This practical workbook teaches yoga positions to suit all ages--but stresses that low impact exercise of this sort is highly beneficial for the over 50s.

Millions of people practice some form of yoga, but they often do so without a clear understanding of its history, traditions, and purposes. This comprehensive bibliography, designed to assist researchers, practitioners, and general readers in navigating the extensive yoga literature, lists and comments upon English-language yoga texts published since 1981. It includes entries for more than 2,400 scholarly as well as popular works, manuals, original Sanskrit source text translations, conference proceedings, doctoral dissertations, and master's theses. Entries are arranged alphabetically by author for easy access, while thorough author, title, and subject indexes will help readers find books of interest.

Astrology is a science which deals with Time proceeding from the Sun and all the wonderful phenomena which are embodied in that mysterious agency. The book, “Introduction to Muhurta Astrology”, is a unique book, which is very informative and also easy to understand. One book is truly the equivalent of several books on Muhurta astrology. You can make Muhurta predictions of yourself, family or friends with the help of this single book. This provides some of the elementary and in depth essential elements on complete Muhurta predictions. Many of the basics on Muhurta astrology are explained in detail. Vedic astrology is called the eye of the Vedas. In Vedic astrology, there is mention of planets, Zodiac Sign and constellations etc. Astrology is the ancient science of deciphering the essential uniformity of principles that guide the celestial bodies and the events in the world. In Vedas and Puranas, some texts have been written by our sages specifically on astrology, which we also call classical texts of astrology like, Hora Shastra, Brihat Parashara, Phaldeepika and Saravali etc. The study of “Introduction to Muhurta Astrology” book is very important for astrologers and students of astrology. Studying these scriptures helps in understanding the rules of astrology. Besides, these scriptures are authentic and are the basis of the entire astrology.

Reclaim Your Health with this Whole-Person Approach to Wellness Featuring extensive yogic wisdom, real-world examples of its ideas in action, and inspiring discussions, this innovative book helps you design and apply a personalized system of yoga to all areas of your life. Both scientific and spiritual perspectives are featured, merging Eastern and Western knowledge to show you the ideal path to a happy, healthy, and comprehensive yoga lifestyle. The Yoga Life makes it easy to incorporate yoga's philosophy and guiding principles into your daily routine. Discover breathwork and meditation exercises, stress-relief techniques, and self-assessment sections. Explore the four steps for whole-person perspective, the five paths of yoga for self-realization, and the ten lifestyle areas for comprehensive health. From sleep and nutrition to relationships and finances, this book helps evaluate where you are and where you can improve in order to create a unique practice that brings positive, lasting change.

An anthology of primary texts drawn from the diverse yoga traditions of India, greater Asia, and the West. Focuses on the lived experiences in the many world of yoga.

What is the secret of Soma, the legendary mystic drink of immortality, first lauded by India's ancient Vedic seers? Is Soma a single plant, a type of plants, a way of healing, a special intoxicant, or an inner elixir produced by Yoga and meditation? Going back to the vision of the Vedic seers, David Frawley reveals the secret of Soma for body, mind and spirit, with its profound implications from diet and herbs to pranayama, mantra and meditation. His new analysis of Soma, reflecting forty years of study of Vedic texts, is practical, comprehensive and deeply insightful - so that you can bring the secret power of Soma into all aspects of your life and consciousness, and for the world as a whole. Book jacket. He follows the yogic approach of Ganapati Muni, the chief disciple of the great Advaitic guru Ramana Maharshi. Book jacket.

Mastering Yoga collects the essence of time-tested and proven ancient Indian texts like the Patanjali Yog Pradeep, Hatha Yoga Pradeep, Gherand Samhita, Vashisht Samhita, etc., comprehensively. In addition, it has copious details on a wide range of related topics such as Ashtanga Yoga; Yogasanas; Pranayama; Mudras; Hastamudras; Bandhas; unique energy-creating Yoga postures and practices; meditation; Shatkarma; Kundalini Yoga; Nabhi Chikitsa (Navel Therapy); Surya and Chandra Namaskars; Hasya Yoga (Laughter Therapy), and much more. This multi-faceted book elaborates on the art of living a fulfilling life through the sustained practice of Yoga; the mutually symbiotic relationship between Yoga and Ayurveda; the positive effects of Yoga on mental health, including stress management; the importance of a proper diet; yogic postures and diets that are suitable for, and also those that are prohibited for particular ailments and medical conditions and useful advice on achieving overall holistic health. Along with explaining the scientific basis of yogic practices, Mastering Yoga is a complete canon of the discipline of Yoga and its healing and curative powers, aimed at providing you with long-lasting physical, mental and spiritual well-being and good health.

An encyclopedia of yoga practice and practical yoga as well as of the philosophy and background of yoga.

Learn the secret techniques of the Yogis to conquer fear, de-hypnotize yourself, and build character... Yoga is a subject which has enthralled the attention of the world from time out of mind. No one has hitherto done justice to such a grand system though there have been, now and then, innumerable attempts., Swami Mukerji, a Yogi who comes out of a successive generation of Yogis, is a fit and proper instrument to handle this profound subject. In these lessons he prepares the layman for an understanding of the true principles of Yoga and, through a series of wise and masterful sayings, impresses on the mind of the reader the necessity for rising above materialism, nay, solves the very problem "What am I?" If we study the action of mind upon mind, of mind over matter, of mind over the human body, we may realize how “each man is a power in himself”. Life is a series of awakenings. Ideas dawn upon the mind from time to time, are caught up by brain and body and fins physical expression as acts. Our outward life with its environment is fitted to our inward development. Wealth, position, fame, power, —all these are the simple expressions of individual character. This treatise exposes the readers to the essential truths of the being and the ways and methods of developing the consciousness to the level of being able to migrate to a higher spiritual level. Chapter I. The Yogi Conception of Life Chapter II. The Ideal and the Practical Chapter III. Read and Reflect Chapter IV. Man: Animal and Divine Chapter V. Double Consciousness Chapter VI. Spiritual Unfoldment Chapter VII. Cause and Effect Chapter VIII. Man—the Master Chapter IX. Self-Development Chapter X. Developing the Spiritual Consciousness Chapter XI. Who Can Be a Yogi? Chapter XII. Constructive Idealism Chapter XIII. Higher Reason and Judgment Chapter XIV. Conquest of Fear Chapter XV. The Role of Prayer Chapter XVI. Thought: Creative and Exhaustive Chapter XVII. Meditation Exercise Chapter XVIII. Self-de-Hypnotisation Chapter XIX. Self-de-Hypnotisation—II Chapter XX. Character-Building

Named a Best Book of 2022 by The Guardian This is a book about yoga. Or at least, it was. Emmanuel Carrère is a renowned writer. After decades of emotional upheaval, he has begun to live successfully—he is healthy; he works; he loves. He practices meditation, striving to observe the world without evaluating it. In this state of heightened awareness, he sets out for a ten-day silent retreat in the French heartland, leaving his phone, his books, and his daily life behind. But he’s also gathering material for his next book, which he thinks will be a pleasant, useful introduction to yoga. Four days later, there’s a tap on the window: something has happened. Forced to leave the retreat early, he returns to a Paris in crisis. Life is derailed. His city is in turmoil. His work-in-progress falters. His marriage begins to unravel, as does his entanglement with another woman. He wavers between opposites—between self-destruction and self-control; sanity and madness; elation and despair. The story he has told about himself falls away. And still, he continues to live. This is a book about one man’s desire to get better, and to be better. It is laced with doubt, animated by the dangerous interplay between what is fiction and what is real. Loving, humorous, harrowing and profound, Yoga hurls us towards the outer edges of consciousness, where, finally, we can see things as they really are.