So, this book as been getting lots of buzz, a fair amount of criticism—I appreciate Kaminoff’s take on this and his body of work—and many positive nods for talking about essentials issues of safety and looking critically at the real benefits of yoga as backed up by science.

I for one thing too much “science” is a step away from what yoga is about. What I mean is that while yoga clearly has benefits for health, stress levels, well-being, etc., there are intangibles that can only be measured within each yogi as they engage in their practice while engaging themselves on the mat. Ideally, yoga can act as that backwards step Dogen wrote about, a form of moving Zazen with profound benefits.

More after reading.