Living Yoga by Christy Turlington

I read Living Yoga by Christy Turlington. Christy discovered yoga at age 18 and has been practicing it for 15 years. In her book, she discusses how to incorportate yoga into your everyday life, no matter how busy you are. She also tells readers how yoga has made her life more peaceful through stressful times and events. She explains the eight tenets of yoga, and demonstrates different postures and positions.

Turlington also talks about pilates in Living Yoga and explains how it is similar and different from yoga. Yoga is much more popular than pilates and is searched on the internet four times as much as pilates is. Yoga has been practiced for many decades and is very widely known. Pilates exercises and equipment have been embraced in the health and well being mainstream. Christy says that yoga and pilates are two very different disciplines. They are linked together though, because Joseph Pilates did draw from some ancient yoga postures when first developing them, so there has always been some connection. People often seek information on yoga and pilates at the same time.Yoga puts more emphasis on flexibility, relaxation, spirituality, meditation and breathing than pilates.Both yoga and pilates can have a place in your exercise regime. Both exercises focus on breathing, concentration, precision, and control. Christy says that "yoga and pilates do not compete with each other, but complement each other"(Turlington 124).
Although this book was really boring, I did learn alot more about yoga and pilates. The most important thing I learned is that it is probably wrong to say that one of these exercises is better than the other. They are best seen as two possible disciplines in your health and fitness routine. These disciplines may suit different people at different times.


Turlington, Christy. Living Yoga. Hyperion, 2002. 288. Print.