1 See the section ‘What Makes Us Tick’ in Chapter 2.

2 Child yogis who are adept from a very young age.

3 Referring to his first encounter with Malladihalli Swamiji, who started him on Hatha Yoga at the age of eleven years.

4 An esoteric Indian spiritual tradition.

5 Someshwara temple, Devuni Kadapa, in the state of Andhra Pradesh.

6 Kumaraswami Kamaraj (1903–75), a popular politician from southern India.