Beautifully written and designed, Brightening Our Inner Skies: Yin and Yoga practically and provocatively explores yoga, self-transformation and social responsibility. Both a meditation on the role of yoga practice in the world and a Yin yoga manual with over 140 photographs of poses as well as suggested sequences, this book takes the practice of yoga and self to profound levels through stories, images and well-researched debates. ... not an ordinary book about yoga.... Norman Blair takes us for a ride deep into the meaning of life and the purpose of practice. -Bernie Clark, author of Your Body, Your Yoga'Highly recommended.... Brightening Our Inner Skies has inspired me to remember the sweet heart at the center of yoga practice... - Judith Hanson Lasater, PhD, author of Living Your Yoga Norman's book is a yoga book, it is an asana book, but it is from beginning to end a book about training the mind. There is no line between the mat and off the mat, there is no line between asana and mindfulness. - Paul Grilley, author of Yin Yoga: Outline of a Quiet PracticeThrough the practice of Yin yoga and storytelling, Norman compassionately invites us to gently let go of the stories that no longer serve us, and return home to the truth that awaits us in our hearts....a wonderful and needed addition to the unfolding story of Yin yoga. - Biff Mithoefer author of The Yin Yoga Kit | Brightening Our Inner Skies by Norman Blair, Paperback | Indigo Chapters