Yoga for Transformation
Yoga for Transformation

Author: Gary Kraftsow

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2002-06-04

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780140196290

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Go beyond the physical exercise of yoga with the founder of the American Viniyoga Institute While there is no denying yoga's popularity as a form of physical exercise, the other life-enhancing aspects of this tradition remain obscure to many Westerners. In Yoga for Transformation, Gary Kraftsow introduces techniques that treat not only the physical body but also the emotions, mind, heart, and soul of the practitioner-the places where real transformation can take place. There are breathing techniques to control energy levels, exercises to train and sharpen the intellect, and meditative practices to help increase self-awareness. With more than 350 black and white photographs throughout, this unique and accessible book is dedicated to strengthening the whole self-body, mind, and spirit.

Yoga
Yoga

Author: Debra Diamond

Publisher: Smithsonian Books

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 1588344592

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"Published by the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery on the occasion of the exhibition Yoga: The Art of Transformation, October 19, 2013 - January 26, 2014. Organized by the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, the exhibition travels to the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, February 22-May 18, 2014, and the Cleveland Museum of Art, June 22-September 7, 2014."

Yoga in Transformation
Yoga in Transformation

Author: Karl Baier

Publisher: V&R unipress GmbH

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 631

ISBN-13: 3737008620

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This volume explores aspects of yoga over a period of about 2500 years. In its first part, it investigates facets of the South Asian and Tibetan traditions of yoga, such as the evolution of posture practice, the relationship between yoga and sex, yoga in the theistic context, the influence of Buddhism on early yoga, and the encounter of Islam with classical yoga. The second part addresses aspects of modern globalised yoga and its historical formation, as for example the emergence of yoga in Viennese occultism, the integration of yoga and nature cure in modern India, the eventisation of yoga in a global setting, and the development of Patañjali’s iconography. In keeping with the current trend in yoga studies, the emphasis of the volume is on the practice of yoga and its theoretical underpinnings.

Yoga Bodies
Yoga Bodies

Author: Lauren Lipton

Publisher: Chronicle Books

Published: 2017-03-28

Total Pages: 163

ISBN-13: 1452156166

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With a diversity of bodies and perspectives, this portrait collection presents over eighty yoga practitioners posing and sharing their personal yoga stories. Artfully capturing yoga’s vibrant spirit, Yoga Bodies presents full-color yoga-pose portraits of more than eighty practitioners of all ages, shapes, sizes, backgrounds, and skill levels—real people with real stories to share about how yoga has changed their lives for the better. Some humorous, some heartfelt, others profound, the stories entertain as they enlighten, while the portraits—which joyously challenge the “yoga body” stereotype—celebrate the glorious diversity of the human form. Yoga Bodies is a source of endless inspiration for anyone seeking fresh perspectives on how to live well. “Unpretentious and delightful . . . A collection of first-person portraits of more than 80 people who practice and enjoy yoga. It’s not a book only for yogis—it’s a book for people.” —RealSimple.com

Yoga for Wellness
Yoga for Wellness

Author: Gary Kraftsow

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 1999-10-01

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 1101078294

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A world-reknowned teacher shows how Yoga can not only make you feel better - it can make you feel well Yoga offers a great, low-impact way to increase flexibility and reduce stress. It also provides an alternative or augmentation to mainstream medicine. This classic fully illustrated and easy-to-follow guide draws on both the physical and spiritual components of Yoga therapy to show how you can use Yoga to heal any number of afflictions. Some of the areas covered include: - Common Aches and Pains: neck and shoulders, upper and lower back, hips and knees - Chronic Disease: digestive and respiratory problems, cardiovascular, lymphatic, and endocrine systems - Emotional Health: stress and disease,mental illness, anger, anxiety, and depression Yoga for Wellness presents specific case studies and specific sequences, which can be adapted to your individual needs. And with photographs illustrating each step of every sequence, it the perfect book for beginners as well as experienced practioners including teachers. "I highly recommend this fascinating, practical guide to the ancient art of Yoga." - Mitchell L Gaynor, M.D., Director of the Strang Cancer Prevention Center and author of Sounds of Healing

The Yoga Diaries
The Yoga Diaries

Author: Jeannie Page

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2014-08-27

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781500475079

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Yoga is a practice of the mind, body, and spirit. It is a practice that has the power to change, heal, and transform us. Many of us who have chosen to walk the yogic path already know this. We know this because we have not only experienced our own powerful transformations, but we have also seen dramatic, and at times even miraculous, metamorphoses of the souls that walk beside us on this path. The Yoga Diaries is a powerful collection of these stories of transformation through yoga: stories of physical and emotional healing; stories of overcoming great adversity and often finding one's true purpose; stories of breath-taking, alchemical soul transformations and spiritual healing; stories from beautiful hearts and souls from all over the globe. The inspiring stories of the brave yogis within these pages will convince you that yoga is a practice for anyone ... for everyone.

Motivational Yoga
Motivational Yoga

Author: Nancy Gerstein

Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 1492588202

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Motivational Yoga: 100 Lessons for Strength, Energy, and Transformation provides 100 ready-to-use lesson plans of varying lengths to save prep time and help yoga teachers bring yoga concepts and philosophies into practice both on and off the mat through asanas, meditations, pranayama practices, and words of motivation to share during class.

Yoga Psychology and the Transformation of Consciousness
Yoga Psychology and the Transformation of Consciousness

Author: Don Salmon

Publisher: Paragon House Publishers

Published: 2007-09

Total Pages: 454

ISBN-13:

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From the perspective of yoga psychology the view from infinity even our basest instincts, our most mundane acts, and our greatest follies can be understood as the limited or distorted expressions of a purposeful, compassionate and infinite intelligence. Yoga Psychology is based on the writings of Sri Aurobindo, the revolutionary poet and philosopher who founded the independence movement in India later led by Mahatma Ghandi.

Transformative Yoga
Transformative Yoga

Author: Wade Morissette

Publisher: New Harbinger Publications

Published: 2009-10-01

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1572248238

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Yoga can tone your mind the same way it tones your body, enhancing flexibility and building vitality and strength. But only those who discover the spiritual meaning beyond the poses truly benefit from all yoga has to offer. If you are ready to take your yoga practice to new depths by combining your physical practice of yoga with your deepest consciousness, this book will be your guide. Written by renowned yoga teacher Wade Imre Morissette, Transformative Yoga reveals the key transformative process embedded within the yoga tradition. This book offers a complete set of beginner, intermediate, and advanced yoga posture sequences with photographs, and includes yoga meditations for boosting energy, releasing stress, and accessing your inner bliss. These daily rituals stretch your mind and body to increase your capacity for joy and open you to new opportunities for creating productive changes in your life. So why practice yoga any other way? You can begin right now to transform your yoga practice and transform yourself. Wade takes us on a transformational journey into the self, from the external and physical to the subtle, energetic, emotional, mental, and blissful bodies that make up who we are. -Sharon Gannon, yoga teacher and cofounder of Jivamukti Yoga

Dreaming Yourself Awake
Dreaming Yourself Awake

Author: B. Alan Wallace

Publisher: Shambhala Publications

Published: 2012-05-29

Total Pages: 197

ISBN-13: 083482793X

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An “accessible look at the ways we can access the hidden adventures within our dreams and stretch our imaginations into the realm of enlightenment” through lucid dreaming and dream yoga (San Francisco Book Review) Some of the greatest of life’s adventures can happen while you’re sound asleep. That’s the promise of lucid dreaming, which is the ability to alter your own dream reality any way you like simply by being aware of the fact that you’re dreaming while you’re in the midst of a dream. There is a range of techniques anyone can learn to become a lucid dreamer—and this book provides all the instruction you need to get started. But B. Alan Wallace also shows how to take the experience of lucid dreaming beyond entertainment to use it to heighten creativity, to solve problems, and to increase self-knowledge. He then goes a step further: moving on to the methods of Tibetan Buddhist dream yoga for using your lucid dreams to attain the profoundest kind of insight.