The second author Sarah-Platt Finger, walks through the Shariras, Chakras, Gunas, Bandhas, and then provides a one-page summary for over 80 different Asanas (poses) with their associated benefits and modifications. This is an amazing gem of a book that combines Deepak Chopra’s wisdom, teachings and roadmap on how to get there in thirty days. Harmony Publishing for generously providing me with this fantastic ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review.

I developed a better understanding of the use of breathing and bandhas in energy transfer and how adapting the breath or bandha to each specific asana can help deepen the practice - I’ve definitely seen a difference by using what I’ve learnt in practice. As a global leader and pioneer in the field of mind-body medicine, Chopra transforms the way the world views physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and social wellness. The first limb of Yoga is about social tactics—using your intelligence to bring more light and lightness into the story you are now living. She teaches an embodied and affirming practice that encourages healing, transformation, and self-empowerment.She then breaks down the poses into sections like standing poses, balancing poses, seated twists etc. He goes into great depth about what these exercises mean, what they accomplish, and he gives self checklists or tests to take to self evaluate where you need to concentrate, or focus your attention on. It’s one of the best explanations I’ve read or heard of the eight limbs of yoga and how to apply them in life.

If you want the practices of peace to bring peace under your control, follow the two steps I mentioned for anger. In place of trying to control other people and the events of the day, give them space to unfold the way they want to. If you can see clearly that it didn’t—it probably made the situation worse—you have taken another step toward inner awareness.

Chopra have collaborated on several projects including “Finding Connection Through Yoga” with Yoga Journal and “Radical Being” with Udemy. Having a better understanding of the use or benefit of each posture for the body is motivating but also interesting for me from a medical perspective. His 90th book and national bestseller, Metahuman: Unleashing Your Infinite Potential (Harmony Books), unlocks the secrets to moving beyond our present limitations to access a field of infinite possibilities. I also appreciated the Asana’s in the book, the diagrams were easy to follow but I am even more grateful for the fabulous written descriptors of why the asanas are done and how to do them.

Royal Yoga is the highest and most important of the yoga traditions--an all-embrracing path to personal transformation that reaches beyond any approach to wellness and healing that exists today.She believes that yoga can be used as a microcosm for the reality we create off the mat, and that a deeper awareness of our physical, mental, and emotional patterns can bring us closer to the divine essence of our being. I truly appreciated the detailed information and the sanskrit as well as the more modern casual explanation. Refreshing, unique, and informative for those looking to add the light of yoga into their daily living practice.