Awesome book.

Yoga meets traditional western medicine. In addition to great information on yoga, asanas, and the medical aspect of the asanas. There is great information on the programs that are being started in western hospitals that include meditation and yoga. The challenges associated with the introduction of eastern traditions and the triumphs that have occured.

This is a wonderful book whether you are a yoga practitioner or someone who's more traditional in the western sense and want to learn how yoga can be included in that framework.

If you'd like to try yoga, but you think it's a lot of hooey, you should read this book, especially if you have a specific condition which probably yoga can benefit. You can just look up your disease, and find out what yoga poses can benefit you. It even describes HOW the different poses work on the body and what the health effect is. The instructions are clear and easy to follow, and there are even pictures!