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The Mirror of Yoga

Author : Richard Freeman
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 0834824876
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book The Mirror of Yoga written by Richard Freeman and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2010-09-14 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world of yoga is astonishingly rich in its array of schools and practices. Yet, as diverse as they seem, they share a common aim: the discovery of the essence of existence that can be found at the core of our being, and the liberation that comes from that discovery. With this worthy goal in mind, Richard Freeman presents an enlightening overview of the many teachings, practices, and scriptures that serve as the basis for all the schools of yoga—hatha, bhakti, jnana, karma, tantra, and others. He shows how the myriad forms are ultimately related, and can even be perceived to make up a vast, interpenetrating matrix, symbolizing the unity, profundity, and beauty of the ancient tradition. Richard's wide-ranging discussion includes the Upanisads and Samkhya philosophies, the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali, the eight limbs of astanga yoga, the process and purpose of hatha yoga, and much more. He also explores the role of the guru, chanting, meditation, and the yogic imperative of offering service to others. All of this is applied to the actual practice, giving the reader the tools to digest and apply the wealth of information to daily life. The Mirror of Yoga will be a welcome resource to all yogis who wish to better practice the profound philosophy underlying their practice.

The Art of Vinyasa

Author : Richard Freeman
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 0834840405
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Vinyasa written by Richard Freeman and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2016-12-20 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A radical presentation of the most rigorous form of contemporary yoga as meditation in motion In The Art of Vinyasa, two of the most well-respected teachers of the Ashtanga style of yoga, Richard Freeman and Mary Taylor, explore this rigorous practice not as a gymnastic feat, but as a meditative form. They reveal that doing the practice—and particularly the vinyasa, or the breath-synchronized movements—in such a deep and focused way allows practitioners to experience a profound awakening of the body and mind. It also develops an adaptable, flexible practice that can last a lifetime. Freeman and Taylor give an in-depth explanation of form, alignment, and anatomy, and how they work together in the practice. They also present a holistic approach to asana practice that includes an awareness of the subtle breath and seamlessly merges yoga philosophy with practical technique. Unlike other books on Ashtanga, The Art of Vinyasa does not follow the linear pattern of the sequences of postures that are the hallmark of Ashtanga yoga. Instead, it interlinks the eight limbs: yama and niyama (ethical practices), asana (postures), pranayama (breathing), pratyahara (nongrasping of the senses), dharana (concentration), dhyana (meditation), samadhi (harmony, insight)—and shows how to establish an internally rooted yoga practice.

Yoga for Life

Author : Colleen Saidman Yee
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476776806
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book Yoga for Life written by Colleen Saidman Yee and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a rebellious young woman with a dangerous heroin habit to a globe-trotting fashion model to “First Lady of Yoga” (The New York Times), Colleen Saidman Yee tells the remarkable story of how she found herself through the healing power of yoga—and then inspired others to do the same. I’ve learned how to extract the beauty of an ordinary day. I’ve learned that the best high exists in the joy—or the sadness—of the present moment. Yoga allows me to surf the ripples and sit with the mud, while catching glimpses of the clarity of my home at the bottom of the lake: my true self. The very first time Saidman Yee took a yoga class, she left feeling inexplicably different—something inside had shifted. She felt alive—so alive that yoga became the center of her life, helping her come to terms with her insecurities and find her true identity and voice. From learning to cope with a frightening seizure disorder to navigating marriages and divorces to becoming a mother, finding the right life partner, and grieving a beloved parent, Saidman Yee has been through it all—and has found that yoga holds the answers to life’s greatest challenges. Approachable, sympathetic, funny, and candid, Saidman Yee shares personal anecdotes along with her compassionate insights and practical instructions for applying yoga to everyday issues and anxieties. Specific yoga sequences accompany each chapter and address everything from hormonal mood swings to detoxing, depression, stress, and increased confidence and energy. Step-by-step instructions and photographs demonstrate her signature flow of poses so you can follow them effortlessly. Yoga for Life offers techniques to bring awareness to every part of your physical and spiritual being, allowing you to feel truly alive and to embody the peace of the present moment.

A Yoga of Indian Classical Dance

Author : Roxanne Kamayani Gupta
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1594775273
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (947 download)

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Download or read book A Yoga of Indian Classical Dance written by Roxanne Kamayani Gupta and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2000-03-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The yoga and classical dance traditions of India have been inextricably entwined for millennia. The exacting hand gestures, postures and movements of Indian classical dance can only be achieved through yogic concentration. Conversely, the esthetics, symmetry, and dynamism of dance enhance the practice of yoga. These two traditions, so complementary and essential to one another, are united and explicated for the first time in A Yoga of Indian Classical Dance. Twenty-five years ago Roxanne Kamayani Gupta embarked on a journey of dance and yoga, yearning to unlock their mysteries and discover their common origins. As a twenty-year-old student from America she was miraculously and mysteriously absorbed into Indian culture, became a Hindu, and began an odyssey so unusual and unique that the reader will be enchanted by its telling. Choosing the path of the dancer, Roxanne Gupta accomplished what no Western woman had done before: being accepted and trained by Indian masters and then performing in the Indian classical traditions--from the palaces of maharajas to the arts festivals of Europe and America--while at the same time achieving a doctorate in the anthropology of religion and being initiated into a number of yogic traditions. Having mastered the classical form of Kuchipudi dance and studied with teachers of the hatha and kriya yoga traditions, she brings together these two great streams of consciousness and practice. In this tantric approach to yoga and dance, expressed through the body and through a yoga of emotions, we see the traditions embodied in a manner that embraces the totality of the human experience. The result is the dance of the yogini, the sacred feminine initiatress who dances with one foot in nature and the other in the realm of the gods. With extensive photographs of innovative yoga routines, Roxanne Kamayani Gupta distills her experience into techniques for yogic study certain to assist students of all levels to achieve a dynamic, beautiful, and graceful practice.

Mirror of Light

Author : Nida Chenagtsang
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780997731910
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Mirror of Light written by Nida Chenagtsang and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-09 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ati Yoga is the most simple, direct, and profound path to reveal the sky-like nature of our own mind which is clear, vast, and unobstructed by the clouds of afflictive emotions. 'Mirror of Light' contains Dr Nida Chenagtsang's commentaries on the great physician and meditation adept, Yuthok Yonten Gonpo's teachings on this profound practice.

Vital Yoga

Author : Meta Chaya Hirschl
Publisher : The Experiment, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1615191445
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (151 download)

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Download or read book Vital Yoga written by Meta Chaya Hirschl and published by The Experiment, LLC. This book was released on 2011-12-13 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a longtime yoga teacher, this highly visual, broadly informative resource gives serious yoga practitioners a wide-ranging framework that will enrich their practice. As any yoga student or teacher knows, there’s more to yoga than Downward Dog. Meta Chaya Hirschl’s immersive guide offers a complete vision of yoga, from its historical and spiritual roots to modern practice. Whether you are a novice yogi or an experienced instructor, Vital Yoga will help you unlock yoga’s full potential—and your own. Focusing on the traditional eight limbs of yoga, Hirschl covers a wide range of essential topics in three sections: Before the Mat, On the Mat, and Into the World. In Before the Mat, you’ll learn about the history and philosophy of yoga, with fresh insights into: • Fundamental texts like the Bhagavad Gita • The role of vibration in yogic practice • Mantras for everything from health to job hunting In On the Mat, you’ll find practical instructions for every aspect of yoga, including: • Breathing consciously to guide your vital energies • Meditating to master and heighten your senses • Posing with intention, strength, and balance And finally, you’ll go Into the World. For Hirschl, the true benefits of yoga come not from perfect poses, but from using yoga every day to help yourself and others—so she covers how you can improve your confidence, health, and even your sex life with yoga, and how you can teach others to do the same. Throughout, Vital Yoga invites you to delve into the heart of yoga with derivations of Sanskrit terms, “stealth” yoga practices you can do anywhere, wisdom from the great sages, and accounts by contemporary yogis. Its goal is to help you connect to your inner self, transcend fear and attachment to the stresses of life, and achieve bliss—and when you’ve achieved it, you’ll be able to share it.

The Power of Ashtanga Yoga

Author : Kino MacGregor
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 1611800056
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (118 download)

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Download or read book The Power of Ashtanga Yoga written by Kino MacGregor and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2013-06-04 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A foremost Ashtanga Yoga teacher tells you “everything you ever wanted to know from a yogi” in this guide for beginners and experienced practitioners alike (Huffington Post) Go inside the philosophy, history, and practices of a popular and athletic type of yoga—with step-by-step instructions and gems of wisdom for starting your own journey to self-realization Ashtanga Yoga has become extremely popular in recent years. Here, Kino MacGregor—a disciple of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, the great modern guru who developed Ashtanga Yoga—gives a comprehensive view of the practice, demonstrating how Ashtanga is fundamentally a path of spiritual transformation and personal development. MacGregor delves into the history and tradition of Ashtanga Yoga and reveals how its philosophy manifests in contemporary lifestyle and dietary choices. She also explains the essential connection of breath, posture, and gaze that is the core of the practice. Her clear, step-by-step instruction of the Ashtanga Yoga Primary Series—including standing, seated, backbending, twisting, hip-opening, and closing postures—is a wonderful initiation for those who are new to the practice, and it will motivate experienced yogis toward perfection of the form. Throughout, MacGregor shares her own personal yoga journey and her devotion to yoga as a path of self-realization in a way that will inspire all practitioners.

Yoga Is a Mirror to Look at Ourselves from Within

Author : Thoughtful Journals
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (536 download)

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Download or read book Yoga Is a Mirror to Look at Ourselves from Within written by Thoughtful Journals and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-13 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you practice yoga? This motivational yoga journal will keep you on your feet. Write down things you need to do for the day, this journal is for everyday use. Take it with you wherever you go. Great little gift for yoga lovers. Three unique templates to get your day going!

A Morning Cup of Yoga

Author : Jane Goad Trechsel
Publisher : Sweetwater Press
ISBN 13 : 9781581732719
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (327 download)

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Download or read book A Morning Cup of Yoga written by Jane Goad Trechsel and published by Sweetwater Press. This book was released on 2002-10-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Finding the Midline (second Edition)

Author : Bill Dorigan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780989381246
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (812 download)

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Download or read book Finding the Midline (second Edition) written by Bill Dorigan and published by . This book was released on 2023-09-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bill Dorigan had it all: great job, married with a young son. Still, he was miserable, oblivious to his good fortune, feeling adrift, and irritating almost everyone. Hungry to fit in, he tried everything, from running marathons to therapy, but nothing seemed to work. Then one day a friend took him to a yoga class and that began an amazing journey he now shares in Finding the Midline: How Yoga Helps a Trial Lawyer Make Friends and Connect to Spirit. In Finding the Midline, successful trial lawyer Dorigan gives you a roadmap to the life you may only imagine¿-¿a life filled with relationships and meaning. Sometimes with humor, sometimes with gut-wrenching sadness, but always with passion and sincerity, Dorigan shares how he uses the lessons from yoga to create a life rich with friends and purpose, a life of success. Whether you practice yoga or not, Finding the Midline is a special gift, illuminating the lessons of yoga and modern behavioral psychology as they apply to everyday life.

The Eight Limbs of Yoga

Author : Stuart Ray Sarbacker
Publisher : North Point Press
ISBN 13 : 0865477698
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (654 download)

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Download or read book The Eight Limbs of Yoga written by Stuart Ray Sarbacker and published by North Point Press. This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A clear, concise guidebook to the essentials of yogic thought and practice Many people think yoga simply means postures and breathing. Not true. The intention of this short guide is practical and straightforward: to say what yoga really is and to apply its principles to everyday life. It leads us through the eight-limbed system, a coherent framework that has been handed down and elaborated upon for thousands of years and consists of five "outer limbs," which pertain to our experience of the social world and the operation of our senses, and three "inner limbs," which focus on the mind. Stuart Ray Sarbacker and Kevin Kimple present the eight-limbed system as something that can be turned to again and again to deepen and expand understanding and practice. As an introduction and overview to the essence of yoga, The Eight Limbs of Yoga is unparalleled for clarity, usefulness, and concision.

Double Yoga

Author : Ganga White
Publisher : Penguin (Non-Classics)
ISBN 13 : 9780140465051
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book Double Yoga written by Ganga White and published by Penguin (Non-Classics). This book was released on 1981 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Inner Tradition of Yoga

Author : Michael Stone
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 1611805910
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (118 download)

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Download or read book The Inner Tradition of Yoga written by Michael Stone and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2018-07-17 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wise, accessible guide that makes the spiritual and ethical teachings of the yogic tradition immediately relatable to our practice on the mat—and in our everyday relationships and activities “There is no daily practice without some formal training; and there is no deep spiritual training without the mess of relational life. The two are one,” says Michael Stone. At the root of yoga practice there is a vast and intriguing philosophy that teaches the ethics of nonviolence, patience, honesty, and respect. Innovative teacher Michael Stone draws from numerous disciplines—including Buddhism and psychotherapy—to provide an in-depth, completely clear explanation of yogic philosophy, along with teachings on how to bring our understanding of yoga theory to deeper levels through our practice on the mat—and through our relationships with others. Yoga, says Stone, is a practice that helps us be more present with the actual, fluid life we are living right now—and there is no yoga without the conditions of your life. This book describes how to work with those conditions and how to fully appreciate yoga as a practice of being intimate with moment-to-moment reality.

I Am Yoga

Author : Susan Verde
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1613128495
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book I Am Yoga written by Susan Verde and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An eagle soaring among the clouds or a star twinkling in the night sky . . . a camel in the desert or a boat sailing across the sea—yoga has the power of transformation. Not only does it strengthen bodies and calm minds, but with a little imagination, it can show us that anything is possible. New York Times bestselling illustrator Peter H. Reynolds and author and certified yoga instructor Susan Verde team up again in this book about creativity and the power of self-expression. I Am Yoga encourages children to explore the world of yoga and make room in their hearts for the world beyond it. A kid-friendly guide to 17 yoga poses is included.

Polishing the Mirror

Author : Ram Dass
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781622033805
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (338 download)

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Download or read book Polishing the Mirror written by Ram Dass and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects wisdom, humor, teaching stories and instruction on the author's spiritual acts, including yoga, devotional-chant and mantra practices. Reprint.

Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It

Author : Geoff Dyer
Publisher : Canongate Books
ISBN 13 : 0857863428
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (578 download)

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Download or read book Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It written by Geoff Dyer and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 2012-05-10 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Amsterdam to Cambodia, from Rome to Indonesia, from New Orleans to Libya, and from Detroit to Ko Pha-Ngan, Geoff Dyer finds himself both floundering about in a sea of grievances and finding moments of transcendental calm. This aberrant quest for peak experiences leads, ultimately, to the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, where, to quote Tarkovsky's Stalker, 'your most cherished desire will come true'.

Yoga Myths

Author : Judith Hanson Lasater
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 1611807964
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (118 download)

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Download or read book Yoga Myths written by Judith Hanson Lasater and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2020-08-25 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential guide to correcting yoga misconceptions and avoiding injuries in your practice from Judith Hanson Lasater, a yoga instructor, physical therapist, and bodywork expert. "Tuck your tailbone to protect your back." "Increase your breath." "Pull your abdominal muscles into your backbone." Following these movement cues is often believed to benefit your yoga practice and protect your body when entering and holding poses. However, what may seem like a helpful correction can actually lead to injury or physical harm. In Yoga Myths, Judith Hanson Lasater draws on almost fifty years of experience as a yoga instructor and physical therapist to address the most common mistakes in our yoga practice and provide clear instructions for correcting these errors. Focusing on the eleven "myths" most detrimental to our practice, Lasater provides a comprehensive discussion of what the myth is, why it can hurt us, and how we can avoid it through step-by-step instructions and guiding photos. This book will allow you to return to the inherent wisdom, natural goodness, and spiritual wholeness of yoga and avoid life altering injuries for as long as you practice.