Providing clear guidance on the practice of the most important aspects of yoga, this practical handbook covers different types and how they are practised. It contains a history of yoga and the concepts behind it and explains yoga breathing and meditation with clear step-by-step instructions and illustrations showing how to perform the poses. The aim is to help the reader to establish a daily practice routine by suggesting a basic beginners' sequence, with moves and positions to copy, and this edition offers added sections on yoga in pregnancy and yoga today.