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CONTENTS

Foreword by Wayne Teasdale

Preface to the Paperback Edition

Acknowledgments

Introduction

 

PART 1: YOGA
A way of harmony, balance, and ecstasy

Chapter 1: Balancing Vision and Sound

Chapter 2: Yoking Ourselves to the Cosmic

Chapter 3: The Marriage of Body and Soul

 

PART 2: MANTRA
The soul of yoga

Chapter 4: Mantra in an Interspiritual Age

Chapter 5: The Sanskrit Mantra

Chapter 6: Building Our Sonic Community

 

PART 3: TRADITION
The four major streams of sacred sound in Hinduism

Chapter 7: Shabda Yoga: The Spiritual Technology of Vedic Mantras

Chapter 8: Shakti Yoga: Renewing Energy through Tantric Mantras

Chapter 9: Bhava Yoga: Finding Ecstasy through Bhakti Mantras

Chapter 10: Nada Yoga: Meditation through Sound and Music

 

PART 4: PRACTICE
The elements of Sound Yoga

Chapter 11: Preparation and Mantra Shastra

Chapter 12: Posture

Chapter 13: The Breath

Chapter 14: Sound

Chapter 15: Movement

Chapter 16: Consciousness

 

PART 5: INTEGRATION
Living the life of a sound yogi

Chapter 17: Living the Yoga of Sound

Epilogue

Appendix 1: Shabda Yoga: Vedic Mantras

Appendix 2: Shakti Yoga: Tantric Mantras

Appendix 3: Bhava Yoga: Bhakti Mantras

Appendix 4: Nada Yoga: Tones, Practices, and Meditations

Programs and Resources

Endnotes

Index

Track Information for Yoga of Sound Audio Companion

About the Author