FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [email protected] 415.526.1370 Yogāsana The Encyclopedia of Yoga Poses Text by Yogrishi Vishvketu; Foreword by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Filled with chakra activation charts, over eight hundred poses, and a radical renaming of modern yoga asana, this benchmark encyclopedia of yoga poses makes the spirituality, practice, and language of yoga more accessible than ever before. Nearly a millennium ago, the hatha yoga tradition included over seventy two thousand yoga poses. Today, only a fraction of those are known and commonly practiced. Yogrishi Vishvketu, a lifelong yoga devotee, bridges that gap by connecting modern poses to their ancient roots with an organic naming system that fuses past with present. Packed with over eight hundred images and descriptions of poses presented by renowned practitioner Yogrishi Vishvketu, Yogāsana: The Encyclopedia of Yoga Poses (Mandala Publishing / $29.99 / October 2015) is the most comprehensive yoga asana guide to date. With poses adapted to every skill level, this encyclopedia is an invaluable resource for yoga novices, teachers, and studio owners alike. Thorough translation charts—which provide pose names in Sanskrit script along with transliterations in Sanskrit and English—help practitioners gain an understanding of the relationship between the name and the spiritual significance of each pose. The energetic essence of each asana is unveiled through a detailed chakra chart and graphic indicators depicting the chakras activated by that pose. With poses organized into a logical sequence with roots in the traditional Himalayan system and enhanced by Yogrishi Vishvketu’s decades of practice, this yoga compendium showcases the asanas, the language, and the spiritual path of yoga together in a single, all-inclusive volume. About the Contributors: Yogrishi Vishvketu (Vishva-ji) is the creator of the Akhanda Yoga system, meaning "whole and indivisible." His approach incorporates diverse aspects of yoga: asana, pranayama, meditation, cleansing kriyas, Ayurveda, and Vedic