Threads of Yoga: Themes, Reflections, and Meditations to Weave into Your Practice 9780834844070, 2021004851, 9781611808797, 1611808790
Deepen and enliven your yoga practice with 30 themes based on Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras that can inspire on and off the ma
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Table of contents :
Introduction
How to Use This Book
The Meaning behind the Movement
Beyond the Postures
The Initiation
PART ONE:
Themes and Practices Inspired by the Yoga Sutras
1. What Is Yoga?
2. Why Quiet the Mind?
3. Present Moment Awareness
4. Breath
5. Prana
6. Opening the Heart
7. Surrender
8. Silence
9. The Witness
10. Meditation
PART TWO:
The Yamas and Niyamas
11. Introduction to the Yamas and Niyamas
12. Ahimsa—Nonviolence
13. Satya—Truthfulness
14. Asteya—Nonstealing
15. Brahmacharya—Moderation
16. Aparigraha—Nongreed
17. Saucha—Purity
18. Santosha—Contentment
19. Tapas—Self-Discipline
20. Swadhyaya—Self-Study
21. Ishvara Pranidhana—Surrender to a Higher Power
PART THREE: The Chakra System
22. Introduction to the Chakra System
23. Muladhara—The Root Chakra
24. Svadisthana—The Sacral Chakra
25. Manipura—The Solar Plexus Chakra
26. Anahata—The Heart Chakra
27. Visuddha—The Throat Chakra
28. Ajna—The Third Eye Chakra
29. Sahasrara—The Crown Chakra
30. Conclusion
Resources and Recommended Reading
Acknowledgments
About the Author
E-mail Sign-Up
Introduction
How to Use This Book
The Meaning behind the Movement
Beyond the Postures
The Initiation
PART ONE:
Themes and Practices Inspired by the Yoga Sutras
1. What Is Yoga?
2. Why Quiet the Mind?
3. Present Moment Awareness
4. Breath
5. Prana
6. Opening the Heart
7. Surrender
8. Silence
9. The Witness
10. Meditation
PART TWO:
The Yamas and Niyamas
11. Introduction to the Yamas and Niyamas
12. Ahimsa—Nonviolence
13. Satya—Truthfulness
14. Asteya—Nonstealing
15. Brahmacharya—Moderation
16. Aparigraha—Nongreed
17. Saucha—Purity
18. Santosha—Contentment
19. Tapas—Self-Discipline
20. Swadhyaya—Self-Study
21. Ishvara Pranidhana—Surrender to a Higher Power
PART THREE: The Chakra System
22. Introduction to the Chakra System
23. Muladhara—The Root Chakra
24. Svadisthana—The Sacral Chakra
25. Manipura—The Solar Plexus Chakra
26. Anahata—The Heart Chakra
27. Visuddha—The Throat Chakra
28. Ajna—The Third Eye Chakra
29. Sahasrara—The Crown Chakra
30. Conclusion
Resources and Recommended Reading
Acknowledgments
About the Author
E-mail Sign-Up
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