Kundalini Yoga for the West: A Foundation for Character Building Courage and Awareness

by Sivananda Radha

Kundalini: Yoga for the West is a practical guide for building character, increasing awareness and discovering one’s inner potential. Exploring each cakra, Swami Radha asks questions for reflection and presents clear directions for exercises and practices on such subjects as mind and consciousness; the senses; sex, birth, and death; and the emotions and finer feelings. For the thoughtful and serious student, the book provides a comprehensive, step-by-step program for understanding Kundalini yoga. As Swami Radha says in A Word from the Author, "the purpose of this book is to give the tools by which those who wish to cooperate with the process of evolution can do so. There is no mystification about the awakening of Kundalini, yet this process leads to the mystical experience." The book is richly illustrated. The hardcover edition of the book includes glossy color prints of the cakras, while the paperback edition includes black and white line drawings.

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Light on Pranayama the Yogic Art of Breathing

by B. K. S. Iyengar, Yehudi Menuhin (Designer)

There are not many sources for the westerner who wishes to explore the depths of pranayama.This book is an exhaustive look into the art of breathing.It is complete,it is detailed and technical and it comes from an acknowledged guru.It is more than any other "modern" guru or yoga organization has put out in book form about the subject.For anyone who wishes to investigate and practice pranayama this is the classic.

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Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

by B. K. S. Iyengar

A fresh translation of the writings of Patanjali, the first man to record the ancient practice of yoga, by Iyengar, the man who introduced yoga to the West. Serious students and teachers of yoga, especially those studying Iyengar yoga (the most popular form in North America), will find this an indispensable guide to wholeness, poise, and peace.

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Light on Yoga: Yoga Dipika

by B. K. S. Iyengar, Yehudi Menuhin

The definitive guide to the philosophy and practice of Yoga--the ancient healing discipline for body and mind--by its greatest living teacher. Light on Yoga provides complete descriptions and illustrations of all the positions and breathing exercises. Features a foreword by Yehudi Menuhin. Illustrations throughout.

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Living Yoga: Creating A Life Practice

by Christy Turlington, Robert A. F. Thurman

Supermodel Turlington, whose angelic face has graced the pages of Vogue, Elle and other fashion glossies since the 1980s, has lately been lending her image to a more profound pursuit: yoga. The 33-year-old has been practicing yoga for 15 years, has her own yoga clothing line, is a Yoga Journal contributing editor, and-with the publication of this book-becomes the first mainstream celebrity to write a book about yoga and how it's affected her life. There's a lot to digest here, between the historical and technical explanations about yoga and Eastern philosophy and the anecdotal asides from Turlington's life, but the book's clean, Zen-like layout and simple prose help make it accessible. Turlington's aim is to help students who may be overwhelmed by the unlimited information available on yoga and to emphasize reasons to practice that go beyond getting a nice butt. She attempts to understand yoga's universal spiritual appeal, examining the basics of Hinduism (Turlington is a practicing Catholic), and draws parallels between chanting and saying the rosary. She shares a bit of personal information about her modeling career, her father's death from lung cancer and her relationship with her sisters, and includes the obligatory photographs of her scantily clad self doing salamba sirsasana (headstand) and bakasana (crow pose). The combination of serious yoga talk with memoir-like reminiscences make for an engrossing and inspiring overview of yoga.

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Meditations from the Mat: Daily Reflections on the Path of Yoga

by Rolf Gates, Katrina Kenison

As more and more people in the West pursue yoga in its various forms, whether at traditional centers, in the high-powered atmosphere of sports clubs, or on their own, they begin to realize that far from being just another exercise routine, yoga is a discipline of the body and the mind. The 365 meditations incluided in this book offer a way to integrate the mindfulness that yoga teaches into everyday life. Whether used in the morning to set the tone for the day, during yoga exercise itself, or at the end of the day, during evening reflection, Meditations from the Mat will support and enhance anyone’s yoga journey.

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Office Yoga: Simple Stretches for Busy People

by Darrin Zeer, Michael Klein (Illustrator)

Yoga has gone completely mainstream. Sensible people everywhere are saying "Om" and doing postures once a week. Enter the worlds easiest yoga book for the place we need it most: work! Renowned teacher Darrin Zeer brings this ancient Indian art to the modern-day office with a fully illustrated, easy-to-use guide offering 75 stress-relieving stretches perfect for the cube environment. Unlike most yoga guides, Office Yoga offers a fun, accessilbe approach and is useful for both beginners and experts. Excercises are organized by time of day and for a variety of situations--walking stretches, commute exercises, on-the-phone and at-the-copy machine streches. Humorous and colorful illustrations by Micheal Klein enliven excerises that can be performed anywhere from the elevator to the conference room. This handy little book will fit nicely on any desktop, and makes a great gift for the workaholic in your life.

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Om Yoga: A Guide to Daily Practice

by Cyndi Lee

Too busy to attend yoga class but can’t be bothered to read the endless instructions in the latest yoga book? In OM Yoga: A Daily Practice, celebrated yoga instructor Cyndi Lee brings the rigors and rewards of yoga class to the home with a totally unique method of teaching. Instead of wordy directions and minimal pictures, each series of asanas is communicated entirely through easy-to-follow illustrations and streamlined instructions and tips. Designed in a practical, concealed Wire-O format that lays flat on the floor while being used, OM Yoga is organized in tabbed sections for each day of the week. Monday is devoted to the Sun Salutation to welcome the week’s start. Thursday’s practice focuses on sitting poses, when the week’s energy is dwindling. When joined together, each day’s recipe cultivates a yoga practice that is challenging, energizing, and restorative. Including sections on meditation, breathing, and do-it-yourself yoga “recipes” for all levels, OM Yoga: A Guide to Daily Practice creates the possibility for a meaningful yoga practice in the privacy of the home.

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Pilates: Body in Motion

by Alycea Ungaro, Russell Sadur (Photographer)

Popular for decades with dancers, athletes, and celebrities, the Pilates Method is the perfect equipment-free workout for a stronger, leaner, fitter body. With great emphasis on precision and awareness, not only is Pilates great for the body, but for the mind as well. Using step-by-step mat-work exercises and a wide range of programs, from beginner to advanced, Pilate's Mind and Body is the only practical guide that shows you all of the proper steps to follow and how to avoid common mistakes in your conditioning.

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Power Yoga: The Total Strength and Flexibility Workout

by Beryl Bender Birch

Power Yoga is a unique combination of dynamic breathing and strong, flowing movement, which creates a high-heat, high-energy workout. Unlike any other yoga program, Power Yoga is a choreographed sequence of postures that flow into one another, building strength, unwinding tight joints, and loosening muscles. Beautiful photographs and clear instructions guide you through this effective and popular routine. Based on the classical and original yoga system called astanga, Power Yoga is a complete mind and body workout that develops concentration and reduces stress. With its focus on mindful breathing and body heat, Power Yoga goes beyond the relaxation benefits of traditional yoga to offer a route to health and fitness that athletes of all levels will embrace.

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Preparing for Birth With Yoga: Exercises for Pregnancy and Childbirth

by Janet Balaskas

Yoga strengthens, tones and relaxes the body, making it the ideal exercise for pregnant women. It's also a natural way to relieve the stress and discomforts that accompany pregnancy. This practical guide is filled with sound health information and easy-to-follow exercises for expectant mothers at every stage of pregnancy.

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Relax and Renew: Restful Yoga for Stressful Times

by Judith Lasater Ph.D. P.T., Mary Pullig Schatz (Introduction), Halstead Hannah (Illustrator), Fred Stimson (Photographer)

Relax & Renew is the first to devote itself entirely to restorative yoga, providing a series of yoga postures designed to relieve chronic stress. Exercise programs are introduced with a series of insights and stipulations which instructs on yoga techniques for everything from insomnia to basic relaxation.

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Richard Hittleman's Yoga: 28 Day Exercise Plan

by Richard L. Hittleman

This short time is all it takes to master the 38 simple exercises in this book. You will quickly grasp the ancient Yoga secrets of breathing, concentration, nutrition and muscle control -- in just minutes of your spare time and without any discomfort. Day by day you will notice astonishing results -- loss of weight, greater firmness, more energy, relief from pain, freedom from stress and an overall feeling of youthfulness and well-being. This Yoga regimen will become a lifetime program to keep your whole organism radiant with a natural beauty and health. This Yoga regimen will become a lifetime program to keep your whole organsim radiant with natural beauty and health!

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Shri Guru Gita

by Paramhansa Pranavadarshan

Shri Guru Gita represents the highest and the most advanced spiritual teaching in the Indian Religion. All true philosophers and saints have drawn inspiration from it. It contains essence that is beyond Vedas and Upanishads including the Bhagawad Gita. Infact, it draws attention to the ‘fifth' Veda that is most widely misunderstood and unknown. It is to put this foundation in its proper place and context that this Book has been published. Not being critical, but Shri Guru Gita will also help throw some real light on the existence of the so called Gurus in the world today with which, people will be able to discriminate in their own intelligence their authenticity. After all, what is the point of understanding this knowledge of one's Real Self if it does not provide guidance all the way in one's actions or karma to the final destiny or the conquering of The ‘Word'.

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Structural Yoga Therapy: Adapting to the Individual

by Mukunda Stiles

Written for serious practitioners and teachers who want to use yoga to bring complete balance to the body, and understand, in more detail, how the asanas affect the structure of the body. You will learn "body reading" to determine what posture reveals about muscular imbalances. Stiles shares his understanding of anatomy and kinesiology, joint mobility and muscle strength, and teaches a series of joint-freeing exercises that can also be used to strengthen muscles. 123 illustrations. Index.

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