Idea: Yoga Pairings Book
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This page represents an idea by Andrew.
Ideas I've publicly posted here I'd love to implement myself, but I know I (realistically) don't have enough time and/or resources. While most people keep their ideas secret, I'd prefer someone else implement and benefit from this idea rather than it fade in my head and never happen!
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Summary
This idea is for a book that pairs yoga with locations and activities like hiking, or stand-up-paddle boards, and sunset meditation. Such a book could introduce suggested yoga poses and meditation, but also show a suggested incredible location for each. I'm not clear on what such a book would be called, but I imagine "Oahu Yoga and Meditation Guide" or "The Best Meditation Spots in Hawaii" or "Yoga and Adventure Pairings Oahu" or "Top 20 Yoga and Hike Locations in The Bay Area" could all work. I imagine lots of visitors and new people to a magical place like Hawaii are very keen to know great hikes and other activities that the area offer, and so in many ways such a book would be a helpful guidebook, even for people who skip out on the yoga/meditation aspect and maybe just want discover about sandbars and waterfalls for the adventure or party. The hope is however, that one of my friends will publish such a book and sell or give away copies to help them get more business.
The Inspiration / Motivation
Building a bigger base is a challenge for every yoga teacher in Hawaii. A friend of mine on Oahu, Victoria Chin, runs some lovely yoga workshops on Magic Island in Oahu, and I looked at her setup and thought: I wonder if she could have a big sign to attract more people. Suddenly I realized lots of people walking past are tourists, who probably (a) need some kind of invitation to join and (b) would be interested in an affordable book that gives them suggestions of places they can checkout. Being a published author helps add legitimacy and show that you're an expert at not just yoga, but local knowledge. So I felt compelled to design a couple of mock pages to show what such a book might look like. Personally I miss Hawaii a lot, and wonder about the little hidden local gems I may have missed. I'm also bad at yoga though (terrible flexibility) - I'm no yogi and it's not necessarily something I seek out, so I liked the idea of a lazy meditation guide.
People talk about "wine and cheese" "pairings'", but never about "yoga" pairings, and yet on the island of Hawaii, people will often do yoga as part of a mountain hike, or yoga on surfboards, or waterfall meditations. This was where the idea came from... and I'm making this page because I really think it would be a fun way for someone to become a published author. Each adventure could also have a suggested pose to start with, and explain why that pose for that location, plus talk about the benefits of each pose.
Suggested Yoga Pairing on Oahu
I feel like some ideas for Oahu specifically:
- Hike and meditate pairings:
- ‘Lanikai pillbox sunrise hike and meditation‘ > Lotus pose. (as per example page)
- ‘Mountain hike #1‘ > ? (instagram).
- ‘Waterfall hike #1‘ > ? (instagram).
- ‘Waterfall hike #2‘ > secret waterfall.
- Beach and yoga pairings:
- ‘Magic island sunset yoga‘ > Cat cow.
- ‘Stand up paddleboard yoga‘ > Ala Moana beach.
- Adventure and yoga pairings.
- ‘Sandbar party and bikini yoga' > half submerged, staring at the mountains.
- ‘Waikiki boat yoga and party' > yoga on a boat, then snorkel party.
- ‘Snorkel and ' > yoga on a boat, then snorkel party.
- ‘Sunset meditate and fire dancing' > yoga on a boat, then snorkel party.
- ‘Ecstatic dance and yoga' > Kapiʻolani park and Kaimana beach.
How to Create This Book
If you stumble onto this page, maybe you'll create the world's first yoga pairing book for wherever you live! If I've sent you to this page, maybe I think you are a badass yoga teacher and I think you'd have fun creating a book like this.
I've published a few books for free on Amazon, and turned down my instructions into a ‘[Publishing|Publishing wiki page]. If you want I'll send you the 8.5x8.5 inch InDesign template I used for these screenshots plus my ‘Ice Cream = Sex Book because I feel like it's 8.5” is a great size. In return I want 0% of profits. Yup, that's right. I would get pleasure from you creating this book, I don't even need you to mention my name if you create the book... but send me a copy. I'd advise you to only make the book maybe 20-30 pages long to keep amazon costs down. I have and I think such a book shouldn't be something you spend months of time on and expect it to make you rich. Just do a “close enough is good enough” so you can call yourself the “author of ....” and if somehow you do determine that the book is driving some business etc, then maybe you could put a little more effort into it, but I really think just a list of locations would be great. Maybe you make the book smaller and black-and-white.
