Philosophy Of Hatha Yoga

A Complete Manual of the Great Oriental Yogi System of Physical Weil-Being Health Strength and Vigor. It Preaches a Sane, Normal, Simple Theory of Physical Health, and tells how to put the theory into practice. It teaches that the Body is the Temple of the Soul, and should be kept clean and in good order. Its keynote is the healthy Man and Woman. Its purpose, the instruction and mankind to conform to the standard of that healthy man or woman. Contents: Chapter I - What Is Hatha Yoga ? Chapter Ii - The Yogis' Regard For The Physical Body Chapter Iii - The Work Of The Divine Architect Chapter Iv - Our Friend, The Vital Force Chapter V - The Laboratory Of The Body Chapter Vi - The Life Fluid Chapter Vii - The Crematory Of The System Chapter Viii - Nourishment Chapter Ix - Hunger Vs. Appetite Chapter X - The Yogi Theory And Practice Of Prana Absorption From Food Chapter Xi - About Food Chapter Xii - The Irrigation Of The Body Chapter Xiii - The Ashes Of The System Chapter Xiv - Yogi Breathing Chapter Xv - Effect Of Correct Breathing Chapter Xvi - Breathing Exercises Chapter Xvii - Nostril-Breathing Vs. Mouth Breathing Chapter Xviii - The Little Lives Of The Body Chapter Xix - The Control Of The Involuntary System Chapter Xx - Pranic Energy Chapter Xxi - Pranic Exercises Chapter Xxii - The Science Of Relaxation Chapter Xxiii - Rules For Relaxation Chapter Xxiv - The Use Of Physical Exercise Chapter Xxv - Some Yogi Physical Exercises Chapter Xxvi - The Yogi Bath Chapter Xxvii - The Solar Energy Chapter Xxviii - Fresh Air Chapter Xxix - Nature's Sweet Restorer Sleep Chapter Xxx - Regeneration Chapter Xxxi - The Mental Attitude Chapter Xxxii - Led By The Spirit

Followers of the early-20th-century "New Age" philosophy of New Thought believed they could learn the secrets of mind over matter, and one of their most influential teachers-enormously popular writer and editor William Walker Atkinson, writing pseudonymously here-revealed to them, in this 1904 work, the teachings of Hatha Yoga. His lessons cover: . the body's Vital Force . the laboratory of the body . how what we eat impacts the "life fluid" of the blood . the yogi's approach to food and eating . the yogi theory of the "prana absorption" of nutrients . mastering "yogi breathing" . harnessing "pranic energy" . rules for relaxation . and much more. See also Series of Lessons in Gnani Yoga and Series of Lessons in Raja Yoga, also available from Cosimo. American writer WILLIAM WALKER ATKINSON (1862-1932) was editor of the popular magazine New Thought from 1901 to 1905, and editor of the journal Advanced Thought from 1916 to 1919. He authored dozens of New Thought books under numerous pseudonyms, some of which are likely still unknown today, including "Yogi Ramacharaka" and "Theron Q. Dumont."

A Complete Manual of the Great Oriental Yogi System of Physical Weil-Being Health Strength and Vigor. It Preaches a Sane, Normal, Simple Theory of Physical Health, and tells how to put the theory into practice. It teaches that the Body is the Temple of the Soul, and should be kept clean and in good order. Its keynote is the healthy Man and Woman. Its purpose, the instruction and mankind to conform to the standard of that healthy man or woman.