*Back Care Basics: A Doctor's Gentle Yoga Program for Back & Neck Pain Relief –Mary Pullig Schatz MD *Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram Darshanam – Sonia Nelson *Daughters of the Goddess: The Women Saints of India – Linda Johnsen *Pathways Exercise Video for People with Limited Mobility – Shoosh Crotzer

Abstract

*According to the article, four out of every five Americans-about 200 million people-are afflicted with low-back pain sometime in their lives; injured backs are the most common work-related disability; and insurance companies shell out over $15 billion a year for back-care costs. Out of curiosity, I checked the card catalog at my local library and found 37 titles listed under back pain and therapy. What surprised me was that none of these books focused on yoga as therapy *The following interview took place in April 1994, in Madras India, between Mala Srivatsan, the managing editor of Darsanam and student of Professor T. Krishnamacharya, and Sonia Nelson (the American distributor for Darsanam), a yoga teacher and student of T.K.V. Desikachar. *Several visits to India over a short period of time have transformed my secularist reserve on the topic of Hindu mythology into a keen fascination for this subject. The Hindu goddess, having already become a prime influence in my life, is now the central character in my Ph.D. dissertation research. It was therefore with a sense of delighted affinity for the material and a keen interest in what a sister sadhika had learnt about her emissaries that I seized on the chance to read and review this book. *Shoosh's video is designed for anyone with limited mobility, including seniors, people with multiple sclerosis, arthritis or other limitations as well as those who are overweight or temporarily limited. Intended to be used independently, instructions are both given and demonstrated for those working with a teacher or an assistant. A small chart with stick figures and helpful hints is included with the video.