Mechanism, Not Magic — The Yoga of Leadership
The thinking underneath the practice — yoga as a system for clear, honest leadership on and off the mat.
Reader Reviews
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★★★★★Michael June 12, 2026
If you don’t practice yoga, this book will make you want to practice. If you do practice yoga, this book will make you want to practice.
Michael Joel Hall takes an engineering approach to the often mystified subject of yoga, concisely explaining the underlying systems and theory. Filled with personal stories of practice and observations from his teaching, there’s an abundance of applicable knowledge for both on and off the mat.
Leadership starts within, and Mechanism, Not Magic makes that apparent.
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