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Vanda Scaravelli

    Vanda Scaravelli discovered yoga later in life, finding in it a path to what she termed 'allegrezza,' the intelligent heart. Her teaching, deeply influenced by her studies with B. K. S. Iyengar and T. K. V. Desikachar, centered on the profound connection between breath, gravity, and the spine. Scaravelli developed a distinctive approach to yoga that emphasizes the natural intelligence of the body and effortless movement. Her seminal work, Awakening the Spine, continues to inspire practitioners and teachers globally.

    Awakening the Spine
    Awakening the Spine
    Awakening the spine : the stress-free new yoga that restores health, vitality and energy
    • 2011

      Awakening the Spine

      Yoga for Health, Vitality and Energy - Fully Revised Edition

      • 185 pages
      • 7 hours of reading
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      A fully revised and updated edition of the classic yoga book, with a new foreword by B.K.S. Iyengar. For more than twenty-five years, until her death at ninety-one, Vanda Scaravelli helped transform bodies and lives with her innovative approach to yoga through the proper alignment of the spine. She listened to the body and worked with—instead of against—it. She used gravity, grounding, and breathing to achieve dramatic improvements in health and wellbeing. Awakening the Spine offers a gentle way to achieve and maintain overall health and a naturally supple spine at any age. Scaravelli’s lasting message reminds readers that, “if you are kind to your body, it will respond in an incredible way.” Illustrated with color photographs, and lovingly revised by Vanda’s daughter Paola Scaravelli Cohen based on the extensive notes Vanda left behind, Awakening the Spine is published for the first time as the author intended—making it the definitive edition of one of yoga’s all-time classics.

      Awakening the Spine
    • 1991

      Awakening the Spine

      The Stress-Free New Yoga that Works with the Body to Restore Health, Vitality and Energy

      • 192 pages
      • 7 hours of reading

      A revolutionary new method of yoga for overall fitness that teaches "if it hurts, it's wrong'"--from a vibrant 83-year-old master.

      Awakening the Spine
    • 1991

      The 83-year-old former teacher of J. Krishnamurti shares her revolutionary new yoga techniques for overall fitness. Based on the natural principles of gravity and breath, Scaravelli believes "if it hurts, it's wrong", and offers a gentle way to achieve and maintain overall health and a naturally supple spine--at any age. 150 black-and-white photographs.

      Awakening the spine : the stress-free new yoga that restores health, vitality and energy