The Practice Is the Path

Author: Tias Little
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
ISBN: 0834842920
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 193

Book Description
Internationally known yoga teacher Tias Little shares powerful, inspiring wisdom from a lifetime of practice. For over 30 years, Tias Little has explored yoga as a spiritual path. In this book he offers key teachings from his journey that will resonate with anyone who has dedicated themself to a mind-body discipline. In short, accessible chapters, Little shares his struggles and joys as a yogi and chronicles the transformation of his understanding and practice along the way. There are many physical and emotional trials that come up in yoga as a spiritual practice: the urge toward perfectionism, the desire to get it all right, the way we push ourselves in the practice, being with "not-knowing," and the many ways some people use yoga as a sedative. To help the reader embody and experience each theme, Little includes companion practices at the end of each chapter including poses, reflections, meditations, and explorations.

Holistic Yoga Flow

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ISBN: 9780692436806
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Languages : en
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Book Description
"Holistic Yoga Flow: The Path of Practice" is a yoga book packed with knowledge and stunning photography. The book will take you on an in-depth journey through yoga postures, philosophy, meditation, ayurveda, subtle anatomy, kirtan, yoga practice sequencing, the business of yoga and much more. This book is for both aspiring yoga teachers and yoga students who are passionate about deepening their path.Yoga instructors Travis Eliot and Lauren Eckstrom guide you through the ancient teachings of yoga in an exciting and stylitic way. The book is broken down into three distinct sections: History and Philosophy of Yoga, The Physical Practice and Teaching Holistic Yoga Flow. Highlights include: -100+ poses broken down into concise categories with detailed alignment cues -The Eight Limbs of Yoga with practice tips -Meditation, Pranayama and Mantras with exercises to apply each practice to your daily life -A full class for an inspiring home practiceEmphazing the importance of practice, Holistic Yoga Flow: The Path of Practice will inspire you physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.

The Practice of Mindful Yoga

Author: Hannah Moss
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA
ISBN: 1782407367
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 147

Book Description
“Moss explores how mindfulness is the basic foundation for a yoga practice, and how to live in a more mindful way, whether on the yoga mat or off.” —Spirituality & Health, “100 Books We Love” The Mindful Practice of Yoga teaches beginners and experienced practitioners alike how to incorporate mindfulness and meditation into their yoga routine. Part of the Mindfulness series, this book explores the spiritual foundations of yoga, the importance of the breath and practical exercises that can be used in everyday lives, finishing with an extended mindful yoga routine. Through insightful ideas and personal anecdotes, author Hannah Moss explains the ways in which mindfulness is fundamental to yoga and how the breath becomes a bridge between the two. She invites the reader to join her on an inspiring journey of self-discovery and conscious awareness through the enriching practice of mindful yoga. If you like this, you might also be interested in Mindfulness and Compassion . . .

The Path of Modern Yoga

Author: Elliott Goldberg
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1620555689
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 817

Book Description
A history of yoga’s transformation from sacred discipline to exercise program to embodied spiritual practice • Identifies the origin of exercise yoga as India’s response to the mania for exercise sweeping the West in the early 20th century • Examines yoga’s transformations through the lives and accomplishments of 11 key figures, including Sri Yogendra, K. V. Iyer, Louise Morgan, Krishnamacharya, Swami Sivananda, Indra Devi, and B. K. S. Iyengar • Draws on more than 10 years of research from rare primary sources and includes 99 illustrations In The Path of Modern Yoga, Elliott Goldberg shows how yoga was transformed from a sacred practice into a health and fitness regime for middle-class Indians in the early 20th century and then gradually transformed over the course of the 20th century into an embodied spiritual practice--a yoga for our times. Drawing on more than 10 years of research from rare primary sources as well as recent scholarship, Goldberg tells the sweeping story of modern yoga through the remarkable lives and accomplishments of 11 key figures: six Indian yogis (Sri Yogendra, Swami Kuvalayananda, S. Sundaram, T. Krishnamacharya, Swami Sivananda, and B. K. S. Iyengar), an Indian bodybuilder (K. V. Iyer), a rajah (Bhavanarao Pant Pratinidhi), an American-born journalist (Louise Morgan), an Indian diplomat (Apa Pant), and a Russian-born yogi trained in India (Indra Devi). The author places their achievements within the context of such Western trends as the physical culture movement, the commodification of exercise, militant nationalism, jazz age popular entertainment, the quest for youth and beauty, and 19th-century New Age religion. In chronicling how the transformation of yoga from sacred discipline to exercise program allowed for the creation of an embodied spiritual practice, Goldberg presents an original, authoritative, provocative, and illuminating interpretation of the history of modern yoga.

Path of Fire and Light

Author: Swami Rama
Publisher: Himalayan Institute Press
ISBN: 9780893890971
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 180

Book Description
Practical information on the advanced practices of yoga presented in straightforward language.

A Path and a Practice

Author: William Martin
Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books
ISBN: 0786727829
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 225

Book Description
The Tao Te Ching—one of the most loved and widely translated books in human history—has appeared in countless English-language versions. But no modern translation has yet captured the essential thrust of Lao Tzu's work as a practical guide to living an awakened life. Now William Martin, whose acclaimed previous reinterpretations of the Tao (for parents, couples, and elders) have introduced or reacquainted this classic text to thousands of readers, strikingly translates the Tao's eighty-one chapters to uniquely address someone on a Tao—or path—with a practice. Martin frames his new translation with two illuminating, groundbreaking sections: "A Path," which introduces the Tao's nonlinear construction and explains how it works its themes; and "A Practice," which provides practical guidance for readers exploring each of the Tao's themes in depth. Martin's genius in this new translation uncovers how directly the Tao speaks to readers on or about to embark on a spiritual journey.

The Path of Practice

Author: Maya Tiwari
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN: 8120818571
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 431

Book Description
As one of the world's only female experts on the ancient Indian tradition of Ayurvedic medicine, renowned teacher Bri. Maya Tiwari has devoted her heart and soul to share the philosophy and methods that saved her from terminal cancer and redirected her life. In this book, she offers a short course on healing and living and reveals how she has gone back to the sources of Ayurvedic wisdom to reclaim time-honoured, natural, spiritual techniques for use in contemporary life. Filled with illuminating insights, easy-to-follow recipes, and meditations and exercises that can be adapted to different lifestyles and traditions, The Path of Practice is one of the only holistic programs designed for women by a woman. This book has a strong focus on women because they are the staff-holders of sacred life and nurturance. The aim is to evoke, inform, strengthen, and safeguard the memory of women as guardians of sacred healing. It is also meant to help men become awakened to the Mother's primordial healing energy that has existed within them from ancient times.

A Pen and a Path

Author: Sarah Stockton
Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.
ISBN: 0819225967
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 161

Book Description
A hands-on, practical resource for people who want to explore their relationship with God through writing. Unlike other books that focus on writing itself, Sarah Stockton focuses on the discoveries made--about one's self and about God--through meditation and creative journaling. A Pen and A Path is a book for anyone who wants to explore where God has been present in the various experiences of their life, past and present. Stockton, a spiritual director and writing teacher, walks readers through thirty-five separate topics, which can be read and worked on in order or in any sequence of interest to the reader. Topics explored include religious understandings such as how God is envisioned, how religious training formed (or didn't form) the reader, and how we envision ourselves as spiritual beings. Other chapters explore life stages: childhood, teenage years, elder years, as well as marriage, parenting, and sexuality. Focusing on emotions such as grief, shame, anger, and loneliness, as well as feelings about work provide readers with the opportunity to explore nearly any aspect of their life of faith.

Walking a Sacred Path

Author: Lauren Artress
Publisher: Riverhead Trade (Paperbacks)
ISBN: 9781573225472
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 201

Book Description
The author explores the history and significance of the image of the labyrinth and explains how readers can use the ancient imprint in the art of meditation, leading them to new sources of wisdom, change, and renewal. Reprint.

Start Here Now

Author: Susan Piver
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
ISBN: 1611802679
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 193

Book Description
A concise, jargon-free guide to learning what Buddhist meditation is—and isn't—with advice on how to start a meditation practice If you want to meditate but have no idea where to begin, then best-selling author and Buddhist teacher Susan Piver is here to help. Her book Start Here Now contains everything you need to know in order to begin—and maintain—your own meditation practice. Piver covers a variety of essential topics such as: · What meditation is (and what it is not) · The three most common misconceptions about meditation · How to overcome obstacles that get in the way of your practice · The positive effects of meditation on relationships, creativity, and difficult emotions · Frequently asked questions Piver presents meditation as something more than the self-help technique du jour—it is a path to love, joy, and courage. This book contains two self-paced meditation programs to help you start here—now!