Yoga for Inflexible People

Many people have the impression that the only people who can be successful at yoga are already lithe, lean, and flexible, but nothing could be further from the truth! Popular Instagrammers Max and Liz Lowenstein, who are well known for their gorgeous yoga photography, want everyone to know that yoga is for everyone, no matter what your body type, and that it can help you build up flexibility even if you don’t think you have any to start with.

Yoga for Inflexible People is loaded with beautiful full-page color photos depicting a wide array of yoga postures and stretches, with varying levels of intensity. The book starts out with information on the importance of flexibility as well as testimonials concerning the authors’ Instagram brand, but it quickly jumps into the heart of things: the yoga. There are step-by-step directions for getting into each pose, with lots of excellent cues of the sort that a certified instructor might use in class, reminders to engage certain muscles or to align your body in certain ways.

There is just so much inspiration in this book that while flipping through the pages, it’s hard not to get an overwhelming sense that practicing yoga really is for everyone.