Hatha Yoga Illustrated by Martin Kirk, Brooke Boon, Daniel DiTuro

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Synopsis

Experience physical benefits and body awareness with Hatha Yoga Illustrated. Featuring full-color photos that demonstrate 77 standard poses, you will learn how to achieve proper alignment and breathing for a more effective yoga experience, and increase strength and flexibility while reducing stress and blood pressure.

Biography

Martin Kirk is a Certified Anusara® Yoga instructor who travels worldwide offering inspiring yoga immersions and specialize anatomy, therapy and teacher trainings. Martin has trained extensively with Anusara® Yoga founder, John Friend, since 1994 and continues to apprentice with him nationally. He holds a Masters Degree in Biomedical Engineering and has a special gift for teaching anatomy and therapeutics and is frequently a special guest instructor at yoga teacher trainings. Martin's credits also include a successful 20-year engineering career in which he held design and supervisory positions with multinational companies and developed space systems designs that have traveled to the surface of the moon and Mars. Kirk lives in Scottsdale, Arizona with his wife and son. For more info: www.kirkyoga.com.

Brooke Boon is cofounder of Studio Om Yoga and Tai Chi in Phoenix, Arizona. She received her certification through Baptiste Power Yoga Institute and is a registered yoga teacher as well as a member of the Arizona Yoga Association. Her certification came after working with world-renowned master teacher Baron Baptiste.

Boon's teaching style is designed to promote stability, strength, and serenity as well as create hormonal and emotional balance. She specializes in power vinyasa and also instructs classes for mature adults, athletes, and expectant mothers, emphasizing that yoga is for everybody.

Boon lives in Phoenix, Arizona.

Daniel DiTuro was born in Phoenix, Arizona, and is a graduate of Arizona State University with a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering. He has worked as a mechanical engineer since 1980. Hisinterest in photography began at the age of 10. In 1986 he started DiTuro Photography, specializing in commercial and portrait photography.

After a shoulder injury, Daniel began practicing hatha yoga in 1999. Having discovered the therapeutic benefits of yoga, he began working on a series of photographs that evolved into The Yoga Project to introduce people to yoga and meditation. In addition to his work as a mechanical engineer and photographer, Daniel enjoys a variety of activities including traveling, hiking, writing, and cooking.