Book Review: Basic Yoga for Improved Flexibilty by Aventuras de Viaje

Book Review

 

Basic Details:

Book Title: Basic Yoga for Improved Flexibility

Subtitle:

Author: Aventuras de Viaje

Genre: Self-help, non-fiction

Part of a series? Yes/No

Order in series:

Best read after earlier books in series? No

Available: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34547623-basic-yoga-for-improving-flexibility

Overall score:

I scored this book 3/5

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

Short Summary of the book:

This book is focussed on the art of yoga. The book is separated in a few chapters: Breathing, Yoga Nidra, Poses and Sequences. There are also links to some freebies from the author.

What I liked about the book:

I liked the premise of a book that would help improve my flexibility. I have always enjoyed yoga and looked forward to reading another book on this subject.

What I didn’t like about the book:

I wasn’t impressed by the layout, the images or the search options of the book. The poses were listed alphabetically. For instance, ‘Balancing Table’ was listed before ‘Table’. This meant that the reader had to read through (or swipe through) all the poses in between to learn what the starting position for ‘Balancing Table’ was.

The book would have been more user-friendly if one of the following measures had been taken by the author:

·       Giving each pose its own chapter.

·       Hyperlinking/bookmarking the poses and link to the pose required as a start.

The lettering in the Sequences section was a rather small font and therefore difficult to read, as were the images below it. I believe there are several improvements the author can make to make this book more user-friendly and more marketable.

My favourite bits in the book:

I liked the descriptions of the poses, which were mostly understandable with the drawings provided.

My least favourite bits in the book:

I didn’t like the low-quality images, which were anatomically incorrect and confusing at times.

Any further books in the series? Any more planned by this author?

I understand this author has written several other books in this genre.

What books could this be compared to and why?

Although there are many books about yoga, this book fell unfortunately below my expectation. Perhaps I am too spoilt having read many other yoga books, perhaps my criticism is fair. It can be compared to other books, however, it does not compare favourably.

Recommendation:

In summary, I would recommend this book for the following readers:

Children	Under guidance
Young Adult	Yes
Adult	Yes

If you like books about yoga this book may be the book for you. There are, however, several improvements possible to the layout of and images in this book.

To be honest, I was rather disappointed by this book.

Book Description by Author:

Discover How to use Basic Yoga to Drastically Increase Your Flexibility and Health!

Basic Yoga for Improving Flexibility: Increasing Flexibility with Basic Yoga Sequences contains six basic yoga routines specifically designed to increase your all-over body flexibility.

About the Author:

Aventuras has three passions. Travel, writing and self improvement.

Combining these three things Miss Viaje spends her time traveling the world and learning about all the things she loves (yoga and tantric practices in India, massage in Thailand etc.) as well as teaching herself many new skills.

She takes what she learns and shares it with the world through her books.

Aventura's "how-to" books are perfect for those that don't have the time and/or money to take professional classes, or would just like to learn in the privacy of their own home.

She is also a moderator and key contributor of SurviveTravel.com.