers. As the book jacket says, this is a "how come" book which allows world renowned teachers such as Rod Stryker, Alan Finger, Lilas Folan, and Rodney Yee to tell their journeys and insights in their own words. Yee talks about confronting racism; Finger tells of a lifelong struggle to control his weight; Julie Lawrence talks about her husband's death in Viet Nam and its impact on her life today; Donna Farhi talks about the pain of a father who couldn't connect with his daughter or the world. It is the honesty of these women and men's stories which makes their wisdom so much more relevant and moving.What a joy the author must have had traveling around the country talking with these teachers. . .and one on one asking them the big questions: Do you believe in the eternity of the soul? Can we remove suffering? What do you strive for every day? Their answers often surprised me. And of course, since these are some of the most respected yoga teachers in the world, the masters share advice and stories that will enhance and strengthen your own yoga practice. The fun thing about Yogi Bare though is that it doesn't matter if you know a sun salutation from a full moon, you will find something (or like myself a bunch of somethings)that touch, teach, entertain, or inspire you.Human tragedy, disappointment, healing, humor, love, joy, and triumph all bound together by the thread of yoga postures. . . .and the yoga teachers who have used their discipline as the structure around which they have journeyed through all of them. A wise and wonderful book!!!