By B. K. S. Iyengar
B. okay. S. Iyengar's vintage ebook gentle on Yoga is a complete creation to yoga with unique descriptions of over two hundred postures (asanas) and 14 respiring routines (pranayamas). The booklet introduces fifty seven key asanas and gives a quick precis of pranayama. The publication is illustrated all through with photos located within the suitable a part of the textual content. the scholar can, as a result, coaching a posture with out assistance from a teacher.Foreword by means of Yehudi Menuhin.
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The sadhaka is tranquil and worships it as that from which he came forth, as that in which he breathes, as that into which he will be dissolved. The soul within the heart is smaller than the smallest seed, yet greater than the sky, containing all works, all desires. Into this the sadhaka enters. Then there remains no sense of 'I' or 'mine' as the working of the body, the mind and the intellect have stopped as if one is in deep sleep. The sadhaka has attained true Yoga; there is only the experience of consciousness, truth and unutterable joy.
They are: ahimsa (non-violence), satya (truth), asteya (non-stealing), brahmacharya (continence) and aparigraha (non-coveting). These commandments are the rules of morality for society and the individual, which if not obeyed bring chaos, violence, untruth, stealing, dissipation and covetousness. The roots of these evils are the emotions of greed, desire and attachment, which may be mild, medium or excessive. They only bring pain and ignorance. Patanjali strikes at the root of these evils by changing the direction of one's thinking along the five principles of yama.
By its proper practice one is freed from most diseases. Never attempt to practice pranayama alone by yourself. For it is essential to have the personal supervision of a Guru who knows the physicallimitations of his pupil. Prii1Jiiyiima Just as the word yoga is one of wide import, so also is prana. Prana means breath, respiration, life, vitality, wind, energy or strength. It also connotes the soul as opposed to the body. The word is generally used in the plural to indicate vital breaths. Ayama means length, expansion, stretching or restraint.