Acu-Yoga: Ancient Techniques from Acupressure & Yoga Combined to Relieve Tension and Stress Book

Been leafing through this one every time I go to the acupuncture clinic and it reads as a mash up of basic yoga poses mixed with more in-depth meridian methodology. The book's strength is in its dissolution of the Sino-Indian border that has long divided these two sciences, and Michael Gach draws out the connections in plain english: prana and qi are the same stuff; acupressure's meridian highways crass paths at ayurveda's seven chakra cloverleaves; and the West's medical lens of nerves, organs, bones, muscles and all that fun stuff falls in line with the East's anatomy as well, albeit sans spirituality. As a layperson (well, sort of—I am a yoga teacher) dipping my toe in the tepid waters of this book, it is interesting, though hardly the hotspring of inspiration I look for in a manual for self-healing. More likely that inspiration can come through the practice itself.