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· . .. reviews I books & music m YJ Why do you think the practice of yoga students with back pain and teachers life-affirming albums to date. It features Aero Yoga has such a global appeal' who work with them. BAXTER BELL. MD so me of her most personal songwriting, D IN In most cultures, adults don't have but these songs connect the personal with a vehicle for connecting to other adults little yogis the universal , seamless ly blending evoca unless it's through bars and drinking. As Yoga for Children: 200+ Yoga Poses, tive English lyrics with the heart-opening soon as Tdid my first international tour, I Breathing Exercises, and Meditations power of ancient Sanskrit mantras. saw how universally people celebrated for Healthier, Happier, More Resilient After a decade of recording popular this practice. I went to Asia, India, and Children I Lisa Flynn world devotional CD s, De Lory is one of Adams Med ia Europe, and noticed that "Om" sounded mantra music's reigning queens, bur she the same in Germany and China. And The founder of two yoga is also no stranger to the highest strata when someone trusted someone else to (ogo. programs for children, of the pop realm, having performed as a hold them upside down, itwas always the hildr C hildLight Yoga and backup singer and dancer for Madonna same look in their eyes. It's a human ..=.--- Yoga 4 Classrooms, Lisa for many years, as well as releasing her desire to be held and cradled and sup Flynn has been bringing own pop albums. She brings all of this to ported and loved. KAREN MACKLIN the teachings of yoga to bear on The Unchanging, striking a sat children for the past 10 isfying balance of chilled-out electronic happy backs years. Her new book, Yoga for Children, grooves, lush string arrangements, and a Yoga for a Healthy Lower Back: A Practical gives parents tools to share the practice world-fu sion Aavor. Guide to Developing Strength and Relieving with their kids, including family-friendly Both ethereal and earthy in all the right Pain I Liz Owen and Holly Le bowitz Rossi exercises, age-appropriate meditations, places, De Lory's glorious voice draws us Shambhala breathwork, and relaxation practices. deep into the heart of these songs of both In their new book, Yoga Flynn expLtins how yoga can help kids family and divine love; into a merging with for a Healthy Lower Back, who are feeling stressed and oversched the totality of being where loved ones are co-authors Liz Owen and uled (she includes breathing exercises for never truly absent. ALAN DI PERNA HoUy Lebowitz Rossi ar energizing and winding down), and how it gue that a great deal of the can help families bond and connect. She divine drumbeat current epidemic of low introduces yoga philosophy in language Tabla Mantra: Songs of love and Rhythmic back pain can be attributed to stress and suitable for children. ("Practice peace, Rapture I Daniel Paul, fea tu ring Gina Sa la poor posture, and that yoga practice can be honest, be generous ... work hard, have and the Kirtan All -Stars be a help for both. The book encourages alone time, believe in something big Drummer's Ark readers to explore yoga practice as a tool ger.') And she offers fun activitjes such as The album Tabla Mantra for keeping their spine healthy and for mindful eating; massagej taste, smell, and is an opulent Indian pag releasing stress and muscular tension that sound meditation; and yoga-based games eant for the ears, driven could be contributing to back pain. such as "freeze dance" and "story yoga." by the beat of the Indian Owen, a teacher in the Iyengar tradi The book includes detailed pose instruc tabla, the paired hand tion for more than 25 years, and writer tion for traditional asanas as well as more drums that provide the pulse for much of Lebowitz Rossi, offer a look at spinal playful variations (Bee, Flower, Sprinkler, Indian music and its offshoots. Created health from both the Western anatomi G iraffe). Yoga for Children is a valuable by Daniel Paul, one ofkirtan music's fore cal perspective and a traditional yogic resource for parents of children from tod most tabla playe rs, Tabla Mantra is an perspective, and include discussions of dler to preteen who want to introduce homage to Paul's musical guru, Ali Akbar chakras (energy centers), bandhas (locks), their children not only to asanas, but to Khan, and the many tabla virtuosos who and nadis (energetic channels). Not a whole healthy lifestyle based on yoga's have carried the tradition forward. ing that the lower back is connected principles. JESSICA BERGER GROSS PauJ's compositions and beats are per via muscles and connective tiss ues to fectly paired with Seattle's Gina Sala, the the abdominal core, hips and sacrum, nnergingintolove Western kirtan singer who captures the middle and upper back, and neck, the The Unchanging I Donna De Lo ry sweet, silky essence of traditional Indian authors address each of these areas with De Lory Music vocal traditions, singing with a tender descriptions of asana variations designed Occasioned by the re ness that draws the li stener deep into the to open or strengthen the muscles and cent passing of the art heart of devotion. Mantra all-stars Jai joints. The final section of the book offers ist's father, noted jazz Uttal, C. C. White, Steve Gorn, and oth sequences for specific back issues, from musician AI De Lory, the ers lend thei.r musical magic to the mix. computer overuse to pregnancy. With album The Unchanging is Richly textured and ornate at times, this its mix of practice and theory, Yoga for one of Donna De Lory's most deeply felt, music is grounded in the simple beauty of a Healthy Lower Back is helpful both for stylistically diverse, and profoundly spiritual aspiration. A.D.P. + 108 YOGAJOURNAL.COM OCTOBER 2013 .

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