Vanda Scaravelli entdeckte die Yoga-Praxis in reiferem Alter und fand darin einen Weg zu dem, was sie 'Allegrezza', das intelligente Herz, nannte. Ihr Unterricht, tief beeinflusst von ihrem Studium bei B. K. S. Iyengar und T. K. V. Desikachar, konzentrierte sich auf die tiefgreifende Verbindung von Atem, Schwerkraft und Wirbelsäule. Scaravelli entwickelte einen einzigartigen Yoga-Ansatz, der die natürliche Intelligenz des Körpers und mühelose Bewegung betont. Ihr wegweisendes Werk, Awakening the Spine, inspiriert auch heute noch Praktizierende und Lehrer weltweit.
The 83-year-old former teacher of J. Krishnamurti shares her revolutionary new yoga techniques for overall fitness. Based on the natural principles of gravity and breath, Scaravelli believes "if it hurts, it's wrong", and offers a gentle way to achieve and maintain overall health and a naturally supple spine--at any age. 150 black-and-white photographs.
For more than twenty-five years, until her death at the age of 91, Vanda Scaravelli was transforming bodies and lives with her innovative approach to yoga through the proper alignment of the spine. She listened to the body and worked with instead of against it. She used gravity, grounding, and breath to achieve dramatic improvements in health and well-being. Scaravelli reminds readers that: “if you are kind to your body, it will respond in an incredible way.” Awakening the Spine offers a gentle way to achieve and maintain overall health and a naturally supple spine – at any age. Lovingly revised by Vanda’s daughter Paola Scaravelli Cohen, based on the extensive notes Vanda left behind, Awakening the Spine is published for the first time as the author intended. With a new foreword by B.K.S. Iyengar, this is the definitive edition of one of yoga’s all-time classics. With photographs of Vanda Scaravelli by Rob Howard