Contents
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Cover Image
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Title Page
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Epigraph
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Foreword by Gunnar Adler-Karlsson
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Preface
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Acknowledgments
- Introduction: At the Feet of the “Lion of Bengal”
- The Life of Sri Shyam Sundar Goswami
- My Meeting with a Yoga Master
- Sri Goswami’s Yoga Teaching
- Chapter 1: Origins and Objectives of Yoga
- Reflections on the Sacred Texts of India
- The Yogic Path
- Chapter 2: Science and Spirituality
- Two Paths of Evolution
- The Possibility of Fusion
- Chapter 3: Yoga in Daily Life
- A Lack of Mastery
- Accessing the Infinite According to Yoga
- Physical Conditions of the Spiritual Life
- Yogic Sublimity
- Chapter 4: Yama—Ethical Rules
- Ahimsā
- Satya
- Asteya
- Brahmacarya
- Aparigraha
- Chapter 5: Niyama—Self-Regulation
- Śauca
- Santoṣa
- Tapas
- Svādhyāya
- Īśvarapraṇidhāna
- Chapter 6: Āsanas—Postures
- Static Exercises
- Dynamic Exercises
- Chapter 7: Cāraṇā—Yogic Bodybuilding
- Contraction and Control Exercises
- Abdominal Control
- Pelvic Control
- Mudrās—Exercises of Control
- Chapter 8: Yogic Sexual Mastery
- Sexual Fusion
- The Five “M”s
- Chapter 9: Ṣaṭ Karman—Purifications
- Internal Purifications
- Advanced Exercises of Control
- Chapter 10: prāṇāyāma—Respiratory Control
- prāṇa
- Nāḍīs and Vāyus
- Practice of the Discipline
- Nāḍī Śuddhi
- Svara Yoga
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Chapter 11: Pratyāhāra—Control of the Senses
- Chapter 12: Stages of Concentration
- Dhāraṇā, Dhyāna, and
Samādhi
- Samprajñāta Samādhi
- Asamprajñāta Samādhi
- The “Royal Way”
- Mantra Yoga and Laya Yoga
- Postures for Concentration
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Conclusion: Leading a Modern Life with Classic Yoga
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Note on the Pronunciation of Transliterated Sanskrit Words
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Glossary
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Footnotes
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About the Author
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About Inner Traditions • Bear & Company
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