Copyright © 2004 by Russill Paul

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The material in this book and the accompanying audio tracks is intended for education. It is not meant to take the place of diagnosis and treatment by a qualified medical practitioner or therapist. No expressed or implied guarantee as to the effects of the use of the recommendations can be given nor liability taken.

Text design: Cathey Flickinger

Kundalini illustration on page 86 used with permission of the Joseph Campbell Foundation (www.jcf.org).

Cover photo of Insight Yoga Studio, Pasadena, California

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Paul, Russill.
The yoga of sound : tapping the hidden power of music and chant / Russill Paul.
           p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN: 978-1-57731-536-0 (alk. paper)

1. Sound—Religious aspects—Hinduism. 2. Yoga. 3. Mantras. I. Title.
BL1215.S67P38 2004

294.5'37—dc22

2004004065

First paperback edition, April 2006
Originally published in hardcover in June 2004
ISBN: 978-1-57731-536-0
Printed in Canada on acid-free, partially recycled paper
Distributed to the trade by Publishers Group West

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