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Authors: David Frawley, Dr David Frawley
ISBN-13: 9780914955818, ISBN-10: 0914955810
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Lotus Press WI
Date Published: March 1999
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Yoga & Ayurveda together form a complete approach for optimal health, vitality and higher awareness.
Foreword | ||
Preface | ||
Part 1 | Background of Yoga and Ayurveda: Integral Vision of the Universe and the Individual Human Being | 1 |
1. | Yoga and Ayurveda: The Sciences of Self-Realization and Self-Healing | 3 |
2. | Dharma and Tattva: The Universal Philosophy of Yoga and Ayurveda | 9 |
3. | The Three Gunas and Mental Nature | 27 |
4. | The Dance of the Doshas: Ayurvedic Constitution and Yoga | 37 |
5. | The Paths of Yoga | 49 |
Part 2 | The Energetics of Yoga and Ayurveda: Secrets of Self-Transformation | 65 |
6. | The Soul and its Different Bodies | 67 |
7. | Prana, Tejas and Ojas: Secrets of Yogic Alchemy | 87 |
8. | Agni Yoga: Harnessing the Inner Fire | 105 |
9. | Secrets of the Five Pranas | 119 |
10. | Kundalini and the Chakras: Awakening the Subtle Body | 135 |
11. | The Nadis: The Channel Systems of Mind and Prana | 149 |
Part 3 | The Practices of Yoga and Ayurveda: Techniques of Inner Transformation | 165 |
12. | Yogic and Ayurvedic Diets: Similarities and Differences | 167 |
13. | Preparing Soma: Herbs for the Practice of Yoga | 185 |
14. | Asana: Yoga Postures for Health and Awareness | 205 |
15. | Methods of Pranayama | 241 |
16. | Pratyahara: the Forgotten Limb of Yoga | 261 |
17. | Mantra Purusha: The Person of Sound | 273 |
18. | Meditation and the Mind | 283 |
Appendices | ||
1. | The Vedic Connection | 309 |
2. | Endnotes | 319 |
3. | Sanskrit Glossary | 321 |
4. | Sanskrit Pronunciation Key | 325 |
5. | Bibliography, English and Sanskrit | 326 |
Index | ||
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