A beautiful, step-by-step guide for bringing movement-based
meditation into your yoga practice and your life.
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Distilled from Elena Brower and Erica Jago’s accled workshops
and training programs, Art of Attention has become an essential
resource among instructors and students seeking to bring
movement-based mindfulness into their practice. This beautiful
illustrated book guides you through pose-by-pose practices,
journaling, and luminary wisdom into the deeper experiences of
yoga practice.
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Yoga begins with physical well-being. But it can also transport
us—through meditation, self-awareness, and movement—into a
lifelong exploration of presence, elegance, and deeper life
purpose. With Art of Attention, Elena Brower and Erica Jago show
us the way. Distilled from their accled workshops and training
programs, this multifaceted book can be used as:
• A step-by-step workshop for merging movement-based mindfulness
with traditional yoga
• A “tool kit” of asanas, meditations, self-inquiry questions,
and healing practices for creating your own daily spiritual
practice
• An uplifting source of visual beauty and wisdom teachings for
inner reflection and elevation
For students and teachers at every level, this one-of-a-kind
resource takes us further into yoga—and the art of living—with
clarity, creativity, wonder, and depth.
Includes contributions from MC YOGI, Gabrielle Bernstein, Donna
Karan, Gwyneth Paltrow, Christy Turlington Burns, and others
inspired by Elena and Erica’s work.
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Chapters:
1. Reduce Tension and Find Forgiveness (preface by MC YOGI)
2. Let Go of Blame (preface by Gabrielle Bernstein)
3. Breathe and Find Stillness (preface by Donna Karan)
4. Explore Your Highest Possibilities (preface by Gwyneth
Paltrow)
5. Let Your Life Reflect Your Practice (preface by Christy
Turlington Burns)
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"The wondrous images accompanying this invitation to practice
set this book apart, conveying the beauty and adventure of
contemporary yoga practice."
--Kaitlin Quistgaard, former editor-in-chief, Yoga Journal
"I’ve been inspired by Elena’s commitment to bring us closer to
our bodies and hearts, and this book accomplishes her objective
beautifully. Art of Attention is an instructive, healing homage
to the practice of yoga."
--Dr. Frank Lipman, founder and director of Eleven-Eleven
Center, New York City
"Every once in a while a book arrives in this world that
contains magic so profound it will transform you forever, it will
wake you up, turn up the light on your soul, and provide an oasis
of healing, rejuvenation, and restoration for you to return to
over and over again. Art of Attention is such a book. It will
carry you gently into a deep yoga practice, while enlivening your
mind, opening your heart, and soothing your soul."
--Mark Hyman, MD, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The
Blood Sugar Solution
“The beauty, wisdom, and guidance in Art of Attention will not
only strengthen your yoga practice, it will lead you to a deeper
knowing and acceptance of yourself.”
--Kris Carr, author of the New York Times bestseller Crazy Sexy
Diet
“Elena and Erica have taken us on a journey, an initiation, a
soulful exploration of the embodiment of divine movement through
yoga. This book is a beautiful expression of their attention to
luminous detail and sacred practice, and now it is a gift for all
of us. Thank you goddesses!”
--Latham Thomas, founder of Mama Glow
“Full of inspiration, creativity, and awareness, Art of
Attention will sensitize and energize your cells from the inside
out, and jolt you into finding new expressions and discoveries in
your practice and your life.”
--Tara Stiles, bestselling author of Yoga Cures and Slim Calm
Sexy Yoga
“Can a book be a sanctuary? With Art of Attention, Erica and
Elena have manifested an interactive portal to somatic
consciousness, inner beauty, and self-reckoning. It stirs the
heart, mind, and body to actively introvert and attend to the
deepest layers of being.”
--Jill Miller, anatomy and movement spet, creator of Yoga
Tune Up®