Publisher's Synopsis
A Playful and Sustainable Home Yoga Practice in Just 5 Minutes a Day!
When you step onto a yoga mat without a teacher, you unlock the tiny door to Yoga Wonderland, a vast and magical place where you gain access to the mysterious wonders and curiosities of your most abundant and infinite resource, your imagination!
With clever parallels between Alice's adventure and the adventure of discovering a self-guided yoga practice, this book encourages you to explore yoga practice playfully, at your own pace. Yoga Wonderland is a valuable resource to the journey within yourself, complete with journaling templates and topics, worksheets, cheat sheets, five-minute-sequences, and off-the-mat tips and tricks.
An estimated 300 million people worldwide have followed White Rabbits (yoga teachers) down the yoga rabbit hole where upside-down is natural, inside-out is outside-in, left feels like right, and backwards is the same as forwards. The problem is that over the years, those White Rabbits have multiplied, like. . . well. . . rabbits. Classes are often intimidating for new students, and sometimes boring and redundant for seasoned practitioners. Yoga Wonderland seeks to revolutionize the overly-populated, overly-expensive, and overly time-consuming yoga industry by encouraging yoga enthusiasts to practice alone, without a teacher.
Ironically, all those classes and teachers are teaching the same thing, the answers lie within. Yoga Wonderland that beckons you to let the white rabbit yoga teachers hop along without you. Rather, step onto the looking glass of your yoga mat by yourself. Meet the characters of Alice's Wonderland who gently nudge you to fan yourself with your breath, just 5-poses, 5-minutes, and 5-breaths at a time. Listen to your inner voice, be open to possibilities, dig deep inside yourself, and be your own teacher. Then, you will pull out the vast wisdom you have inside yourself.
- Run in the Caucus Race where the Dodo reminds you of your inner confidence and warrior strength.
- Eat from both sides of the Caterpillar's mushroom where balance is not about finding center but about playing on the teeter-totter to get that whee-tickle-feel in your tummy.
- Sip tea with the Mad Hatter to invert your perspective of life.
- Find yourself grinning like a Cheshire Cat.
Whether you are a beginner to the practice who finds yoga classes to be too much, or you are a seasoned practitioner looking to bring your practice to a new level, or you are a yoga teacher who doesn't have time for classes, Yoga Wonderland will guide you to a self-paced practice that is filled with adventure, self-discovery, and inner-child play.
Teri Leigh fell down the yoga rabbit hole in 1999 and has maintained a home yoga practice for over 20 years. From 2009-2018 she traveled across the USA teaching over 200,000 students, and training over 200 yoga teachers. Teri Leigh's writing teaching offers a unique and playful approach to turn in on yourself (like a telescope) and adventure through the wonderland you cannot find in any yoga class, podcast, or streamed practice.
