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Aligns well for a Sadhguru-initiate

Revisado: 11-13-23

In all honesty, I came across this book while looking for a new teacher in the field of yoga. I took Sadhguru’s Inner Engineering training and wanted to know more, but for reasons out of my control I could not use him as a teacher anymore. This book was great because 1) it aligns with all that my “higher self” has already come to understand through my experiences in this life and 2) goes into great detail on many taboo subjects with a beautiful confidence. I also appreciated how the authors journey did not start with yogic philosophy at first but in the end he uses it as the unifying basis for all of his other knowledge collected through his years. I look forward to rereading this and taking time out to try some of the new practices I have learned.

As for the narration, it was perfect even in most pronunciation of Sanskrit words as far as I understand however I felt put too much emphasis on every sentence to which it became harder for me to understand what the authors main point was for that section.

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Better as audio than text

Revisado: 08-24-21

Every chapter has its own piece of music that ties into the story. I would feel like I’m missing out had I read this book with no audio accompaniment. A joy for adults and kids, and especially the classically trained musicians, but important to read for all true musicians.

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Somehow worth it

Revisado: 06-23-20

The speaker mispronounces Patanjali, and the book has some very odd sections where it seems the translation has utterly failed (using the words “left” and “correct” for “left” and “right” when talking about which nostril to breathe through in Chapter 3). However even with these badly overlooked flaws, the actual content seems to be very accessible, easy to understand, and is well paced compared to the other versions of the Yoga Sutras on Audible.

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I liked this narrator over the other options, but...

Revisado: 03-04-20

As interesting and engaging as his tone is, he is bad at separating voices between parties speaking. In particular, there are many cases of a character telling a story within a story, and some distinctions would be helpful there. Ok the middle, there was a chapter with numerous errors of speech gone unedited. However all in all the other narrators would have put me instantly to sleep!

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