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Um, Like... OM: A Girl Goddess's Guide to Yoga | 
 enlarge | Author: Evan Cooper
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Category: Book
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 441038
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 192
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 6.8 x 0.5
ISBN: 0316980013
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.704608352
EAN: 9780316980012
ASIN: 0316980013
Publication Date: April 13, 2005
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Product Description
he perfect primer for yoga enthusiasts, Um, Like . . . OM goes above and beyondteaching the technique of yoga: it reveals how yoga can help teenage girls face any challenge that comes their way, from dealing with difficult parents to break-ups to the pressure to conform. Written in a hip and empathetic voice by a yoga practitioner who knows all about the ups and downs of the teenage years, this book also provides tips and tricks on how girls can tell their inner critic to take a hike and embrace the girl goddess within. Packed with illustrated yoga poses, real-life teen stories, inspiring quotations, sidebars with FYIs ('Fun Yoga Information'), book and music recommendations, and a glossary, Um, Like . . . OM is the ultimate guide to yoga-and life-for teens.
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Surprisingly serious and useful April 13, 2008
dnk (Boston, MA United States)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
A disclaimer: I am a yoga instructor in my mid-thirties. Clearly, I am not this author's target demographic. I took that into account when I first picked it up. Even with that caveat, I initially found the tone so off the cuff and the postures so disorganized that I put it down and walked away.
A few years later, after I'd incorporated much more Kundalini into my own practice, I found myself drawn to this book again. This time, much more of what she was offering for asanas/kriyas made sense to me, as well as many of the meditations. That she doesn't include a lot of different movements in each section also made more sense- often times with kundalini you may find that you get more bang for your buck from fewer movements.
I liked that she not only tackled serious issues- family pressure, drug use, body image, school stress and romance- but that she also had her own contributions to make about how those issues affected her. Her light, breezy style belied the seriousness of both her own and her students' and how yoga helped address- if not cure- all of them.
Like many authors for the younger set, her aim was off- I felt like she was reaching for the older teen, but instead landed on the twelve to fifteen year olds, if not younger. That's probably just as much her style as it is the increasingly jaded affect of all age groups, but it's something to keep in mind.
I'd love to see more from this author- I think she has a lot to offer not only this age group but adults as well.
Can't live without it November 27, 2005
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I loved this book! I never did yoga before, and I tried it once from this book and totally LOVED it. I know do yoga every day, and enjoy it sooo much. PLease get this book! It'll help a girl through just about anything and everything.
Should be on every girl's bookshelf. April 27, 2005
James T. King (Chagrin Falls, OH USA)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Evan Cooper's "Um, like...OM, A Girl Goddess's Guide to Yoga" is a breezy read which accomplishes what all good teachers do best: Imparting with vivid good humor the wisdoms of processes taken beyond the classroom. The target audience here, primarily middle-school girls, calls for a most delicate balancing act: Being bright, fun, and "cool" while explaining the theory, practice, and results of a disciplined approach to yoga. Ms. Cooper accomplishes this masterfully with anecdotes, explanations, and her "girl friend" persona.
Scan the table of contents alone and, guaranteed: You're hooked: weight, sex, drugs, peers, parents, and so much else. Add Stacy Peterson's fun, carefully-scripted (by position and motion) illustrations of the exercises, and this fun profound little book will delight and please any "tweener-to-teen." And her mom, who might recover her own "pocket devi" in the process!
This book rocks!!!! April 17, 2005
Stephanie (NY, Ny)
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
This book is amazing. Evan Cooper knows exactly what every girl is worrying and wondering about and has made yoga work for us! I've tried yoga before and it was okay, but this yoga is the best by far. Reading this book can change your life.
--Stephanie, 18
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