Author: Swami Satyananda Saraswati
Publisher: Yoga Publications Trust
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 572
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8186336141
Description
Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha is recognized internationally as one of the most systematic yoga manuals available today. Since its first publication by the Bihar School of Yoga in 1969, it has been reprinted thirteen times and translated into many languages. It is the main reference text used by yoga teachers and students of Bihar Yoga / Satyananda Yoga within the International Yoga Fellowship Movement, and many other traditions as well.
This comprehensive text provides clear illustrations, step by step directions and details of charka awareness. It guides the practitioner or teacher from the simplest to the most advanced practices of the hatha yoga system. A therapeutic index is included for use by doctors and yoga therapists incorporating recent information from research into yoga. This edition successfully brings the exposition of yoga practices to the standard of a university text.
Contents
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION TO YOGA
ASANA
Introduction to Yogasana
BEGINNERS GROUP
Pawanmuktasana Series
Part 1: Anti-rheumatic Group
Part 2: Digestive/Abdominal Group
Part 3: Shakti Bandha Asanas
Yoga Exercises for the Eyes
Relation Asanas
Meditation Asanas
Vajrasana Group of Asanas
Standing Asanas
Surya Namaskara
Chandra Namaskara
INTERMEDIATE GROUP
Padmasana Group of Asanas
Backward Bending Asanas
Forward Bending Asanas
Spinal Twisting Asanas
Inverted Asanas
Balancing Asanas
ADVANCED GROUP
Pranayama
Bandha
Mudra
Shatkarma
Psychic Physiology of Yoga
Therapeutic Index
INDEX OF PRACTICES