Yoga

Was Christ a Yogi?
How to Be a Yogi
by Swami Abhedananda
IN considering whether or not Christ was a Yogi we should first understand how spiritual and how divine one must be before he can be called a Yogi. A true Yogi must be pure, chaste, spotless, self-sacrificing, and the absolute master of himself.

Relaxed Living
Yoga and Relaxation
by Tony Crisp
For, (over and over again) there is nothing that is evil except because a man has not mastery over it; and there is no good thing that is not evil if it have mastery over a man; And there is no passion or power, pleasure or pain

The Master Speaks
Yoga and Relaxation
by Tony Crisp
Writing a book is a dangerous thing; especially when the book suggests that it has anything important or authoritative to say on the meaning of our existence. The danger lies in the human habit of accepting somebody else’s ideas and desires through

The Birth of Jennifer Kries' Method Workout

Millions of Americans look to either yoga, dance, or Pilates to give them the long, lean, healthy body they want. Now, for the first time, there is one book that combines all three disciplines.

Discovering The Mind
Yoga and Relaxation
by Tony Crisp
Just as the growing seedling cannot respond to the light until its formed leaves are thrust above ground; so human consciousness cannot assimilate and respond to certain truths until parts of the nature have matured.

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: The Book of the Spiritual Man
by Patañjali
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are in themselves exceedingly brief, less than ten pages of large type in the original. Yet they contain the essence of practical wisdom, set forth in admirable order and detail.

Relaxation
Yoga and Relaxation
by Tony Crisp
To be relaxed is a blessed thing. It is reminiscent of a beautiful ship riding easily through the roughest seas. Certainly it is moved by the great waves, certainly it responds sensitively to each wind and current, but at the same time it can choose its

The Doctrine and Practice of Yoga
by A. P. Mukerji
Concentration signifies the state of being at a centre (con and centrum). Applied to thought, it is the act of bringing the mind to a single point. Each human being must practise concentration subjectively and objectively.

An Introduction to Yoga
by Annie Besant
Let us, first of all, ask ourselves, looking at the world around us, what it is that the history of the world signifies. When we read history, what does the history tell us? It seems to be a moving panorama of people and events

Getting Ready to Exercise: The Yoga Warm-up
The American Yoga Association Beginner's Manual Fully Revised and Updated
by Alice Christensen
Whether you are a rank beginner or have practiced for several years, it is best to warm up before every session, using the sequence in this chapter. Warming up has nothing to do with the temperature of the room or how limber your body may already feel.

The Hindu-Yogi Science Of Breath
by Yogi Ramacharaka
The Western student is apt to be somewhat confused in his ideas regarding the Yogis and their philosophy and practice. Travelers to India have written great tales about the hordes of fakirs, mendicants and mountebanks who infest the great roads of India

Science of Breathing
How to Be a Yogi
by Swami Abhedananda
THE Science of Yoga with its various branches justly claims, as we have already seen, to unravel the mysteries of life and death. Some of the advanced thinkers in Western countries are beginning to understand the importance of this noble science

Râja Yoga
How to Be a Yogi
by Swami Abhedananda
HATHA YOGA, as we have already seen, is wholly devoted to the control of the functions of the body and to the mastery of the physical forces, its ideal being a sound constitution, well-fitted to overcome those physical and environmental conditions

Why Practice Yoga?
Yoga Zone Introduction to Yoga : A Beginner's Guide to Health, Fitness, and Relaxation
by Alan Finger, Al Bingham
Yoga is increasingly popular these days. Everywhere you look - in magazines, on television, in the internet chat rooms, in boardrooms, and in bedrooms across the country - people are singing the praises of yoga.

Jnâna Yoga
How to Be a Yogi
by Swami Abhedananda
THE last is Jnâna Yoga, the path of wisdom. The word Jnâna, being derived from the Sanskrit root Jnâ, to know, means knowledge; and the ideal which it holds up before its followers is the realization of that Absolute Truth

Karma Yoga
How to Be a Yogi
by Swami Abhedananda
ONE of the significations of the word Yoga is Dexterity in work. To render this meaning still more specific, the Sanskrit term Karma, derived from the root verb Kri, to act, is added. Taken in its literal sense, therefore, Karma signifies action

What is Yoga?
How to Be a Yogi
by Swami Abhedananda
IN all the Sacred Writings of the world as well as in the lives of the inspired teachers, prophets, saints, and Seers of Truth, we find frequent descriptions of miraculous events and powers, which, admitting a certain measure of exaggeration

Yoga for Life
Yoga Zone Yoga for Life: An Intermediate Guide to Health, Fitness, and Relaxation
by Alan Finger, Al Bingham
The bliss of having just finished a successful yoga practice is unlike anything else in the world. An hour of maintaining focused control over the body, breath, and mind reenergizes you, no matter how tired, stressed, or uninterested you felt at the start

Bhakti Yoga
How to Be a Yogi
by Swami Abhedananda
BHAKTI YOGA teaches that the final end of all religions can be reached through love and worship of the personal God, who is the Creator and Governor of the phenomenal universe. It leads to the same destination as all the other branches of Yoga

What is a personal revolution, and why do we need one?
40 Days to Personal Revolution
by Baron Baptiste
Many of us are searching without knowing exactly what we are looking for. Some of us go on a diet to lose weight and try all kinds of programs and workshops to make ourselves feel better, or perhaps we throw ourselves into our work and seek wealth