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1 online resource illustrations (black and white) |
| Contents |
Intro -- Integrating Philosophy in Yoga Teaching and Practice -- Cover -- Of related interest -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Endnotes -- 1. The Origins of Yoga -- No Aryan Invasion? -- Yogic Paths -- The Vedas -- Soteriology -- The Caste System -- Sacred Sound (Representing the Brahmins) -- The First Links with Yoga -- The Significance of the Horse -- Ashwini Mudra -- Linguistic Relatives -- The Indus Valley Civilization -- Wild and Domestic Animals in the Vedas -- Terracotta Seals of the Indus Valley -- Mythologizing -- Atmospheric Conditions -- The Elements |
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Prana -- Mystics -- Prana/Apana -- Kundalini -- Spiralling Interconnections -- Death and Reincarnation -- The Mrityunjaya Mantra -- Moving On -- Aparigraha -- Letting Go -- Twist -- Relaxation in Shavasana -- Endnotes -- 2. The Brahmanas and Aranyakas -- The Great Bird of Prana -- Transition -- The Sliding Timeline -- Accepting the Mystery -- Shedding to Move On -- Pranayama -- Endnotes -- 3. Self-Realization in the Upanishads -- Form -- The Yoga Upanishads -- Soteriology -- Harnessing the Horses -- Maya -- Samkhya and Unification -- Reincarnation -- Meditation -- The Elements -- Death -- Pedigree |
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Brahman -- Yoga -- The Five Energy Bodies -- Prana -- Om -- Kundalini -- Practice -- Dharma -- The Kundalini Upanishad -- Endnotes -- 4. Buddhism -- Soteriology -- The Legacy -- Evolution -- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy -- Anyone Can Be a Buddhist -- Endnotes -- 5. The Ramayana -- Form -- The Story -- Hanuman's Pedigree -- Endnote -- 6. The Mahabharata -- The Story of the Mahabharata -- Allusions to Yoga in the Mahabharata -- Yogic Instructions in the Mahabharata -- Moksha Dharma -- The Power of Yoga -- Endnotes -- 7. The Bhagavad Gita -- Background -- The Battleground -- Soteriology |
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Krishna and Bhakti Yoga -- Samkhya in the Bhagavad Gita -- Rebirth -- Dharma -- Location -- Krishna in His Universal Form -- The Three Gunas -- Yoga in the Bhagavad Gita -- Jnana and Karma Yoga -- Karma Yoga -- Raja Yoga -- Death -- Endnotes -- 8. Patanjali -- The Legend of Patanjali -- Patanjali, the Rational Mystic -- Underpinning Philosophy -- Samkhya -- The Point of Patanjali -- The Gunas -- Five Types of Vritti -- Tricky Trikonasana -- The Eight Limbs of Yoga -- Siddhis -- Kaivalya -- Absolution -- Endnotes -- 9. The Puranas -- Soteriology -- The Vehicle of Story-Telling -- Organization |
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The Bhagavat Purana -- The Cosmic Web -- Yoga in the Puranas -- All Is Not as It Seems -- The Churning of the Ocean of Milk -- The Divine Feminine -- The Goddess of the Black Bee -- From the Rigveda -- Endnotes -- 10. The Hatha Yoga Pradipika -- Soteriology -- Goraksha and Other Influences -- Asanas -- Pranayama -- Kundalini -- Prana -- Firing the Pot of the Body -- Chakras -- Raja Yoga -- Jalandhara Bandha -- Uddiyana Bandha -- Khechari Mudra -- The Point of the Hatha Yoga Pradipika -- Endnotes -- 11. Tantra -- Soteriology -- Tantric Texts -- Embracing the Taboo |
| Subject |
Hatha yoga -- Study and teaching
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1787751368 |
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9781787751361 |
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