Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha

Author: Swami Satyananda Saraswati
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788186336144
Category : Gesture
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This comprehensive text provides clear illustration. Step by step & details of chakraawareness. It guides the fractional or teacher from the simplest to the most advanced practices of the health yoga system. A therapeutic index is included for use by doctors and yoga therapist incorporating resent inspiration from research into yoga. This edition successfully brings the exposition of yoga practiced to the standard of a university text.

Prana and Pranayama

Author: Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788186336793
Category : Hatha yoga
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Prana and Pranayama, by Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati, is a comprehensive book on the philosophy of prana the life force, and pranayama the expansion and control of the life force.This book offers a complete explanation of the science of pranayama as presented in the classical texts and as taught in the Satyananda Yoga Tradition by Bihar School of Yoga. The book explores the theory of prana and its related yogic concepts such as koshas, chakras, nadis and mantras. It also discusses respiratory physiology and current research undertaken on pranayama. The book also has a practical section, which contains particular guidelines for practicing pranayama, explained through instructions and illustrations. Throughout the book, biblical sources enhance the reader's understanding, bringing to light the unique spirit and intent of these classical teachings.

Yoga

Author: Vivekananda Kendra Staff
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781553940333
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description

A Systematic Course in the Ancient Tantric Techniques of Yoga and Kriya

Author: Swami Satyananda Saraswati
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788185787084
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 957

Book Description

Yoga Sequencing

Author: Mark Stephens
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
ISBN: 158394527X
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 529

Book Description
The yoga teacher’s guide to planning and sequencing yoga classes—with over 2,000 instructional photos and 67 yoga pose sequences for students of all skill levels. Also features additional resources, including yoga class planning worksheets, comprehensive glossaries, and much more! Addressing one of the most popular topics in the yoga profession, this book offers 67 model sequences of yoga poses (asanas) that cover the broad range of yoga student experience. Inside, established and aspiring yoga teachers will find: • Over 2,000 instructional photos and guide to over 150 yoga asanas • Multiple sequences for beginning, intermediate, and advanced students • Yoga sequences for kids, teens, seniors, and women across their life cycle • Yoga classes designed for relieving depression and anxiety • Sequences for each of the major chakras and ayurvedic constitutions • Guidance for teaching breathing (pranayama) and meditation techniques • Glossary of terms and alphabetical asana index with thumbnail photographs • Yoga class planning worksheets • Representative sequences from several popular styles of hatha yoga • And many more resources for further reading! Drawing on ancient yoga philosophy and contemporary insights into functional anatomy, biomechanics, and kinesiology, Yoga Sequencing is the ultimate guide teachers looking to bring the transformative power of yoga into their practice and classes.

Hatha Yoga Pradipika

Author: Swami Swatmarama
Publisher: David De Angelis
ISBN:
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 149

Book Description
Hatha Yoga Pradipika is among the most influential surviving texts on hatha yoga. The text describes asanas, purifying practices, shatkarma, mudras, finger and hand positions, bandhas, locks, and pranayama, breath exercises. The book explains the purpose of Hatha Yoga, the awakening of subtle energy kundalini, advancement to Raja Yoga, and the experience of deep meditative absorption known as samadhi.

Dynamics of Yoga

Author: Swami Satyananda Saraswati
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The word yoga is of great significance. It is derived from the Sanskrit root, unite. Yoga means union, identification. Identify with the joy and sorrows of everyone, extend your horizons, live above the pettiness of life. Yoga stands for both physical and mental well-being.

Yoga: The Practice of Myth and Sacred Geometry

Author: Rama Jyoti Vernon
Publisher: Lotus Press
ISBN: 0940676265
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 264

Book Description
In Yoga: The Practice of Myth and Sacred Geometry, master teacher Rama Jyoti Vernon shares techniques and knowledge suitable for all levels, from beginners to experienced students and teachers ready to explore the deeper aspects of this ancient system. Discover Ramas unique approach to the breath, a deeply therapeutic method that places the practitioner in a space of being rather doing. Explore the hidden meanings behind yoga postures, along with their physiological, psychological, and spiritual effects. Learn how the fruits of this deep practice can inform personal choices and relationships.

Prana, Pranayama, Prana Vidya

Author: Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 392

Book Description
Chiefly on Prânayâma Yoga, the art of breath control.

Mudras

Author: Gertrud Hirschi
Publisher: Weiser Books
ISBN: 1609250583
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 242

Book Description
A simple technique to achieve lasting health, happiness, and inner peace. “Yoga for the hands—sounds too good to be true. Do it at the office, on an airplane, lying in bed. Seasoned yoga teacher Gertrud Hirschi has used these hand postures to ease asthma, relieve flu symptoms, think more effectively, relieve tension, and more. Like a classroom instructor, she guides readers with simultaneous breathing advice and conjures up helpful images.” —Brian Bruya, Amazon.com Review Mudras are yoga positions for your hands and fingers. They can be practiced sitting, lying down, standing, or walking, at any time and place. These mysterious healing gestures can calm the stress, aggravations, and frustrations of everyday life. Schooled in the traditional knowledge of this eastern art of healing, well-known Swiss yoga teacher, Gertrud Hirschi, shows how these easy techniques can recharge personal energy reserves and improve quality of life. Readers will learn how to use the practice of mudras to: Prevent illness and ailments Support the healing of many emotional issues Promote spiritual development Intensify the affect with breathing exercises, affirmations, visualizations, herbs, nutrition, music, and colors therapy Also included are several full-body mudras and exercises to enhance any meditation and yoga practice.