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Auteur van Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha
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The book contains a comprehensive description of each chakra and the significance of the chakras in tantric and yogic practice. Techniques are given to balance each centre for greater harmony in mind, body and spirit, and in preparation for the rising of kundalini shakti. The 20 kriyas and their preparatory practices are fully elucidated.
Includes colour plates, diagrams and charts.
Contents
Introduction to kundalini and tantra
Kundalini
1 Ye man, tame the kundalini
2 What is kundalini?
3 Kundalini physiology
4 Kundalini and the brain
5 Methods of awakening
6 Preparing for the awakening
7 Diet for kundalini awakening
8 Risks and precautions
9 Kundalini and madness
10 Four forms of awakening
11 The descent of kundalini
12 The experiences of awakening
13 The path of kriy yoga
14 Vama marga and kundalini awakening
The chakras
15 Introduction to the chakras
16 Evolution through the chakras
17 Ajna chakra
18 Mooladhara chakra
19 Swadhisthana chakra
20 Maniura chakra
21 Anahata chakra
22 Vishuddhi chakra
23 Bindu visarga
24 Sahasrara and samadhi
Kundalini yoga practice
25 Rules and preparation
26 Posture
27 Chakra sadhana course
28 Practices for ajna chakra
29 Practices for mooladhara chakra
30 Practices for swadhisthana chakra
31 Practices for manipura chakra
32 Practices for anahata chakra
33 Practices for vishuddhi chakra
34 Practices for bindu visarga
35 Practices for integrated chakra awareness
36 Your sadhana program
37 Kundalini kriyas of kriya yoga
38 The kriya yoga practices
Kundalini research
39 Introduction
40 Kundalini, fact not fiction
41 Defining the nadis
42 Controlling the nadis and the brain
43 Evidence for the existence of nadis
44 Neurophysiology of the chakras
45 Evidence for the existence of chakras
46 Cosmic trigger
47 Cross-cultural evidence
48 Analysis of the chakras from a psychophysiological viewpoint
Appendix
Glossary
References (bibliography)
Index of practices
saraswati aims to establish a rich philosophical system, but the contents r aimless, repetitive, and incoherent. i shelved this under "phenomenology" due to his dissection of e.g. the structures of hearing and vision, how they relate to consciousness, etc, but his interpretation of phenomena & signs is shallow throughout
the structure of the book has little sense to it, no justification for its random selection of topics, it has no situation within the wider corpus of the bihar school. there r guides and instructions given for many different practices, but they r often difficult to follow, unclear, too repetitive, and poorly placed within the chapter
i have nothing positive to say abt this book
About the Author:
Swami Satyananda is considered to be one of the major forces in bringing yoga to the West. He travelled the world tirelessly for over twenty years sharing the inspiration of yoga. During this time he wrote over 80 books on Yoga, Tantra and Spirituality. Swami Satyananda retired from public life in 1988 to work for mankind's upliftment in a more universal way. He moved to Rikhiapeeth, in a small village in Jharkhand in India, where he worked to support the local community and improve their quality of life.
After inspiring millions to live the divine life, Swami Satyananda took mahasamadhi at midnight on December 5th 2009 at Rikhiapeeth, leaving the present inspirers of the Satyananda Yoga tradition, Swami Niranjanananda and Swami Satyasangananda (popularly known as Swami Satsangi), to continue his work for humanity.
About the Author:
Swami Satyananda is considered to be one of the major forces in bringing yoga to the West. He travelled the world tirelessly for over twenty years sharing the inspiration of yoga. During this time he wrote over 80 books on Yoga, Tantra and Spirituality. Swami Satyananda retired from public life in 1988 to work for mankind's upliftment in a more universal way. He moved to Rikhiapeeth, in a small village in Jharkhand in India, where he worked to support the local community and improve their quality of life.
After inspiring millions to live the divine life, Swami Satyananda took mahasamadhi at midnight on December 5th 2009 at Rikhiapeeth, leaving the present inspirers of the Satyananda Yoga tradition, Swami Niranjanananda and Swami Satyasangananda (popularly known as Swami Satsangi), to continue his work for humanity.
The Text includes the original Sanskrit verse, transliteration and translation of the following nine major upanishads: Prashnopanishad, Kenopanishad, Mandukyopanishad, Mundakopanishad, Ishavasya Upanishad, Kathopanishad, Aitareya Upanishad, Shevatashvataropanishad and Taittiriya Upanishad.
About the Author:
Swami Satyanananda Saraswati, a disciple of Swami Sivananda founded the famous Bihar School of Yoga in 1964. A prolific writer he is the author of some of the most outstanding books on Yoga like Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha, A Systematic course in the Ancient Techniques of Yoga & Kriya, and many other books.
Since I found these notes often repetitious or simply annoying (see below) I mostly only read the technique descriptions which almost always was well understandable.
Most techniques are illustrated with a drawing of a person performing some stage of the technique. While these drawings certainly have their value they are of poor quality (anatomically and concerning the print quality). I consider this the main disadvantage against Iyengar's "Light on Yoga". The set of presented Asanas (i.e. without even considering the other groups: Pranayama, ...) is more diverse than that given in Iyengar's book, e.g. it contains anti-rheumatic exercises (that I would call warm-up exercises) and eye exercises.
As usual for texts of this kind, bold statements about health improvements are made (e.g., p. 74: "Simplifying the diet [...] will help rectify poor vision". Also, the notes on "Benefits" often seem dubious) and overly cautious warnings are too often heard in the notes on "Contra-Indications" (sure, not everyone should do every exercise but I do not see why, e.g., people with high blood pressure should not perform Padahastasana; cf. p. 235).
To conclude, the text is a decent and quite exhaustive overview over the techniques of Hatha Yoga.
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Tobias.Bruell | 4 andere besprekingen | May 17, 2014 | 
About the Author:
Swami Satyananda is considered to be one of the major forces in bringing yoga to the West. He travelled the world tirelessly for over twenty years sharing the inspiration of yoga. During this time he wrote over 80 books on Yoga, Tantra and Spirituality. Swami Satyananda retired from public life in 1988 to work for mankind's upliftment in a more universal way. He moved to Rikhiapeeth, in a small village in Jharkhand in India, where he worked to support the local community and improve their quality of life.
After inspiring millions to live the divine life, Swami Satyananda took mahasamadhi at midnight on December 5th 2009 at Rikhiapeeth, leaving the present inspirers of the Satyananda Yoga tradition, Swami Niranjanananda and Swami Satyasangananda (popularly known as Swami Satsangi), to continue his work for humanity.
About the Author:
Swami Satyananda is considered to be one of the major forces in bringing yoga to the West. He travelled the world tirelessly for over twenty years sharing the inspiration of yoga. During this time he wrote over 80 books on Yoga, Tantra and Spirituality. Swami Satyananda retired from public life in 1988 to work for mankind's upliftment in a more universal way. He moved to Rikhiapeeth, in a small village in Jharkhand in India, where he worked to support the local community and improve their quality of life.
After inspiring millions to live the divine life, Swami Satyananda took mahasamadhi at midnight on December 5th 2009 at Rikhiapeeth, leaving the present inspirers of the Satyananda Yoga tradition, Swami Niranjanananda and Swami Satyasangananda (popularly known as Swami Satsangi), to continue his work for humanity.
About the Author:
Swami Satyananda is considered to be one of the major forces in bringing yoga to the West. He travelled the world tirelessly for over twenty years sharing the inspiration of yoga. During this time he wrote over 80 books on Yoga, Tantra and Spirituality. Swami Satyananda retired from public life in 1988 to work for mankind's upliftment in a more universal way. He moved to Rikhiapeeth, in a small village in Jharkhand in India, where he worked to support the local community and improve their quality of life.
After inspiring millions to live the divine life, Swami Satyananda took mahasamadhi at midnight on December 5th 2009 at Rikhiapeeth, leaving the present inspirers of the Satyananda Yoga tradition, Swami Niranjanananda and Swami Satyasangananda (popularly known as Swami Satsangi), to continue his work for humanity.
About the Author:
Swami Satyananda is considered to be one of the major forces in bringing yoga to the West. He travelled the world tirelessly for over twenty years sharing the inspiration of yoga. During this time he wrote over 80 books on Yoga, Tantra and Spirituality. Swami Satyananda retired from public life in 1988 to work for mankind's upliftment in a more universal way. He moved to Rikhiapeeth, in a small village in Jharkhand in India, where he worked to support the local community and improve their quality of life.
After inspiring millions to live the divine life, Swami Satyananda took mahasamadhi at midnight on December 5th 2009 at Rikhiapeeth, leaving the present inspirers of the Satyananda Yoga tradition, Swami Niranjanananda and Swami Satyasangananda (popularly known as Swami Satsangi), to continue his work for humanity.
In this book Swami Satyananda offers to all his spiritual advice and encouragement and leads the reader into a deeper understanding of the human place within the universe.
About the Author:
Swami Satyananda is considered to be one of the major forces in bringing yoga to the West. He travelled the world tirelessly for over twenty years sharing the inspiration of yoga. During this time he wrote over 80 books on Yoga, Tantra and Spirituality. Swami Satyananda retired from public life in 1988 to work for mankind's upliftment in a more universal way. He moved to Rikhiapeeth, in a small village in Jharkhand in India, where he worked to support the local community and improve their quality of life.
After inspiring millions to live the divine life, Swami Satyananda took mahasamadhi at midnight on December 5th 2009 at Rikhiapeeth, leaving the present inspirers of the Satyananda Yoga tradition, Swami Niranjanananda and Swami Satyasangananda (popularly known as Swami Satsangi), to continue his work for humanity.
The book was given as prasad to devotees in India and was not published for sale.
About the Author:
Swami Satyananda is considered to be one of the major forces in bringing yoga to the West. He travelled the world tirelessly for over twenty years sharing the inspiration of yoga. During this time he wrote over 80 books on Yoga, Tantra and Spirituality. Swami Satyananda retired from public life in 1988 to work for mankind's upliftment in a more universal way. He moved to Rikhiapeeth, in a small village in Jharkhand in India, where he worked to support the local community and improve their quality of life.
After inspiring millions to live the divine life, Swami Satyananda took mahasamadhi at midnight on December 5th 2009 at Rikhiapeeth, leaving the present inspirers of the Satyananda Yoga tradition, Swami Niranjanananda and Swami Satyasangananda (popularly known as Swami Satsangi), to continue his work for humanity.
About the Author:
Swami Satyananda is considered to be one of the major forces in bringing yoga to the West. He travelled the world tirelessly for over twenty years sharing the inspiration of yoga. During this time he wrote over 80 books on Yoga, Tantra and Spirituality. Swami Satyananda retired from public life in 1988 to work for mankind's upliftment in a more universal way. He moved to Rikhiapeeth, in a small village in Jharkhand in India, where he worked to support the local community and improve their quality of life.
After inspiring millions to live the divine life, Swami Satyananda took mahasamadhi at midnight on December 5th 2009 at Rikhiapeeth, leaving the present inspirers of the Satyananda Yoga tradition, Swami Niranjanananda and Swami Satyasangananda (popularly known as Swami Satsangi), to continue his work for humanity.
Swami Satyananda is considered to be one of the major forces in bringing yoga to the West. He travelled the world tirelessly for over twenty years sharing the inspiration of yoga. During this time he wrote over 80 books on Yoga, Tantra and Spirituality. Swami Satyananda retired from public life in 1988 to work for mankind's upliftment in a more universal way. He moved to Rikhiapeeth, in a small village in Jharkhand in India, where he worked to support the local community and improve their quality of life.
After inspiring millions to live the divine life, Swami Satyananda took mahasamadhi at midnight on December 5th 2009 at Rikhiapeeth, leaving the present inspirers of the Satyananda Yoga tradition, Swami Niranjanananda and Swami Satyasangananda (popularly known as Swami Satsangi), to continue his work for humanity.
About the Author:
Swami Satyananda is considered to be one of the major forces in bringing yoga to the West. He travelled the world tirelessly for over twenty years sharing the inspiration of yoga. During this time he wrote over 80 books on Yoga, Tantra and Spirituality. Swami Satyananda retired from public life in 1988 to work for mankind's upliftment in a more universal way. He moved to Rikhiapeeth, in a small village in Jharkhand in India, where he worked to support the local community and improve their quality of life.
After inspiring millions to live the divine life, Swami Satyananda took mahasamadhi at midnight on December 5th 2009 at Rikhiapeeth, leaving the present inspirers of the Satyananda Yoga tradition, Swami Niranjanananda and Swami Satyasangananda (popularly known as Swami Satsangi), to continue his work for humanity.
Serious yogic aspirants and spiritual seekers will find invaluable guidance within these pages.
The research data was correlated by an Australian doctor and the scientific disposition and language make the book ideal for both medical scientists and lay people alike.
This comprehensive text provides clear illustrations, step by step directions and details of chakra awareness. It guides the practitioner or teacher from the simplest to the most advanced practices of the hatha yoga system. A therapeutic index is included for use by doctors and yoga therapists incorporating recent information from research into yoga. This edition successfully brings the exposition of yoga practices to the standard of a university text.
Suitable for all teachers and practitioners.
About the Author:
Swami Satyananda is considered to be one of the major forces in bringing yoga to the West. He travelled the world tirelessly for over twenty years sharing the inspiration of yoga. During this time he wrote over 80 books on Yoga, Tantra and Spirituality. Swami Satyananda retired from public life in 1988 to work for mankind's upliftment in a more universal way. He moved to Rikhiapeeth, in a small village in Jharkhand in India, where he worked to support the local community and improve their quality of life.
After inspiring millions to live the divine life, Swami Satyananda took mahasamadhi at midnight on December 5th 2009 at Rikhiapeeth, leaving the present inspirers of the Satyananda Yoga tradition, Swami Niranjanananda and Swami Satyasangananda (popularly known as Swami Satsangi), to continue his work for humanity.
About the Author:
Swami Satyananda is considered to be one of the major forces in bringing yoga to the West. He travelled the world tirelessly for over twenty years sharing the inspiration of yoga. During this time he wrote over 80 books on Yoga, Tantra and Spirituality. Swami Satyananda retired from public life in 1988 to work for mankind's upliftment in a more universal way. He moved to Rikhiapeeth, in a small village in Jharkhand in India, where he worked to support the local community and improve their quality of life.
After inspiring millions to live the divine life, Swami Satyananda took mahasamadhi at midnight on December 5th 2009 at Rikhiapeeth, leaving the present inspirers of the Satyananda Yoga tradition, Swami Niranjanananda and Swami Satyasangananda (popularly known as Swami Satsangi), to continue his work for humanity.
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> YOGA NIDRA. — Le yoga nidra est le tranquillisant yogique, le moyen naturel d’établir l'harmonie dans tout l’organisme. C’est un système magnifiquement efficace de relaxation, qui réduit de manière substantielle les tensions physiques et mentales amenées par la vie moderne. Pour les gens malades ou affaiblis, c’est le moyen de revitaliser le système nerveux et d'éveiller les forces de guérison. Le yoga nidra est connu comme technique de relaxation, mais en fait vise à un parfait équilibre physique et mental. Il apporte un état de complète quiétude dans toutes les dimensions de notre personnalité. La pratique est fondée sur la rotation de la conscience, dans laquelle on passe mentalement en revue les différentes parties du corps, et là réside le secret de son efficacité.
—Swami Satyananda. “ Yoga Nidra ”
Ed. Satyanandashram.
11, Cité de trévise 75009 Paris
In: Infos Yoga, (13), Été 1997, (p. 2)
> YOGA NIDRA. — "La thérapie par la relaxation du yoga nidra a été appliquée de manière très satisfaisante sur des patients qui souffraient de problèmes chroniques" rapportent les médecins du centre médical Davis Sacramento-Université de Californie (U.S.A.).
ils ont pu constaté :
1) Le soulagement de l'insomnie et des troubles du sommeil.
2) La possibilité de maintenir d'une manière modérée la douleur en dehors du champ de conscience permettant ainsi au patient de s'endormir.
3) Le soulagement partiel du sentiment de désespoir et de dépression qui est communément associé à la maladie chronique.
4) Une diminution des besoins en drogues, hypnotiques et sédatifs.
—Yoga Nidra - Swami Satyananda
Ed. Satyanandashram 11, cité Trévise
75009 Paris
In: Infos Yoga, (18), Eté 1998, (p. 9)
> RAJA YOGA. — Dans le monde moderne, le Raja yoga est le plus couramment pratiqué de tous les yogas et c'est de tous, celui qui correspond le mieux à la conception que les gens se font du yoga. Les pays occidentaux l'ont adopté, bien qu'il ne réponde pas à leurs critères de connaissance intellectuelle, ceci en
raison de son efficacité. Le Raja yoga convient à chacun quelque soit sa nature, car il réunit toutes les exigences de la vie spirituelle, de ses débuts à son sommet. Le yoga nidra est une méthode Raja yoga. Ces dernières années ont vu la popularisation du mysticisme de l'Inde en occident, et cela a donné un essor considérable au bhakti yoga. Cependant le Raja yoga reste la forme de yoga la plus répandue.
—Yoga Nidra,
Swami Satyananda
Ed. Satyanandashram
In: Infos Yoga, (23), Été 1999, (p. 10)
> Naissance de yoga nidra - Swami Satyananda
In: Infos Yoga, no. 43), Eté 2003), pp. 29-30. … ; (en ligne),
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