Art and Science of Raja Yoga: Fourteen Steps to Higher Awareness, Based on the Teachings of Paramhansa YoganandaThe book contains fourteen lessons in which the original yoga science emerges in all of its glory-a proven system for realizing one`s spiritual destiny. This is the most comprehensive course on yoga and meditation available today, giving you a profound and intimate understanding of how to apply these age-old teachings, on a practical, as well as spiritual, day-to-day level in this modern age. |
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I have found the material in these lessons to be very helpful in bringing the deeper insights of yoga into practical application in my life.
Contents
Foreword | 13 |
Authors Prefatory Note | 19 |
Special Guidelines | 30 |
Insomnia Part Two | 40 |
Meditation | 41 |
Diet | 67 |
THE EIGHTFOLD PATH | 75 |
Yama | 99 |
Routine | 307 |
Sex Problems | 308 |
Diet | 312 |
A HongSau Outline | 315 |
B Magnetism | 319 |
Guru | 323 |
The Inverted Poses Sarvangasana Sethu Bandhasana Sirshasana | 328 |
Sitali Pranayama | 336 |
Sitkari IV Routine | 118 |
Chronic Fatigue | 119 |
Diet | 121 |
Meditation 111 117 118 119 121 | 123 |
Niyama II Yoga Postures ArdhaDhanurasana the V Pose Karnapirasana Chakrasana Simhasana III Breathing The Alternate Breath IV Routine | 147 |
Respiration Troubles | 148 |
Life Is a Battlefield | 159 |
Pavanamuktasana Uddiyana Bandha ArdhaMayurasana Vajrasana | 166 |
Breathing | 169 |
Routine | 171 |
Stomach Disorders | 174 |
Diet | 177 |
Raising the Inner Energy | 181 |
AFFIRMATIONS PART 1 | 188 |
TABLE OF CONTENTS 11 | 205 |
Meditation on the Elements | 208 |
Affirmations Part 1 | 219 |
Sitting PosesSiddhasana Padmasana ArdhaPadmasana Sukhasana | 227 |
Breathing | 236 |
IV Routine | 238 |
Healing | 239 |
Diet | 241 |
Prayer Chanting Japa and Mantra | 243 |
Energy and Energization | 255 |
SuptaVajrasana ArdhaSalabhasana ArdhaMatsyendrasana Akarshana Dhanurasana Garudasana | 264 |
Kapalabhati Pranayama | 271 |
Routine | 273 |
Circulation and the Blood | 274 |
Simplicity in All Things | 275 |
Concentration | 278 |
Magnetism | 289 |
Parvatasana Salabhasana Matsyasana Yoga Mudra Dhanurasana | 299 |
Breathing | 306 |
Routine | 338 |
Headaches | 339 |
Diet | 342 |
Meditation | 345 |
THE ANATOMY OF YOGA PART 1 | 351 |
Advanced PosesNauli Mayurasana | 362 |
Surya Bedha Pranayama | 365 |
Routine | 367 |
The Eyes Ears and Teeth | 369 |
Diet | 372 |
Attitude | 376 |
THE ANATOMY OF YOGA PART 2 | 387 |
Kechari Mudra Aswini Mudra Jalandhara Bandha Jivha Bandha | 405 |
Jalandhara Bandha Ujjayi Pranayama | 408 |
Routine | 410 |
The Legs and Feet | 411 |
Diet | 413 |
Attitude continued | 415 |
The Yogic Scheme of Life | 423 |
Yoga Postures | 437 |
Breathing | 440 |
Routine | 441 |
Healing | 442 |
Diet for Meditation | 447 |
Signs of Spiritual Progress | 449 |
A Farewell to the Student | 455 |
About the Author | 456 |
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468 | |
An Overview by Subject Matter | 469 |
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