This kit contains:

2 audio compact discs: The first contains a healing, flowing yoga class created especially for this kit by Kripalu yoga teacher and scholar, Stephen Cope. This 70-minute class leads you step-by-step through a truly gentle yoga experience. The second disc contains gorgeous instrumental piano music, perfect for relaxing any time at all.

50 flash cards: Show each pose in its full expression; where applicable, also show important details and modifications to protect back, neck, and joints.

72-page book: Clarifies how to make yoga a spiritual practice, as well as a physical one. In addition, explains each pose in detail, including important tips, reminders, and teachings to help you enjoy and benefit from each pose.

Stephen Cope is Senior Scholar-in-Residence at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health. He is a trained psychotherapist who has been writing about and teaching yoga for over 15 years. Cope is the author of Yoga and the Quest for the True Self (Bantam Books) and Will Yoga and Meditaion Really Change My Life? (Storey Books). His forthcoming Bantam book is on the Yogasutra, the central scripture of Classical Yoga. Copyright 2004 Padma Media, Inc. Red Wheel.

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