{"title":"Kundalini, Chakras \u0026 Tantra","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplore books on kundalini, chakras, tantra, subtle energy, and related spiritual traditions, including works on inner transformation, yogic practice, and esoteric philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"11149-laksmi-tantra-a-pancaratra-text","title":"Laksmi Tantra - A Pancaratra Text","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Sanjukta Gupta\u003cbr\u003eTranslator(s): Sanjukta Gupta\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Motilal Banarsidass\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2007\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 398\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8120817354\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVisnuism is one of the chief religions of the Hindus and the Pancaratra is the oldest surviving Visnuite sect. Among the vast number of Pancaratra Agamic texts the Laksmi Tantra stands out because it deals almost exclusively with Laksmi, the divine creative impulse, intelligence, potency, potentiality, power, majesty and speech. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe focus of the text is on Pancaratra philosophy  and the practice of yoga based on it.. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA deeper insight into the historical development of the Visnuite sects, into their ritual, occultism and building of temples and images can only be obtained from the scientific study of these ancient Pancaratra texts which formulate the relevant basic concepts. The theological and ritualistic aspects of the Pancaratra system have attracted scholars for some time past and a number of texts have been edited.  Some of these publications are of a high standard and include illuminating introductions.  Amongst these, Professor F O Schrader's Introduction to the Pancaratra still ranks as the most comprehensive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOtto Schrader in 1916 recommended the Lakshmi Tantra for the study of Pancaratra philosophy. Among the vast number of Pancaratra Agamic texts the Laksmi Tantra stands out because it deals almost exclusively with Laksmi, the divine creative impulse, intelligence, potency, potentiality, power, majesty and speech. The focus of the text is on Pancaratra philosophy (including cosmogony) and the practice of yoga based on it, with its attendant Mantra Sastra. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt records the earliest Vaisnava speculation on the paradox of a Supreme God who is totally identified with Brahman, the unique and transcendent Conscious Reality, and is at the same time the creator of a dualistic universe which cannot be related to Him. The key to solving this riddle is the Divine Sakti. By dealing with the role of Sakti in the creation and maintenance of the world, and in the saving of devotees who totally rely on God’s mercy and benevolence, the Laksmi Tantra succeeds in overcoming sectarian boundaries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of names of the letters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction to first edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction to Indian edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroducing the sastra\u003cbr\u003eThe pure creation\u003cbr\u003eThe three (phenomenal ) gunas\u003cbr\u003eVyuhas and their saktis\u003cbr\u003eEvolution of the material world from prakrti\u003cbr\u003eThe six kosas of Sakti\u003cbr\u003eTattvas and the jiva as the object and subject of knowledge\u003cbr\u003eThe avataras of Laksmi in the six sheaths\u003cbr\u003eThe exclusive incarnations of Sakti\u003cbr\u003eThe three types of God’s avataras\u003cbr\u003eVisakhayupa and the Vibhava incarnations\u003cbr\u003eThe fivefold divine functions\u003cbr\u003eThe true form of the jiva\u003cbr\u003eThe true nature of Sakti (Laksmi)\u003cbr\u003eVarious methods of attaining ultimate truth\u003cbr\u003eElaboration of the methods to attain ultimate truth\u003cbr\u003eThe secret method of self-surrender, the fourth method of attaining the highest goal\u003cbr\u003eThe course of mantras and their characteristics\u003cbr\u003eThe Origin of Letters\u003cbr\u003eExplanation of the matrkas\u003cbr\u003eAnalysis of the structure of a mantra and \u003cbr\u003ethe qualities looked for in a preceptor and in a disciple\u003cbr\u003eDescription of Laksmi’s mantra-form\u003cbr\u003eDescription of matrka\u003cbr\u003eThe structure of taraka with its parts and \u003cbr\u003ethe method of initiation in the practice of meditation\u003cbr\u003eTara-and Anutara-mantras\u003cbr\u003eElucidation of the seven vidyas, viz. tara, Tara, Anutara, vagbhava, kama, Sarasvati and Mahalaksmi-bijas\u003cbr\u003eDuties of an adept\u003cbr\u003eDaily duties of an adept\u003cbr\u003eDistinction between kriyasakti and bhutisakti, \u003cbr\u003eotherwise called Agni and Soma respectively\u003cbr\u003eThe two aspects of Sakti, viz. Soma and Surya, \u003cbr\u003eand further elucidation of the Sudarsana-mantra\u003cbr\u003eThe Sudarsana (kriyasakti)\u003cbr\u003eTarika in the three states of existence, viz. the gross, \u003cbr\u003ethe subtle and the absolute states\u003cbr\u003eAnga, upanga and other mantras\u003cbr\u003eThe hand postures and method of ritualistic bath\u003cbr\u003eThe purification of the body (Bhutasuddhi)\u003cbr\u003eDescription of the images and the process of the mental sacrifice\u003cbr\u003eExternal sacrifice (construction of the platform for worship; mandala of nine lotuses)\u003cbr\u003eExternal worship. Further details with a description of some lesser deities\u003cbr\u003eVarious requisites for external worship\u003cbr\u003eThe daily duties of an adept \u003cbr\u003eThe initiation and abhiseka ceremonies\u003cbr\u003eThe rite of purascarana, the ritual worship of the mantra of Tarika\u003cbr\u003eDifferent methods of worshipping  the mantra of Tarika\u003cbr\u003eRevealing the secret mantras of the Tarika group\u003cbr\u003eRevelation of Sri’s various manifestations\u003cbr\u003eMode of worshipping he Laksmi-mantra and results obtained\u003cbr\u003eMode of worshiping the Kirti-mantra and results obtained\u003cbr\u003eMode of worshipping the Jaya-mantra and results obtained\u003cbr\u003eMode of worshipping Maya-mantra and results obtained. \u003cbr\u003ePratistha of an image of Laksmi-Narayana\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiagram I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiagram II\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiagrams III, IV, V\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex of terms\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex of mantras\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Sanjukta Gupta \/ Motilal Banarsidass \/ Paperback","offer_id":40776161427625,"sku":"11149","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/11149_d1d80752-a742-421f-bfcf-49e526107cad.jpg?v=1625523873"},{"product_id":"13970-nawa-yogini-tantra-yoga-for-women","title":"Nawa Yogini Tantra - Yoga for Women","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Swami Nikhilananda\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Yoga Publications Trust\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2007\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 236\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8185787425\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNawa Yogini Tantra explores the needs of women in today's society from a yogic perspective. From her esoteric origins as goddess the book traces the unique journey of each woman through life's varying roles and situations. The reader is given a broad view of issues that concern women of all ages, from adolescence through to adulthood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book addresses the specific health needs of women and offers comprehensive yogic advice, along with specially designed practice programs for ongoing health management. 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Defining and explaining kundalini, this book provides a detailed account of kundalini awakening , including the signs and effects of such experiences and ways to both elicit and manage hem.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book contains a comprehensive description of each charka and the significance of the charkas in tantric and yogic practice. Techniques are given to balance each centre for greater harmony in mind, body and spirit, and in preparation for the rising of kundalini shakti. 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It is the unique record of the pioneering experiments which presents clear, electro-physiological evidence of the existence of the network of chakras and nadis which form the infra-structure of the subtle energies existing in the pranic and psychic dimensions, which underlie and activate the physical, material body of man. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe experiments in the book successfully integrate the subjective and objective dimensions of knowledge, and will serve as guideposts and blueprints for experiments in the years ahead. The chakras and other components of the human energy field were largely brought to the attention of the Western world by clairvoyant Charles W Leadbeater. His pioneering work is discussed in detail in this fascinating exploration of the subtle body, along with that of other respected seers and yogis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eREVIEW\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book represents a monumental effort to review and correlate much of the accumulated knowledge of the subtle energy systems, Such a book could only be written by a person who has had the life-long personal experiences which Dr Motoyama so generously shares with the reader. These experiences provide step-by step illustration of unfolding and expanding consciousness. The book is necessary reading for all serious students of he subject of consciousness.\u003cbr\u003e-George W Meek\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFOREWORD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eACKNOWLEDGEMENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTERS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The practice of Tantra Yoga. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. Yoga Asanas. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. Pranayama and Bandhas. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. The Mudras and the awakening of the Chakras. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. The Chakras and Nadis as described in the Upanishads. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6. A. The Chakra and Nadis as described in Shat-Chakras-Nirupana. \u003cbr\u003eB. The Chakras and Nadis as described in Gorakshashatakam. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7. The Chakras as seen by Rev C W Leadbeater. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8. The Chakras and Nadis as described by Swami Satyananda. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9. 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Tantra seeks to synthesize the monism of the Advaita with the dualism of the Samkhya, enrich jnana with the rasa of Bhakti, join Nature to her Lord in the person of the human individual, harmonise the claims of the Spirit with the rights of Matter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Kularnava an an important text in one of the traditions of Tantra with a pronouncedly practical bent of thoguht. 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Always radical, always extremely Other, Tantra has proven a key factor in the imagining of India. This book offers a critical account of how the phenomenon has come to be. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTracing the complex genealogy of Tantra as a category within the history of religions, Hugh B. Urban reveals how it has been formed through the interplay of popular and scholarly imaginations. Tantra emerges as a product of mirroring and misrepresentation at work between East and West--a dialectical category born out of the ongoing play between Western and Indian minds. Combining historical detail, textual analysis, popular cultural phenomena, and critical theory, this book shows Tantra as a shifting amalgam of fantasies, fears, and wish-fulfillment, at once native and Other, that strikes at the very heart of our constructions of the exotic Orient and the contemporary West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: diagnosing the “Disease” of Tantra\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The golden Age of the Vedas and the Dark Age\u003cbr\u003e    Of Kali: Tantrism, Orientalism, and the Bengal\u003cbr\u003e    Renaissance\u003cbr\u003e2. Sacrificing white Goats to the Goddess: Tantra \u003cbr\u003e    And Political Violence in Colonial India\u003cbr\u003e3. India’s Darkest Heart: Tantra in the \u003cbr\u003e    Literary Imagination\u003cbr\u003e4. Deodorized Tantra: Sex, Scandal, Secrecy, and \u003cbr\u003e   Censorship in the works of John Woodroffe and\u003cbr\u003e   Swami Vivekananda\u003cbr\u003e5. Religion for the Age of Darkness: Tantra and the \u003cbr\u003e   History of religions in the Twentieth Century\u003cbr\u003e6. 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Spiritual discipline or Yoga therefore constitutes an inseparable part of the philosophy of every school.  This is very true especially in the case of Tantric schools, in which spiritual practices or sadhana kriya dominate.  The performance of kriya in the prescribed manner forms an integral part of all texts dealing with Tantra Yoga.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book opens with an account of the nature, origin and development of Saiva-Sakta Tantras, their classification under different schools, the wealth of literature available belonging to these schools, etc. It also sheds light on the principal metaphysical tenets of Saiva and Sakta Tantras, relevant to the study of Tantra-Yoga.  The topics covered in this book are the concepts of diving Grace or saktipata, guru and his different kinds, the process of initiation (diksa) and its varieties, mantra's nature and place in sadhana kriya, different modes of spiritual discipline, Kundalini Yoga, the highest spiritual goal, etc. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book attempts to remove the misconceptions widespread in the academic world about the theory and practice of Tantra Yoga, which have been deliberately kept secret by the practitioners to prevent their misuse by unscrupulous persons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlessing \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Tantra - its Meaning, Scope and Extent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. Salient Features of Language of the Tantras\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. The supreme reality in the Saiva Tantras\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. 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This is a truly liberating book.”\u003cbr\u003e--- Barbara Carrellas\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of illustrations \u003cbr\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003ePreface \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.\tOne Swami Anandakapila’s Tantric Terminology \u003cbr\u003e2.\tYantras: Secret Tantric Symbols \u003cbr\u003e3.\tKriya Yoga and Tantra: Energy and Consciousness \u003cbr\u003e4.\tVama Marga Tantra \u003cbr\u003e5.\tTantric Sexuality – Is it Possible?\u003cbr\u003e6.\t Practical sex magic \u003cbr\u003e7.\tKeys to Autoerotic Mysticism \u003cbr\u003e8.\tThe Tantric Theory of Perfume Magic\u003cbr\u003e9.\tPerfume Magic in Practice \u003cbr\u003e10.\tOverview of the Tantric Erogenic Zones or Kama Marmas \u003cbr\u003e11.\tThe Primary Erogenic Zones \u003cbr\u003e12.\tThe Tertiary Erogenic Zones \u003cbr\u003e13.\tTantric Massage Magic \u003cbr\u003e14.\tThe Tantric Mass the Secret of Amrita\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfterword by Swami Anandakapila Saraswati \u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements \u003cbr\u003eAppendix A: - “East Meets west in Dr. Jonn Mumford” by Carl Llewellyn Weschcke, Gnostica, 1976. \u003cbr\u003eAppendix B: - Swami Anandakapila’s Books \/ Distance Learning Programs\u003cbr\u003eSelected Bibliography \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Mark A Michaels \/ New Age Books \/ Paperback","offer_id":40776634466473,"sku":"32054","price":29.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/32054_e22d28a5-2669-420d-a55a-2a136b6cb495.jpg?v=1625528778"},{"product_id":"32480-your-aura-and-your-chakras-the-owner-s-manual","title":"Your Aura and Your Chakras  -  The Owner’s Manual","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Karla Mclaren\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Motilal Banarsidass\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2012\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 290\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 9788120817456\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYour aura \u0026amp; Your Chakras: The Owner’s Manual is a clear and comprehensive text for the restoration and maintenance of your subtle energy system. Karla Mclaren, who has worked with survivors of abuse and trauma, shows how to clear the chakras of old hurts and to cleanse and strengthen the aura for protection against invasive energy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe provides indispensible grounding techniques for making the inner connection between your mind, your body, and the Earth, and helps you understand, read,and define the natural protective boundary of your aura.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCOMMENTS:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Chakras are circular energy centres in and around our body. The chakra system is intimately connected with the endocrine system, with each chakra associated with a specific gland. Imbalances in the glandular systems or any of the chakras disrupts our system. The book gives a detailed account of all the chakras and the technique for cleansing them.\" - Mrs. Vatsala Balachandran Warrier, Ancient Science of Life, Vol.20 (1 \u0026amp; 2), July-Dec. 2000 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A lucid and comprehensive treatise on Aura and Chakras for the initiated and the student alike and, especially, for those who take their healing seriously. It deals at length with cleansing the Aura and Chakras and reinforcing them against invasive forces.\" - Mystic India, Vol.2, No.1, Jan.-Feb. 2001 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I am not attracted to the practices in the book. McLaren does have some good things to say about awareness and learning how to control the emotions and thereby gaining some degree of stability to the mind. In fact I would recommend the book to an emotionally unstable person.\" - Yoga Life, Vol.34, No.08, August 2001 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The book gives a scholarly exposition of the subject and is based on the author's practical experience in healing the survivors of dissociative trauma.\" - National herald, 11th Nov. 2004 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book gives some practical and easy-to-follow directions on how to achieve a happy and healthy existence on earth.\" - Alive, March. 2001\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\r\nIntroduction\r\n\r\nPart I – The Basics\r\n\r\n1.\tGetting Started\r\n2.\tA Room of Your Own\r\n3.\tGetting Grounded\r\n4.\tDefining Your Aura\r\n5.\tProtecting Your Aura\r\n6.\tDestroying Images\r\n7.\tThe Gold Sun Healing\r\n\r\nPart II – Further Inward\r\n\r\n8.\tBurning Contracts\r\n9.\tChanneling Your Emotions\r\n10.\tAdvanced Techniques\r\n\r\nPart III – The Owner’s Manual\r\n\r\n11.\tReading Your Aura\r\n12.\tAn Introduction to your Chakras\r\n13.\tThe First (or Kundalini) Chakra\r\n14.\tThe Second (or Hara) Charka\r\n15.\tThe Third (or Solar Plexus) Chakra\r\n16.\tThe Fourth (or Heart) Chakra\r\n17.\tThe Fifth (or Throat) Chakra\r\n18.\tThe Sixth (or Third Eye) Chakra\r\n19.\tThe Seventh (or Crown) Chakra\r\n20.\tThe Eighth (or Gold Sun) Chakra\r\n21.\tThe Hand Chakras\r\n22.\tThe Foot Chakras\r\n23.\tReading Your Chakras\r\n24.\tThe Gold Sun Healing for Chakras\r\n\r\nPart IV – The Troubleshooting Guide\r\n\r\nBibliography\r\nIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Karla Mclaren \/ Motilal Banarsidass \/ Paperback","offer_id":40776639217833,"sku":"32480","price":27.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/32480_763374a6-3fd2-423f-ae39-e1264359fc94.jpg?v=1625528893"},{"product_id":"1450-tantra-the-secret-power-of-sex","title":"Tantra - The Secret Power of Sex","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Arvind Kale\u003cbr\u003eShanta Kale\/\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Jaico\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1998\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 186\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8172240813\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndia went through the Sexual revolution centuries before the rest of the world even dreamt of it.  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Simpson restores the essential spiritual understanding of each of the charkas; this book is a valuable tool for seekers on the path. The meditations and exercises she presents for each charka brings the material out of the conceptual and into practice.\u003cbr\u003e-David Pond, author of Chakras for Beginners and Astrology and Relationships\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChakras for Starters is not only rich in information about the charkas, it offers techniques that can help you learn how to tap into these energetic bridges that connect the physical with the spiritual, bridges that will change the way you see yourself and others forever.\u003cbr\u003e-Carol Ritberger PhD author of Your Personality, Your Health\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharkas for Starters is the one truly essential book on the charkas that I have read. 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Based on the ancient tantrik systems of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism etc, tantropathy teaches simple stress-fee, conscious cleaning and detoxification techniques through mudras O(poses), asanas (postures), yantras (forms) and mantas (hymns) that help one attain the condition happy mind in healthy body.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese practices, irrespective of the age or sex of a person, are thoroughly relaxing, without having any side effects, yet being extremely effective in preventing or curing many bodily and mental ailments. Acharyaji (Shri Upadhyay, as he is affectionately called) has poured his 35 years of rich practical experience in this tantrik text in simple language to benefit the common man. The publisher on his part has made sincere efforts to present this valuable information which is in easily readable form in an attractive package at an affordable price within easy reach of every person.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 1\u003cbr\u003eMind and body healing\u003cbr\u003ePoses and postures of hand: their application and impact\u003cbr\u003ePostures and poses: natural expression\u003cbr\u003eBeginning of postures and poses\u003cbr\u003eExpression of feelings through dance poses\u003cbr\u003eSimple man of ancient times\u003cbr\u003eImportance of postures and poses\u003cbr\u003eHath yoga and poses\u003cbr\u003eMudras: switch-board of body\u003cbr\u003eEffect of poses on body\u003cbr\u003eMudras are windows to spirituality\u003cbr\u003eBody: a conglometation of atoms\u003cbr\u003eHomogeneous atomic assembly and Mudras\u003cbr\u003ePoses and divine power\u003cbr\u003eElements of Yoga and Poses\u003cbr\u003eSurya Mudra (Sun Posture)\u003cbr\u003eGyan Mudra (Posture of Knowledge)\u003cbr\u003eVayu Mudra (Air Posture)\u003cbr\u003eAkash mudra (Sky Posture)\u003cbr\u003eVarun Mudra (Water Posture)\u003cbr\u003eApaan Mudra (Flatus Posture)\u003cbr\u003ePran Mudra (Vital Air Posture)\u003cbr\u003eAngushtha Mudra (Fragrance Posture)\u003cbr\u003eMrigi Mudra (Antelope Posture)\u003cbr\u003eShankh Mudra (Shell Posture)\u003cbr\u003ePankaj Mudra (lotus Posture)\u003cbr\u003eAnushasan mudra (discipline posture)\u003cbr\u003eSamanvay mudra (co-ordination posture)\u003cbr\u003eVeetrag mudra (dispassionate Posture)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 2\u003cbr\u003eHow do techniques of tantropathy work?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 3\u003cbr\u003eSleeplessness vs sound sleeping \u003cbr\u003eStress reaction vs relaxation response\u003cbr\u003eGeneral fatigue vs life style\u003cbr\u003eCure constipation, heart burn and headache through toning up to abdominal and rectal muscles\u003cbr\u003eHeadache\u003cbr\u003eControl of diabetes and impotency through tantropathy\u003cbr\u003eChandrayan technique for obesity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 4\u003cbr\u003eTechniques of tantropathy\u003cbr\u003eNirmimekh varjan technique\u003cbr\u003eIsht Pranam technique\u003cbr\u003eAngari technique (hanging loosely)\u003cbr\u003ePrasanna kriti and hasya kriti\u003cbr\u003eGyan-dhyan mudra technique\u003cbr\u003eAuto-suggestion technique in self hypnosis\u003cbr\u003eMeditation technique\u003cbr\u003eModel life style for health and fitness\u003cbr\u003eGood Health is our nature\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"R P Upadhyay \/ B Jain Pub. \/ Paperback","offer_id":40784931520681,"sku":"18508","price":17.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/18508.jpg?v=1625516515"},{"product_id":"17009-kundalini-yoga","title":"Kundalini Yoga","description":"\u003cb\u003e Shipping Note: This item usually arrives at your doorstep in 10-15 days\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Swami Sivananada Radha\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Motilal Banarsidass\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1992\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 379\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8120808126\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKundalini Yoga is a direct path to higher consciousness. It is the process of conscious cooperation with evolution. Within each of us there lies a vast potential of energy and power which, when properly understood and directed, will lead to previously unimagined heights of perception and awareness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn ancient times, the process of evolution was preserved in the symbolic picture language of the Kundalini yoga system. Down through the ages the gurus and spiritual teachers have used these symbols as the key in directing aspirants to the realization of their own hidden potential. Swami Sivananda Radha continues in this noble tradition of the transmission of knowledge. Her book is based upon twenty years of her own practice and experience. She has demystified Kundalini Yoga so that it can be understood and applied in the daily lives of men and women of today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a book of inspiration, and also an eminently practical one. Tools to bring quality into life are given for those who wish to cooperate with evolution. Swami Radha has presented clear directions for exercises and practices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBecause of its emphasis on self-development, this book will be of particular value to those in the helping professions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eREVIEWS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSwami Sivananda Radha has written a book destined to become a classic in the literature of altered states of consciousness. She has succeeded magnificently in describing the Kundalini tradition and in making it accessible for those individuals in our troubled culture who are badly in need of its cleansing flame.\u003cbr\u003e-Stanley Krippner\u003cbr\u003eHumanistic Psychology Institute, San Francisco\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClear, comprehensive and full of extremely useful information.\u003cbr\u003e-Stanislav Grof\u003cbr\u003eEsalen Institute, Big Sur, California\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKundalini Yoga is full of sound advice and spiritual directions for purifying and developing the physical, emotional and mental being as a foundation for the safe awakening of the Kundalini Power.\u003cbr\u003e-Judith Tyberg\u003cbr\u003eEast-West Cultural Centre, Los Angeles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book is a treasure chest. 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