Traditional Yoga Insights Into The Original Yoga Tradition Book 1 The Original Yoga System

This book provides a deeper insight into the Original Yoga system of India as per tradition and the true insights with regards to the Eight Limbs of Yoga, especially with regards to Asana (Posture), Dhyana (Meditation), Pranayama (Breathing Techniques) as also the Chakras and their relationship with the mind and states of consciousness. It shows how Yoga was originally an Integral system, not one merely reduced to classroom instruction. You will also find information regarding the deeper aspects of karma and how it can impact us on several levels beyond the individual level In addition, this book examines Yoga from the viewpoint of India's oldest texts, the Vedas, such as the Rig Veda and has a special section devoted to examples of the Vedic Yoga hymns that are largely ignored. Learn the levels of the mind and gunas in Yoga.

Book 2: the Vedic Yoga of Indra is a sequel to Traditional Yoga: Book 1, Insights into the Original Yoga System and leads on from Book 1 to discuss the deeper application of the Vedic Yoga of the god Indra with relation to later Tantra as also discussing the correlation of later Puranic and Tantric deities and practices from the Rig Veda onwards. There is special reference in this book with regards to the Dasha Mahavidya, the Ten Great Wisdom forms of the goddess Kali and their Vedic counterparts, complete with hymns from the Rig Veda.

Vijnana Mala - Garland of Knowledge is a string of sutras or teaching threads by Yoga and Ayurveda Teacher and Veda Kovid, Durgadas that have been imparted to students and appeared in many of his teachings. It discusses Yoga and Spirituality from the traditional standpoint and contains many wisdoms based upon his own insights in meditations and experience in Traditional Yoga which he imparts here through this book, which serves as an excellent reference guide to any teacher, practitioner or student on the path of Yoga and Spirituality.

This book explores the ancient and deeper aspects of Mantric Ayurveda and the secrets of the ancient Tantric Tradition of Ayurveda that Mantra-Yoga forms an integral aspect of. Here one learns the traditional considerations before using mantras as well as special rituals for protection, energisation of deities, gemstones and working with the deities on an inner level for healing applications.

Acclaimed yoga and meditation teacher Sarah Powers is known and loved for her unique approach—Insight Yoga—which combines traditional yoga with the meridians of Chinese medicine, as well as Buddhist meditation. Using Yin (passive) and Yang (dynamic) poses, she demonstrates a series of different yoga sequences that bring benefit to organs, muscles, joints, and tendons—as well as the mind. She also provides a foundational explanation of traditional Chinese medicine theory and mindfulness meditation instruction. Sarah Powers brings us on an inspiring journey inward, and shows the path for cultivating a lasting relationship with yoga that cultivates and strengthens our physical well-being and our mental and emotional clarity.

'An indispensable companion for all interested in yoga, both scholars and practitioners' Professor Alexis G. J. S. Sanderson Despite yoga's huge global popularity, relatively little of its roots is known among practitioners. This compendium includes a wide range of texts from different schools of yoga, languages and eras: among others, key passages from the early Upanisads and the Mahabharata, and from the Tantric, Buddhist and Jaina traditions, with many pieces in scholarly translation for the first time. Covering yoga's varying definitions, its most important practices, such as posture, breath control, sensory withdrawal and meditation, as well as models of the esoteric and physical bodies, Roots of Yoga is a unique and essential source of knowledge. Translated and Edited with an Introduction by James Mallinson and Mark Singleton

This book is the first study to engage directly with the transformations and adaptations of yoga in the modern world. It addresses the dialectic and ideological exchange between yoga's ancient precursors and modern praxis, and the development and consolidation of yoga in global settings.

A unique reference work from the foremost writer on Yoga today, THE YOGA TRADITION surveys the 5,000-year history of Hindy, Buddhistm, Jaina, and Sikh Yoga, featuring full and partial translations of numerous key scriptures and over 200 illustrations. It is considered the CLASSIC text on Yoga practice and history.