Author: Swami Shankardevananda
Publisher: Yoga Publications Trust
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 297
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8185787255
Description
Faulty diet, tension and lack of exercise are the chief causes of most digestive disorders. This book explains how the practices of yoga and yogic diet can be utilized to balance these factors and eliminate digestive problems. Written by Dr Swami Shankardevananda Saraswati under the guidance of Swami Satyananda Saraswati. The Practices of Yoga for the Digestive System combines the traditional medical view with the ayurvedic and yogic views of healthy digestion.
Includes practical information on food and digestion; a medical section on digestive disorders, their causes and cures, and a practice section complete with detailed instructions and diagrams.
Contents
PREFACE
THE DIGESTIVE PROCESS
Introduction
The Digestive System
Ayurvedic Physiology
Food for Thought
All in Good Taste
Vegetarianism and Yoga
Digestive Prana
Fasting
Am I Hungry!
DIGESTIVE DISORDERS
From Darkness to Light
Digestion and the Mind
Pass the Antacid, Please
Wind
What’s Eating You?
Feeling Constipated?
Painful Piles
Diarrhoea
Obesity
Poor Nutrition
Diet and Disease
Commentary on Diet
PRACTICAL DIGESTION
Path to Good Health
Daytime Sadhana
Relaxing the Abdomen
Hatha Yoga
Pawanmuktasana Series
Surya Namaskara
Major Asanas
Pranayama
Mudra and Bandha
Meditative Practices
APPENDICES
Appendix A: Internal Organs
Appendix B: Sutras on Digestion
REFERENCES
INDEX OF PRACTICES