Yoga Practice

This wonderfully fresh and revelatory book invites you to create a personal yoga practice that seamlessly melds health and well-being with spiritual insight, Earth stewardship, and cultural transformation. Wilderness guide and yoga instructor Rebecca Wildbear came to yoga after a life-threatening encounter with cancer in her twenties. Over years of teaching and healing, she devised the unique and user-friendly practice she presents in Wild Yoga. In this book, she guides you in connecting to the natural world and living from your soul while also addressing environmental activism.

In this stressful world, Yoga transcends religious differences and helps millions of people worldwide to reconnect with their inner life, to find peace of mind in a world of conflict and distractions, and to recognize their inner joy, power and health. Encompassing more than just physical postures, Yoga is a spiritual science, a way of life which grants peace, balance, and freedom from suffering.

What happens when the glow fades? When your practice no longer moves you? When the silence you once revered now feels empty—and you begin to wonder if it ever meant anything at all? I Thought I Was Done is a spiritual companion for those who find themselves somewhere between awakening and exhaustion. It is a book for the burned-out teacher, the weary healer, the seeker who thought they had found “the answer,” only to feel undone again by life’s relentless unfolding. In this deeply honest and luminous work, Eric Infanti—a scholar of Buddhist Psychology, Ayurvedic Medicine, and Yoga...

This book on Tantra introduces the main factors of the Inner Tantric Yoga, including Shakti as the power of the Goddess, Shiva as the Supreme Deity of awareness, the Devatas or Gods and Goddesses as the universal cosmic powers, and the higher realities of Atman and Brahman, the Supreme Self and the Absolute. It includes a deeper examination of what Yoga and Tantric Yoga is, and how it works on all aspects of our being.

Yoga Beyond Belief offers a unique vision of contemporary yoga. It integrates scientific and practical approaches providing a much-needed integrative perspective that complements existing yoga books for all levels and styles of yoga students. Serving up a collection of valuable insights gleaned from a lifetime of exploration, practice, study, and teaching by one of America’s pioneering and leading teachers of yoga, the book assists listeners in making sense of the many discordant claims and teaching techniques that currently exist in the yoga world.

Looking for a natural and effective way to improve your vision and relieve eye strain? Look no further than "Healing Your Eyes with Qigong"! This comprehensive guide is packed with everything you need to know about using qigong to improve your eye health. You'll discover a variety of exercises and techniques, including eye yoga, acupressure, and herbal remedies, that can help you see more clearly and feel better overall. With detailed instructions, "Healing Your Eyes with Qigong" is the perfect resource for anyone looking to improve their eyesight and reduce eye fatigue. Whether you're ...

Turn the golden years into a time of renewal with this Yoga guide– Even if you’ve grappled with chronic ailments for decades! Are you among the 80% of seniors suffering from chronic conditions like arthritis, respiratory, circulatory, bone health diseases, or stress? Have medications and conventional remedies left you disillusioned? Are you seeking a more natural, empowering way to gain control of your well-being? Just because you’re over 55 doesn’t mean your physical health and mobility should be compromised. Introducing this revolutionary guide, " Recover Your Health with Yoga ...

Are you constantly feeling overwhelmed and stressed out? Do you struggle to manage your daily responsibilities and find time for self-care? It's time to take control of your stress levels and learn how to cultivate a more peaceful and balanced life with 30 Days to Reduce Stress. This comprehensive mindfulness workbook provides you with a 30-day program to help you reduce stress and anxiety, increase mindfulness, and improve your overall well-being. Each day includes a mindfulness exercise, journal prompts, and practical tools to help you apply what you've learned to your daily life. With 30...

Scholars have learned a lot more about the history of yoga in recent years, but their research can be hard to track down. Although their work is insightful, it is aimed more at specialists than at a general audience. The Truth of Yoga draws on many of their findings, presented in a format designed for practitioners. The aim is to highlight ideas on which listeners can draw to keep traditions alive in the 21st century.

The AYP Plus Lessons Book is offered as a resource for off-line study, covering nearly 1,000 lessons and additions on practices and experiences. Until now, this large amount of instructional content has only been available through the AYP Plus online service.

The author after many years of mystifying yoga practices understood in depth many of the mechanisms of the three bodies’ configuration matrix, and the means to end mental enslavement. This book will help you free yourself of the web that entangles and holds you to conditioning. In this book, he demonstrates the efficacy of these techniques by using aura machines and Kirlian photography. You will be able to see for the first time, how energy moves through the subtle body and chakras during each of the yoga poses (asanas), breathing exercises (pranayama), and energy seals (mudras). You will...

Unlock the Authentic, Esoteric Heart of Tantra. Have you ever felt the call of a deeper, more powerful spiritual path? Are you ready to move past simplistic interpretations and engage with the true, transformative power of Hindu Tantrism? Tantric Pathways: Initiation, Sacred Sound, and Symbolic Practice is a masterful and meticulously researched journey into the core of Tantra's most sacred technologies. This is not another introductory guide; it is a profound exploration of the authentic, often-secret systems that have guided seekers toward enlightenment for centuries. Author Kiran Atma ...

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali is generally regarded as the most authoritative yoga book. This consists of a set of 196 Indian sutras("threads") composed 1,700 years ago. Such threads or aphorisms have been collected by the Indian sage Patañjali and offer advice for a positive and purposeful existence.

Suzan Colon, yoga teacher and former senior editor at O, The Oprah Magazine, digs deep into the spiritual philosophy behind yoga and distills 30 essential components to enrich your practice and revolutionize your life from the inside out.

In India, both yoga and cannabis are considered gifts from the Hindu god Shiva. They are seen as twin currents of wisdom and enlightenment, allies for healing and consciousness expansion. As ethnobotanist and yogi Chris Kilham explains, when wisely and thoughtfully combined, cannabis and yoga offer profound benefits for body, mind, and spirit. Kilham examines the history and lore of both cannabis and yoga, with a special focus on the role of cannabis in Indian and Himalayan yoga traditions where it has been used for thousands of years.

Mantras serve as a framework for integrating all Vedic and yogic disciplines and sciences into a single great instruction. The five elements, the seven chakras, and the three gunas are all part of a mantric tapestry that connects us to the cosmic mind, consciousness, and our ultimate Self beyond name and form. Mantra is both the heart of exceptional yogic learning and its fundamental practice. This work provides the reader with a a grasp of how and why Mantras play a vital role in elevating us to the highest level of yogic consciousness.

Part 2: This Beautiful Teacher Training Manual Is for You This manual is a comprehensive guide to 300-hour and 200-hour teacher training programs. It is suitable for both current yoga teachers and those aspiring to become a teacher. It offers inspiration to deepen your path in yoga and improve your practice. This manual is also intended to be used during the teacher training program of Matsya Yoga. The second part of the manual focuses, just like the first, on the energetic and subtle soul of yoga. In this light, we view practical aspects, such as crafting yoga classes, mastering yogic ...

Discover relief from back pain naturally with "Yoga for Back Pain," your comprehensive guide to healing through yoga. Whether you're a beginner or experienced yogi, this practical and insightful book provides step-by-step instructions for yoga poses specifically tailored to alleviate discomfort and strengthen your back. Inside, you'll explore: Fundamentals of Yoga: Understand what yoga is, its history, and its incredible physical and mental benefits. Yoga Practice Guidelines: Learn how often and how long to practice yoga based on your specific goals, including flexibility, weight loss, and ...

The Luminous Self shares teachings and practices that can help us connect with our true Self and reclaim our inherent power and wisdom—essential for living with purpose and grace in our turbulent world. In this book, Tracee Stanley shares teachings and practices in each chapter—including meditation, yoga nidra, breath work, dreaming rituals, community care practices, journaling, and more—that can help us remember and honor our deepest Self. The book is a journey of inner exploration for anyone who desires to know themselves more deeply

Lead Instructor of Yoga and Meditation for Peloton Ross Rayburn offers a new and accessible take on mindfulness and the art of meditation through the practice of introversion, which is a method of self-exploration for finding authenticity, joy, and calm in our hectic, extroverted world.​ Building off his popular Peloton meditation and yoga classes and his years of teaching and spiritual study, Ross Rayburn offers a new way to look at meditation.