Vanda Scaravelli

'Do not kill the instinct of the body for the glory of the pose.’
-- Vanda Scaravelli

Vanda's book Awakening The Spine is one of the most thumbed through on my 'yoga shelf'. If you haven't got a copy then you are in luck because it was reprinted earlier this year. It's been revised by Vanda’s daughter based on extensive notes left by the author. Even if you have the first edition, it’s still worth having a look at this one to see how Vanda’s ideas subtly changed.

I am interested in Vanda's work as inspiration for experimentation, trusting in YOUR yoga and allowing this stuff to be a constant evolution

Beautiful.

Images from the book ‘Awakening the Spine’ (The final one is B.K.S. Iyengar with, or rather on,  Vanda Scaravelli,)