Gravity & Grace
Peter Sterios introduces the beauty and elegance of practicing yoga using the subtle body elements of gravity and grace
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ORDER THE BOOK“By itself, this book is a master yoga class… It changed me.”
BLAKE BELTRAM cofounder of MINDBODY
About the book
In Peter Sterios’ new book “Gravity & Grace: How to Awaken Your Subtle Body and the Healing Power of Yoga”, you will not find advocacy for any particular yoga style or tradition. This is not a how-to manual instructing you how to shape your body into the ideal pose in the ideal way.
This book teaches how to let yourself be guided by subtle energy and the sensations your create as you move on your mat. It will lend an added dimension to the next leg of your yoga journey, and a new perspective with the potential to transform your practice.
While it does offer instruction centered on common yoga poses, its essence is less about how to “do” the pose and more how to “be” the pose, engaging all levels of yourself—physical, mental, and spiritual—and both of your “yoga bodies”: the physiological body of flesh and bone, and the movement of subtle energy within it.
“We all come to yoga as we are, accompanied by the best teacher we could ever have: the teacher within. Within this book, may you find the tools you need to hear that inner teacher, and the encouragement to let it guide you.”
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“Terrific yoga books, like terrific teachers, reveal ourselves to ourselves…
Gravity & Grace is like having a teacher by your side.”
MICHELLE JACOBI professor of yoga, University of South Florida
About Peter Sterios
Peter Sterios ERYT-500 has been part of the global yoga community for over four decades as a teacher, writer, and entrepreneur based in San Luis Obispo, California.
He is the creator of Manduka™, a leading eco-yoga products company based in Los Angeles. In 2009, Yoga Journal selected his first DVD, Gravity & Grace in their “top 15 yoga videos of all time” and his popular LEVITYoGA™ Show appears on YogaAnytime™. Peter’s first book Gravity & Grace: How To Awaken Your Subtle Body and The Healing Power Of Yoga is now available here, Sounds True, and Amazon.
He is an award winning architect, specializing in green yoga studios and retreat centers; co-founder of karmaNICA™, a charitable organization for impoverished kids in western Nicaragua; and for three years, taught yoga at the White House for Michelle Obama’s anti-obesity initiative (2011-2013). Peter was also invited to the Pentagon in 2018 to share his ideas about yoga’s therapeutic effects for the US Marine Corps.
Peter’s influence through his teaching, writing and innovative design has been felt worldwide, and his light-hearted approach with LEVITYoGA™ offers unique insight to the evolving art of yoga.
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Praise for Gravity & Grace
‘Finally! A how-to practice yoga book that has nothing to do with putting the body into required shapes, and everything to do with understanding the metaphysical aspects of practice through a practical, scientific lens. Peter shares rich stories from his many decades of practice and teaching that illuminate the subtle nature and power of yoga practice and make it SO easy for any practitioner to explore and play with his suggested principles of practice on their mat. This is a must-have reference book for any yoga practitioner or teacher. I LOVE this book!’
‘Gravity & Grace is both a fitting title for Peter Sterios’ long-awaited book, as well as a description of his fluid approach to yoga. He fully embodies the grounding nature of gravity as well as the lightness of grace in how he approaches his personal practice, the clarity and understanding in his teaching, his presence, and his thoughtful words. Peter’s conversational work Gravity & Grace explores what it really means to be a practicing yogi in the modern world. It is a must-read book that explores the central theme of just how do we practice, as well as how we navigate the core questions of life. Buy this book and give in. Send it all of your friends. Read it again and again and listen for the nuances of meaning found within.’
‘Reading Gravity & Grace sums up Peter Sterios’ yoga journey for me in two words… ‘Trail Blazer’. As you read his book I think there’s one thing we can all agree on… You can’t fake gravity (a force that pulls us down/together) physically or emotionally. How Peter has overcome adversity through yoga is empowering and very inspiring. If you’re early in your practice or someone who has been doing yoga for decades, Gravity & Grace is a must read for your practice, and way, way beyond it.’
‘Peter’s work and his delightful book Gravity & Grace expresses something more – beyond what the modern yoga collective has absorbed – which lights a way for yogis new and old to more deeply explore the mysterious hidden quality of yoga that has clearly shaped his life into something magical! Yet, he is one of the most sincere and humble men we know. This culminating work is obviously not a beginning for him and yet, it is! Where he is headed only God knows, but in league with the Masters that came before him. He will certainly be a beacon for humanity while shedding clarity and light on a path that leads us hOMe.’
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