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"""Michael O'Neill's book is a beautiful journey though the world of yoga. Thank you for capturing the spirit and soul of its teachers their practice and their people. To study this legacy and to be able to travel through India through Michael's eyes is a feast for the mind, body, and soul a truly transformative experience that I will never forget.""-- ""Donna Karan"" ""The world of Yoga captured on camera, from age-old monasteries in remote corners of the Himalayas to its urban counterpart of celebrity endorsements and fad-based lifestyle commodification. A must for yogis and pop culture buffs.""-- ""Vogue Online"" ""An antithesis to all those sterile, dreary yoga books... this volume presents the world of Yoga as a fascinating cosmos: unique, foreign, exciting and captivating.""-- ""Vogue"" ""...a collection of nearly 200 stunning portraits that record yoga's humble beginnings and loyal disciples, and follows the practice's extraordinary journey, which shows no sign of stopping.""-- ""VanityFair.com"" ""...a study as much in anthropology and sociology as in beauty of form and spirit... featuring striking images of everyone from Krishnamacharya to the Indian Sadhu community to Sting.""-- ""Yoga Journal.com"" ""A meditation in images, On Yoga: The Architecture of Peace is a tribute to the spirits it portrays, a collection of ancient wisdom for modern times, and a chronicle of Michael O'Neill's own journey toward enlightenment.""-- ""huffingtonpost.com"" ""A stunning visual feast for all yoga lovers, a truly beautiful book.""-- ""Om Yoga Magazine"" ""These spectacular pictures of yoga practitioners from India and Tibet will make you gawp and gasp in disbelief... It's a book that informs, inspires and offers a provocative window into the yoga soul.""-- ""Tatler"""

""Michael O'Neill's book is a beautiful journey though the world of yoga. Thank you for capturing the spirit and soul of its teachers their practice and their people. To study this legacy and to be able to travel through India through Michael's eyes is a feast for the mind, body, and soul a truly transformative experience that I will never forget.""-- ""Donna Karan"" ""The world of Yoga captured on camera, from age-old monasteries in remote corners of the Himalayas to its urban counterpart of celebrity endorsements and fad-based lifestyle commodification. A must for yogis and pop culture buffs.""-- ""Vogue Online"" ""An antithesis to all those sterile, dreary yoga books... this volume presents the world of Yoga as a fascinating cosmos: unique, foreign, exciting and captivating.""-- ""Vogue"" ""...a collection of nearly 200 stunning portraits that record yoga's humble beginnings and loyal disciples, and follows the practice's extraordinary journey, which shows no sign of stopping.""-- ""VanityFair.com"" ""...a study as much in anthropology and sociology as in beauty of form and spirit... featuring striking images of everyone from Krishnamacharya to the Indian Sadhu community to Sting.""-- ""Yoga Journal.com"" ""A stunning visual feast for all yoga lovers, a truly beautiful book.""-- ""Om Yoga Magazine"" ""These spectacular pictures of yoga practitioners from India and Tibet will make you gawp and gasp in disbelief... It's a book that informs, inspires and offers a provocative window into the yoga soul.""-- ""Tatler"" ""A meditation in images, On Yoga: The Architecture of Peace is a tribute to the spirits it portrays, a collection of ancient wisdom for modern times, and a chronicle of Michael O'Neill's own journey toward enlightenment.""-- ""huffingtonpost.com""

...a collection of nearly 200 stunning portraits that record yoga's humble beginnings and loyal disciples, and follows the practice's extraordinary journey, which shows no sign of stopping. -- VanityFair.com ...a study as much in anthropology and sociology as in beauty of form and spirit... featuring striking images of everyone from Krishnamacharya to the Indian Sadhu community to Sting. -- Yoga Journal.com A meditation in images, On Yoga: The Architecture of Peace is a tribute to the spirits it portrays, a collection of ancient wisdom for modern times, and a chronicle of Michael O'Neill's own journey toward enlightenment. -- huffingtonpost.com A stunning visual feast for all yoga lovers, a truly beautiful book. -- Om Yoga Magazine The world of Yoga captured on camera, from age-old monasteries in remote corners of the Himalayas to its urban counterpart of celebrity endorsements and fad-based lifestyle commodification. A must for yogis and pop culture buffs. -- Vogue Online These spectacular pictures of yoga practitioners from India and Tibet will make you gawp and gasp in disbelief... It's a book that informs, inspires and offers a provocative window into the yoga soul. -- Tatler

These spectacular pictures of yoga practitioners from India and Tibet will make you gawp and gasp on disbelief... It's a book that informs, inspires and offers a provocative window into the yoga soul. The world of Yoga captured on camera, from age-old monasteries in remote corners of the Himalayas to its urban counterpart of celebrity endorsements and fad-based lifestyle commodification. A must for yogis and pop culture buffs. A stunning visual feast for all yoga lovers, a truly beautiful book. ...a study as much in anthropology and sociology as in beauty of form and spirit... featuring striking images of everyone from Krishnamacharya to the Indian Sadhu community to Sting. ...a collection of nearly 200 stunning portraits that record yoga's humble beginnings and loyal disciples, and follows the practice's extraordinary journey, which shows no sign of stopping. A meditation in images, On Yoga: The Architecture of Peace is a tribute to the spirits it portrays, a collection of ancient wisdom for modern times, and a chronicle of Michael O'Neill's own journey toward enlightenment.

...une plongee dans la culture de l'Inde et dans l'univers du yoga, mais aussi, et c'est sans doute le plus enrichissant, le recit de son propre cheminement, de ses propres avancees vers une forme de depouillement. Deux cents images de postures et de personnalites, plus spectaculaires les unes que les autres. ...magistralement mis en page, spectaculaire, chaque page ouvrant sur de nouveaux caracteres, de nouvelles couleurs. Un livre qui s'annonce en couverture comme plan, manifeste pour une architecture de la paix. Une tres jolie source d'inspiration en l'occurrence et une belle idee de cadeau, pour soi ou pour quelqu'un de votre entourage qui se passionne pour le Yoga! Quel cadeau!... Entre mouvance et immobilite, le celebre photographe a un jour pousse la porte du yoga, discipline dans laquelle il s'est pleinement immerge. Il en resulte ce livre magnifique, temoin de son parcours pour dire les origines et l'essence du yoga... A s'offrir! ...un livre d'art de reference, d'une qualite exceptionnelle, une precieuse iconographie, a offrir pour les fetes a tous les pratiquants du yoga.

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Eddie Stern is a yoga teacher, author, app creator, and lecturer from New York City. His practical approach to teaching and practicing yoga is a mix of science, religion, philosophy, and social service. H.H. Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji is one of India's most revered and beloved spiritual leaders. He is President of Parmarth Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh (home of the annual International Yoga Festival) and founder of Global Interfaith WASH Alliance, Divine Shakti Foundation, and Ganga Action Parivar, and India Heritage Research Foundation. In his five-decade career, Michael O'Neill has photographed the cultural icons of his time, from Andy Warhol to the Dalai Lama, for publications including the New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, and Vanity Fair. He has had solo shows of his work at Visa pour l'image (Perpignan, France); at II Mes Internacional da Fotografia (São Paulo, Brazil); and Houk Friedman (New York). His photographs reside in the collections of the Walker Art Center, among other museums. He is the subject of the 2017 documentary On Yoga: The Architecture of Peace.

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