Originally published in 1962, this book is primarily concerned with the Yoga of the physical body known as Hatha Yoga. You will learn how to improve your health and well-being by a system of exercises.
Hatha Yoga is the preparation for all the higher forms of Yoga and, because of its benefits to the body and the mind, it is the most popular form of Yoga and the most acceptable to Western habits of thought. It can help you towards better health and calm your mind so that you can solve your personal problems.
Hatha Yoga is essentially a static science. Basically one gets into a Yoga posture or asana and remains so for as long as possible. Stress is laid on pressure of certain organs, glands and muscles rather than on movement. When movement is necessary in Hatha Yoga it is always gentle and graceful, therefore anyone can benefit from Yoga regardless of age, sex, race, walk of life, or religious belief. It is a universal science. It can lead to more abundant living and a new awareness of higher things through ridding your body of the pains and diseases which drag your mind back into the earth when it wants to wing its way upwards towards the light.
This is a book primarily for the Westerner and the beginner in Yoga and as such it does not contain postures suitable only to advanced students who are able to practise many hours a day. The asanas included in this book will suffice to bring the health of the average person to a far higher level than hitherto experienced and, combined with the other practices described in this book, will open out a new horizon beyond the banalities of everyday existence.
- List of Illustrations
- What Yoga Can Do
- Relaxation and Stretching
- Tension and Emotional Stress
- Insomnia, Neurasthenia, and Fatigue
- Constipation and Indigestion
- Backache and Aching Legs Due to Bad Posture
- Lumbago and Sciatica
- Asthma, Bronchitis and Hay Fever
- Arthritis and Rheumatism
- Obesity and the Improvement of the Figure
- Female Disorders
- Headaches, Eyestrain and Stiff Neck
- Stomach, Kidney and Liver Complaints
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