Em geral só costumo escrever sobre os livros depois de os ler... mas neste, apesar de ainda não ter passado das primeiras "páginas" (tenho como ebook, por isso o conceito de página fica um pouco difuso) achei o inicio só por si inspirador...
"...virtually anyone can do yoga, including those who start out with little strength, energy or flexibility. I say this not as a lifelong yoga teacher or someone who can readily bend his body into the shape of a square not- I'm not, not by a long shot. I am a physician, a board-certified specialist in internal medicine, who came to yoga in middle age and found it - and continues to find it - incredibly challenging. But in this challenge, I have seen steady growth in what I can do and how good I feel. My body has changed in ways I wouldn't have believed possible, as has my mental state. The more I put into my yoga practice, the greater the rewards have become.
[...] I started out incredibly stiff. I had great difficulty with even the most basic poses. With my legs straight, I couldn't touch the floor with my fingertips. I couldn't sit cross-legged without feeling discomfort in my upper back. I had difficulty just straightening my spine, let alone bending it backward. [...] With regular practice, amazing things began to happen. My friends and family noticed that my chronically slouching posture, from years of studying and computer work, was improving. The knots that I had thought were a permanent fixture in my upper back slowly melted away.
[...] I have gained muscle, lost fat and become a lot more flexible. When I'm warmed up, I can stand with my legs straight and place my palms flat on the floor. I can do some poses that I used to think would never be possible, though there are still plenty of them - including backbends - that I have great difficulty with. But these markers of physical prowess aren't what really counts. What's become more important to me is the mental peace that has come, the sense of gratitude, the gradual and sometimes sudden opening of some formerly inflexible area of my body or mind"
Para quem como eu ainda está na fase "stiff", é encorajador!