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Material Type: | Internet resource |
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Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Michael Stone |
ISBN: | 9781590305690 1590305698 |
OCLC Number: | 182528066 |
Description: | xii, 234 pages ; 22 cm |
Contents: | Avidya : seeing things as they are -- Embracing suffering -- Marga : establishing the path -- Embodying the path -- Lowering your center of gravity -- The eight limbs -- Practicing the yamas -- The yamas beyond dualism -- The five klesas -- Freedom through the klesas -- Stillness and movement -- The five kosas : sheaths of the mindbody : -- I think it's better not to make up new terms unless there really is no English word that would serve -- Working with the kosas -- Samskara : webs of mind and body -- Prana : energetic flow -- Body in mind -- Letting go : asana and meditation intertwined -- Prana and citta -- The empty vessel -- Sunyata : boundless and empty -- Yoga, death and dying : what is most astounding. |
Responsibility: | Michael Stone. |
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Abstract:
A practicing psychotherapist and yoga instructor furnishes an in-depth explanation of ancient Indian yogic philosophy and beliefs to provide a revealing look at the spiritual side of yoga practice that emphasizes the key link between the physical, mental, and spiritual aspects of life, as well as yoga's ethics of patience, honesty, and nonviolence.
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