ABOUT MR.YOGA

Daniel Lacerda (aka Mr. Yoga) is the New York Times best selling author of 2,100 Asanas, and a world record title holder on creating the world’s biggest yoga pose collection. This yoga innovator has been featured in The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, The Huffington Post, Dr. Oz The Good Life, Men’s Health, and Self magazine to name a few.

He was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. Tired of the rat race he hit rock bottom and moved to Brazil. While living in Brazil, Daniel began studying yoga and looking inward to find his life’s purpose. He took a vow of poverty and lived in a 300-square-foot apartment to eliminate all distractions and meditate daily for hours following the Ancient Yogic principals. While his pledge left Daniel malnourished and significantly underweight, his yoga practice also allowed him to have several personal life changing breakthroughs. This led him to become a yoga teacher in order to help others overcome their barriers too.

Daniel was trained in the style known as Raja Yoga under the lineage of Hindu Monk Baba Hari Krishnamacharya from India. Daniel’s students include TV celebrities and a former Olympic athlete. Daniel continues to train others to become certified yoga teachers. All of the models selected to appear in the 2,100 Asanas book and on this website are his students. Daniel encourages his students to challenge themselves to achieve their best on the yoga mat and then to apply that into their every day lives. His personal goal is to get 1 billion people to practice yoga worldwide.

New York Times Bestseller - Mr. Yoga's 2,100 Asanas

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DISCOVER THE WORLD’S BIGGEST YOGA POSE COLLECTION NOW!

This is the most complete collection of yoga asanas ever photographed, and the first-ever to categorize an astonishing 2,100 yoga poses. This beautifully designed book is a must-have for yogis of all levels and every practice.

2,100 Asanas is an unprecedented, meticulously crafted catalog of yoga poses and modifications. It is also a gorgeous work of art, showcasing the beauty and athleticism of the human form. Each photograph features an expert yogi performing the pose to perfection. The aesthetic is clean and modern. The book is organized into eight major types of poses-standing, seated, core, quadruped, backbends, inversions, prone, and supine-and further broken down by families of poses that progress from easiest to more challenging. Every pose is accompanied by the name of the pose in English and Sanskrit, a description of the modification, the Drishti point (eye gaze), the chakras affected and its benefits.

“This beautiful book will have anyone falling in love with the practice. It also makes a fantastic addition to any coffee table.”―Yahoo! Health

“It’s pretty unlikely that you’ll try anything like the varieties of shape-shifting (poses) recorded in “2,100 Asanas: The Complete Yoga Poses“ by Daniel Lacerda..” – The Washington Post

“Yogi Daniel Lacerda moves (you) through 2,100 Asanas” – Vanity Fair

“2,100 Asanas is the most comprehensive catalog of yoga poses.’ – Yoga Journal

A MESSAGE FROM MR. YOGA.

The ultimate goal of yoga is self-realization. You do not need to go to the mountaintop to find it or pay a teacher to show you the way. There are currencies that we exchange with one another that are much more valuable than money: kindness, selflessness, being one part of the greater good. Nor do you need to look outside yourself. If you have an open mind, a sincere desire to learn and to apply that knowledge on a daily basis, and the commitment to follow through on what you’ve begun, you can achieve self-realization.

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THE EIGHT LIMBS OF YOGA

The Yoga Sutras, also known as, “The Eight Limbs (Ashtanga) of Raja (King) Yoga,” was the first fully developed and recorded system of yoga. Created by Patanjali around 400 CE, this system influences much of the yoga that is practiced today.

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Q&A WITH MR. YOGA

1. What are the biggest benefits of yoga?

Yoga has many amazing benefits. For athletes, it can boost performance and reduce the risk of injury. It can help reduce stress and boost the immune system, reducing the number of sick days you may have to take off of work. For those who have been in seriously injured, yoga can be used a part of a rehabilitation program, bringing you back to your original (or even better) shape. For those seeking spiritual enlightenment, yoga provides a path. In fact, for me the most striking benefit of yoga is, hands down, the way it has changed my way of life.

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FIRST ZEN PRACTICE: THE 1:4:2 HEALING BREATH MEDITATION INSTRUCTIONS

Meditation, Chi Kung and Yoga are best learned from a teacher in a class situation, but videos or books can help. All are relatively inexpensive, and once you learn proper techniques, ten square feet of quiet space is all you need to practice at home, in a park, or even on the beach. The benefits of taking a class are that the instructor can correct your form and keep you from picking up bad habits, and you’ll meet other students with who, you can practice between classes and share similar interest.

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