Modern Yoga

Grounded in investigative research and real survivor stories, Surviving Modern Yoga uncovers the physical and sexual abuse perpetrated by Ashtanga yoga leader Pattabhi Jois—and reckons with the culture, structures, and mythos that enabled it. Yoga culture sells well-meaning westerners the full...

In The Eight Limbs of Yoga for Modern Times, you'll discover how to integrate the wisdom of yoga into your daily routine—whether you're a yoga teacher, a devoted practitioner, or someone seeking deeper meaning in life.

This edition of The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali is presented as a valuable bridge between ancient wisdom and contemporary understanding. Earlier translations and commentaries on the Sutras of Patanjali have played a crucial role in introducing this monumental work to the West. Yet the landscape of spiritual inquiry has changed over the years. Readers today bring new questions, new challenges, and a renewed desire for clarity, relevance, and direct experience. In revisiting Johnston’s earlier work and that of older translations and commentaries, this edition: Updates antiquated language and ...

The Living Gita is a translation of, and commentary on, the Bhagavad Gita by Sri Swami Satchidananda, one of the world’s most respected Yoga masters. The Gita is the summary and essence of Eastern spiritual wisdom, drawn from the Hindu tradition. When Swami Satchidananda arrived in the West in 1966, he recognized the need to make the teachings of Yoga and this classic text accessible to modern readers and listeners. He soon began giving talks on the Gita, which became the foundation for The Living Gita, first published in 1988.

I wish I knew then what I know now. Famous last words. Seven years invested, saddled with a ton of debt, and loads of personal stress, with sadness, I closed my failing yoga studio at the end of 2015. But I found light at the end of the tunnel. I turned around a disastrous situation from all the lessons learned. Now I pass my knowledge on to you. Save thousands of dollars, jump ahead of your competition, and thoroughly understand the business of yoga before you begin.

Practical and insightful, The Sacred Tradition of Yoga begins with a clear and deep inquiry into the human condition, reminding us of true purpose of Yoga. The second half of the book focuses on the yamas and niyamas, the personal disciplines and social ethics of yoga. Throughout, Dr. Jois’ teachings honor ancient traditions and underscore the benefits we can gain from adopting a yogic way of life in the modern world.

In the enigmatic East, mudras have thrived for thousands of years—originating in ancient Vedic Hindu tradition and adopted by Buddhist practitioners. These divine hand positions, or mudras, are not just simple gestures; they are portals to profound experiences and comprehensive wellness. Explore the Enchantment of Mudras. The Sacred Secret of the East. Spiritual Practice and Enlightenment: - Pathway of Mudras: Embark on a journey towards enlightenment through these delicate yet powerful hand movements. Harmonize your energy centers and establish a connection with the higher consciousness....

Yoga is so prevalent in the modern world - practiced by pop stars, taught in schools, and offered in yoga centers, health clubs, and even shopping malls - that we take its presence, and its meaning, for granted. But how did the current yoga boom happen? And is it really rooted in ancient Indian practices, as many of its adherents claim? In this groundbreaking book, Mark Singleton calls into question many commonly held beliefs about the nature and origins of postural yoga (asana) and suggests a radically new way of understanding the meaning of yoga as it is practiced by millions today.

The audiobook explores Ayurveda's understanding of both the problem of our 'one addiction process' and its solution. It offers holistic techniques that enhance any of the traditional recovery pathways and beyond any of the common diet/exercise dogma from mainstream media. It covers the stress/addictive tendencies of the doshic types, and links this to how stress affects metabolism, the main determinant of health. The programme offered in the audiobook is an integration of the philosophy, psychology and physical practises of Yoga and Ayurveda to help people shift their life trajectory.

What if Pentecost held a secret far beyond what history recorded? For centuries, the true meaning of this sacred fire has remained veiled. Drawing on Essene mystical tradition and profound spiritual insight, this transformative book reveals: The hidden practice – An ancient solar yoga that awakens divine fire within the human being and opens the path to conscious evolution The secret of individuality – How to unite with your eternal I-Am, the diamond ray of solar consciousness that liberates you from personality's illusions Discover the initiatory path of fire that Jesus and the ...

Vacillating between a desire to get high and a yearning for a substance-free life, she finds herself alternating between cocaine and yoga, dependence and freedom. Will she be able to let go of her self-abuse and find sobriety one day, and one breath, at a time? An addict who once disappeared into crack dens, she now seeks solace at yoga studios. As Jessica attempts to create a path to recovery “on the mat” and in the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous, she grapples with one unanswerable question: Is recovery worth it?

What if you are only tapping into 75% of the full potential of yoga? If there was a simple and free way to harness the other 25% and make major improvements in both your asana practice and overall health, would you want to know what it is? This revolutionary yoga and breathing manual unites modern science, with clinically-proven breathing techniques, and the (mostly) forgotten wisdom of ancient Yogis to enhance your yoga practice. Written by international breath expert Patrick McKeown and leading yoga educator Anastasis Tzanis, this is an essential book for every practitioner and instructor.

Fight insomnia with simple yoga poses, meditations, and breathwork that will help you sleep better, longer—from a master yoga trainer and the author of Yoga Sequencing and Teaching Yoga. Although modern science has unraveled some of the mysteries of our sleeping, dreaming, and waking states...

This book is a spiritual memoir on the life and explorations of Anthony “Prem” Carlisi, as well as a source of practical, applicable information about the practices of Ashtanga Yoga, Ayurveda, and Tantra. The synergy of these three sciences are what Prem believes to be the key to living a healthy, rooted, and ecstatic life!

This comprehensive history sets yoga in its global cultural context for the first time. It leads us on a fascinating journey across the world, from arcane religious rituals and medieval body-magic, through muscular Christianity and the British Raj, to the Indian nationalist movement and the arrival of yoga in the 20th-century West. We discover how the practice reached its present-day ubiquity and how it became embedded in powerful social currents shaping the world's future.

This modern and practical guide is designed for both beginners and advanced practitioners, offering an in-depth exploration of the ancient teachings of the Yoga Sutras. The Daily Guide to the Yoga Sutras is unique in that it offers an interactive experience through external resources that link the listener to meditations and physical practices that bring each sutra to life. This book is filled with insights that encourage introspection, self-discovery, and personal growth.

Why do so many people suffer sadness often disguised behind smiles? What is the common dilemma of such inner pain? The reason is a simple one – it is the inability to complete a feeling! To understand this seeming complex situation we need to break down the subject into three parts. 1. What is an incomplete feeling? 2. What is a complete feeling? 3. How to heal such a feeling of incompleteness. An incomplete feeling is an emotion that lingers on and on without reaching its completion. We mull over it, try to figure it out, think about thinking about it, resist it by wishing it wasn’t so...

There comes a moment in life when love feels deeper than emotion, desire feels more than physical, and consciousness begins to ask questions that ordinary answers cannot satisfy. This book is written for that moment. TANTRA & SACRED ENERGY is a powerful collected work that brings together three complete books into one immersive journey. It explores Tantra not as myth or taboo, but as a living science of awareness that connects love, sexuality, energy, and awakening into a single, integrated understanding of life. Far beyond common misconceptions, Tantra is revealed here as a path that does ...

What if awakening did not require withdrawal from life—but deeper immersion into it? Krishna Living explores how consciousness matures through love, play, intensity, and lived experience—without formulas, rituals, or borrowed beliefs. Inspired by the spirit of Krishna as lived awareness, this book traces a fearless journey where life itself becomes yoga. What if spirituality did not begin in temples, techniques, or renunciation—but in play, love, confusion, failure, and ordinary life? Krishna Living is not a book of teachings. It is a book of living. It does not tell you what to ...

A warrior’s scripture for the modern age. A blueprint for inner mastery. A call to the disciple returning to the Path. In a world drowning in noise, pressure, and spiritual amnesia, Musings of the Spiritual Warrior III arrives like a blade of light—cutting through illusion, awakening the dormant strength within, and guiding seekers back to the Eternal. Drawing from the three great streams of martial mastery, yogic science, and Christian mysticism, Sifu Matt Russo fuses ancient wisdom with modern neuroscience to reveal a path of transformation that begins where all true power begins: ...