A review by booksmunchbooks
Bringing Yoga to Life: The Everyday Practice of Enlightened Living by Donna Farhi

4.0

This book is beautifully written and thoroughly sourced, drawing from the Yoga Sutras to really get to the heart of the yoga tenets that are most tangibly applied to life. The main focus of this book seemed to be about relationship to self and others, and how yoga practice impacts the dynamic of these relationships. In that way, I found the most compelling parts of the book to be when Farhi brought in examples and stories from her own life and her own students. This made the content much more relateable, instead of strictly theory or philosophy. I also found that the questions Farhi posed for reflection in each chapter, (such as, What elements of your teacher are you seeking to embody?), were very impactful and reflective. I would have loved if there were more questions like this, and if there was a sort of “reading guide” as a companion to each chapter to help readers use this book as a resource for personal reflection and evaluation of the concepts covered.