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Index
Cover Image
Title Page
Epigraph
Table of Contents
Foreword: Gunnar Adler-Karlsson
Preface
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
Santosa
Tapas
Svādhyāya
Īśvarapranidhāna
Chapter 6: Āsanas—Postures
Static Exercises
Dynamic Exercises
Chapter 7: āranā—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: Sat Karman—Purifications
Internal Purifications
Advanced Exercises of Control
Chapter 10: Prānāyāma—Respiratory Control
Prāna
Nādīs and Vāyus
Practice of the Discipline
Nādī Śuddhi
Svara Yoga
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
Conclusion
Note on the Pronunciation of Transliterated Sanskrit Words
Glossary
Footnotes
About the Author
About Inner Traditions • Bear & Company
Copyright & Permissions
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