Michael Roach is the first Westerner to live for twenty years in the harsh conditions of Tibetan monasteries and earn the title of Geshe, a kind of “doctorate” in Buddhism. Geshe Michael Roach is the author of the world bestsellers “The Diamond Cutter” and “The Tibetan Book of Yoga.” He is the author of more than thirty translations of ancient Buddhist texts. In the book “How Yoga Works,” Geshe Michael Roach and his co-author Christy McNally, in a fabulous form, simply and entertainingly talk about the secrets and deep essence of yoga. This book may be of interest not only to specialists, but and curious newbies. Of all the books about yoga translated into Russian, this one explains most simply and captivatingly that yoga is not just “oriental fitness,” but above all a philosophy and way of life.