The Path of Yoga: An Essential Guide to Its Principles and PracticesThe best-selling beginner’s guide to the history, schools, practices, and philosophy of the ancient Yoga tradition—from a renowned Yoga scholar This overview of the essentials of Yoga is meant to both broaden and deepen the understanding of beginning students. It covers all the basic elements of this ancient discipline and philosophy of India—including Yoga poses, diet, breath control, meditation, mantras, Kundalini energy, and more. It also includes newly translated excerpts from the scriptures and pays special attention to branches of Yoga, such as Tantra, that are of great interest to Western students but are frequently misunderstood. |
Contents
The Teacher the Disciple and the Path | |
Happiness and the Moral Foundations of Yoga | |
Purification and Postures for Relaxation Meditation and Health | |
Yogic Diet | |
Mantras | |
KundaliniShakti | |
The Transmutation of Sexual Energy | |
SelfTranscendence Ecstasy and Freedom | |
Yoga in the Modern World | |
Notes | |
Recommended Publications | |
Useful Resources | |
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THE PATH OF YOGA: An Essential Guide to Its Principles and Practices Georg Feuerstein No preview available - 2011 |
The Path of Yoga: An Essential Guide to Its Principles and Practices Georg Feuerstein No preview available - 2011 |
The Path of Yoga: An Essential Guide to Its Principles and Practices Georg Feuerstein No preview available - 2011 |
Common terms and phrases
adept asana aspirant atman become Bhagavad-Gita Bhakti-Yoga bliss bodily body body-mind body’s brahman breath control Buddhism cakra called chosen deity Classical Yoga concentration consciousness disciple discipline dispassion divine ecstasy ecstatic ego-personality energy enlightenment experience external Feuerstein force Georg Feuerstein Goddess guru Hatha-Yoga Hatha-Yoga-Pradipika heart Hindu Hinduism human India initiation inner Jnana-Yoga Karma-Yoga known Krishna kundalini kundalini awakening kundalini process liberation lotus manifestation mantra Mantra-Yoga means meditation mental mind moral mystical Nisargadatta Maharaj nondual one’s orgasm Patanjali pathways person physical pleasure posture prana pranayama psychoenergetic center purification Rama Ramana Maharshi realization recitation Rig-Veda ritual sacred sage samadhi Sanskrit scriptures seers Self-realization sense serpent power sexual Shaivism Shakti Shiva sound spiritual traditions Sri Aurobindo subtle Swami Muktananda Tantric Tantrism teacher teachings technique thought transcendence transcendental ultimate Reality Vedanta Vedic visualization Western wisdom words yama Yoga practitioner Yoga tradition Yoga-Bhashya Yoga-Sutra yogic yogic path yogic practice yogin