Book Review: Yoga For Wimps

I was really skeptical of yoga when it first became popular. I thought it looked like a bunch of uncomfortable poses and meditative mumbo-jumbo targeted at people who already look wonderful and skinny. Not my cup of tea. But when I picked up Yoga for Wimps, there was none of that. The poses are all easy. They each have at least one color photograph of a model doing the pose- and the models are all normal shapes, with not an unhealthily skinny person in the lot. The instructions are simple, and they even give permission to "wimp out" of a pose if it's too difficult. (Though they still want you to try.) It can be seen as a beginning, a way into the more difficult forms of yoga, or it can be all the yoga you need.

My favorite thing about this book is the section targeted to specific problems. There is an entire yoga session dedicated to achy feet, and another one called "The Cure for Museum-itis, or Shopping Without Dropping," which are poses you can do right in the mall to help you keep going longer.

Whether you've been needing an excuse to get into yoga, or simply want to dip your toes in, this is a perfect book for the random housekeeper.