Let Us Know Yoga Better

This is Part 1 of the book “The Ultimate book on Yoga – All that you want to know about Yoga”. In this highly insightful book, the author gives a thorough re-look into the actual underlying principles of Yoga and presents Yoga in terms of simple, practicable, down-to-earth instructions, free of mysticism, while analyzing each aspect scientifically, based on recent advancements in neuroscience.

The book highlights the fact that Yoga is an art that has been practiced by rishis since ancient times. It consists of ancient theories, observations, and principles about the mind and body connection. If it’s given the proper directions and brought to the proper environment, it can find harmony and heal itself, which modern therapy has now proven. The roots of yoga originate from our conscience that heals our body, mind, and soul. Yoga is so be defined as the food of the soul. The food we consume by our body for our daily work but the soul is the yoga that involves breathing, asanas, meditation, and several kriyas. Conscience is the moral rationality of the soul. Yoga is an action derived from our conscience. This book covers comprehensive and exhaustive research on a large number of yoga subjects in depth relating to the current scenario co-relating its existence and re-evolution from past principles and values thus summarising us to the fact that the roots of yoga are inherited in our conscience. The roots should grow into a huge tree that is fruitful for us. About the Author Sanjeev Thakur (1977) born in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India grew up in Dehradun. Associated with Laxmi Devi Lalit Kala Academy, Kanpur, and worked with Times of India. A Yogic, poet, writer fond of music and the author of "Yoga Conscience - an eternal light within us ".I believe Yoga, a way of life, an art that can be perfectly attained on regular practice and devotion. ALTHOUGH THIS BOOK PRIMARY COVERS TOPICS RELATED TO YOGA AND ITS BENEFITS BUT I SHOULD QUOTE THE FOLLOWING LINES OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA THAT ALWAYS INSPIRED ME – “ Purity, patience, perseverance, and above all love are the three essentials to success. Great occasions rouse even the lowest of human beings to some kind of greatness, but he alone is the great whose character is great, always.” Remember yoga is an ongoing journey of regular internal and external growth to heal body mind and soul for the betterment of human beings.

"This book teaches yoga practice to help plus-size women find deeper self-love and empowerment, as well as freedom, comfort, strength, and mobility in their bodies. It provides an overview of common poses, with detailed information about how to use props to create levels of support and ways to find accessible challenges to meet your body where it is"--

"Fifty years after my first trip west," writes 86-year-old B. K. S. Iyengar, "I now wish to share with you the whole of the yoga journey. It is my profound hope that my end can be your beginning."In Light on Life, the world's leading teacher of yoga shows how we can transform ourselves by bringing yogic principles into all aspects of daily living.Hailed as "the Michelangelo of yoga" by the BBC and considered to be the most important living yoga master, B. K. S. Iyengar has spent much of his life introducing the modern world to the ancient practice of yoga. Yoga's popularity is soaring but has not been matched by an understanding of the emotional, intellectual and spiritual development that the tradition can offer. In Light on Life, Iyengar brings readers this new and more complete understanding of the yogic journey. He explores the yogic goal to integrate the body, emotions, mind and soul; the role that postures and breathing play in our search for wholeness; and how yoga can help us to live in harmony with the world. Written with the depth of this sage's great wisdom, Light on Life is the culmination of a master's life-long spiritual voyage.

The Drawing Club of Improbable Dreams shows how to create a drawing club to work with fellow artists to build skills and find our own genius. In the club we make art experiments and the bold mistakes that free us from unnecessary limitations. We also reap the benefit of witnessing how others solve problems. Inside are full instructions on how to start and run a club as well as three 8-week session plans with specific art explorations. The purpose of the explorations we make is not only to build drawing skills but also to build the qualities of curiosity, courage, and critical thinking we need for making art. We will learn how to work from the inside out to make art that is fresh, vital and authentic. The book offers two important rules that will help us be the unique artists we are meant to be. As artists we dream that we might make something fantastic and be fully who we are. We dream that art matters, even that it might change the world. Improbable dreams but, in a club, things start to happen that we didn’t imagine possible. Working together we discover strength we might not have on our own. A club can take us to places we hardly dared to dream of and can show us how improbable dreams are where our hearts are truly meant to be.

Yoga Nidra is the master key to initiating shifts in conscious sleep states where change happens outside of doing. In Yoga Nidra you enter a state of non-doing in which transfomration happens from beyon the mind rather than through the mind. In this highly regenerative meditative state you can restore and rejuvenate your body, heal and recover from illness and re-wire your brain for breater metnal and emotional balance and resiliency. This comprehensive guidebook explores the core of Yogic philosophy and modern applications of Yoga Nidra backed by scientific research - affirming what Yogis have known for thousands of years. You will receive instruction on the practice of Yoga Nidra and the use of intention. You will discover how unconscious thinking patterns and resulting biochemical states contribute to ill health, stress, insomnia, depression, anxiety, bad habits, trauma and addictions and most importantly, how to neutralize them with the Six Tools of Yoga Nidra.

The bodies and minds of children--and the very space of children--are under assault. This is the message we receive from daily news headlines about violence, sexual abuse, exploitation, and neglect of children, and from a proliferation of books in recent years representing the domain of contemporary childhood as threatened, invaded, polluted, and "stolen" by adults. Through a series of essays that explore the global dimensions of children at risk, an international group of researchers and policymakers discuss the notion of children's rights, and in particular the claim that every child has a right to a cultural identity. Explorations of children's situations in Japan, Korea, Singapore, South Africa, England, Norway, the United States, Brazil, and Germany reveal how children's everyday lives and futures are often the stakes in contemporary battles that adults wage over definitions of cultural identity and state cultural policies. Throughout this volume, the authors address the complex and often ambiguous implications of the concept of rights. For example, it may be used to defend indigenous children from radically assimilationist or even genocidal state policies; but it may also be used to legitimate racist institutions. A substantive introduction by the editor examines global political economic frameworks for the cultural debates affecting children and traces intriguing, sometimes surprising, threads throughout the papers. In addition to the editor, the contributors are Norma Field, Marilyn Ivy, Mary John, Hae-joang Cho, Saya Shiraishi, Vivienne Wee, Pamela Reynolds, Kathleen Hall, Ruth Mandel, Manuela Carneiro da Cunha, and Njabulo Ndebele.

Using yoga to manage the challenges of cancer and its treatment • Explains how to create a safe home yoga practice that addresses the specific physical needs, risks, and emotions of cancer patients and survivors • Includes 53 yoga poses and 9 practice sequences that use movement and breathing to reduce and manage treatment side effects • Reveals how current research supports the physical and psychological benefits of yoga to aid recovery and reduce risk of recurrence • Written by a cancer survivor and certified yoga teacher For those faced with a cancer diagnosis and the journey of doctor-led surgery and treatments, yoga offers a way to regain control of your body and take an active part in your recovery and long-term health. In this easy-to-follow illustrated guide, yoga teacher and cancer survivor Tari Prinster presents 53 traditional yoga poses that are adapted for all levels of ability and cancer challenges. She then applies the movements and breathwork of these poses to address 10 common side effects and offers 9 practice sequences for varying stages of treatment and recovery. Sharing her own story as well as those of cancer survivors and yoga teachers with whom she has worked, Prinster explores how yoga can be used to strengthen the immune system, rebuild bone density, avoid and manage lymphedema, decrease anxiety, detoxify the body, reduce pain, and help the body repair damage caused by the cancer and conventional treatments. She reveals the research that supports the physical and psychological benefits of yoga as an aid to recovery and in reducing the risk of recurrence. Explaining how yoga must be tailored to each survivor, Prinster gives you the tools to create a safe home yoga practice, one that addresses your abilities, energy level, and overall health goals. Through personal stories, well-illustrated poses, and sample practices for beginners as well as experienced yoga practitioners, Prinster empowers survivors to create their own wellness plan in order to regain their independence and their physical and emotional well-being.