Art and Science of Raja Yoga: Fourteen Steps to Higher Awareness, Based on the Teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda

J. Donald Walters

Motilal Banarsidass Publ., 2003 - Yoga, Rāja - 471 pages

The 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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Contents

• Foreword: 13
• Suggestions for Study: 17
• Authors Prefatory Note: 19
• The History of Yoga: 23
• Special Guidelines: 30
• Savasana: 35
• Routine: 37
• Insomnia Part: 38
• Insomnia Part Two: 40
• Meditation: 41
• The Paths of Yoga: 45
• Basic Principles and Practices Vrikasana Chandrasana Trikonasana Paschimotanasana Halasana: 52
• Breathing: 61
• Routine: 63
• Integration vs Disintegration: 64
• Diet 67: 67
• Meditation: 69
• THE EIGHTFOLD PATH I Philosophy Patanjalis Ashtanga Yoga The Eightfold Path: 75
• Savasana Paschimotanasana III Breathing The Full Yogic Breath: 84
• Routine: 86
• Hypertension and Nervousness ICSS 07: 87
• YAMA: 99
• Janushirasana Dhanurasana: 117
• NIYAMA: 129
• Chakrasana Simhasana: 136
• Life Is a Battlefield: 159
• Affirmations Part 1: 187
• Diet: 205
• Meditation on the Elements: 208
• AFFIRMATIONS PART 2: 219
• Sitting PosesSiddhasana Padmasana ArdhaPadmasana Sukhasana: 234
• Breathing: 236
• 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: 304
• Breathing: 306
• Routine: 307
• Sex Problems: 308
• Diet: 312
• A HongSau Outline: 315
• B Magnetism: 319
• Guru: 323
• The Inverted Poses Sarvangasana Sethu Bandhasana Sirshasana Snusuna: 328
• Sitali Pranayama: 336
• Diet: 342
• THE ANATOMY OF YOGA PART 1: 351
• Advanced PosesNauli Mayurasana: 362
• Diet: 372
• THE ANATOMY OF YOGA PART 2: 387
• Diet: 413
• THE YOGIC SCHEME OF LIFE: 423
• Yoga Postures: 437
• Diet for Meditation: 447
• A Farewell to the Student: 455
• An Overview by Subject Matter: 469

Bibliographic information

• Title: Art and Science of Raja Yoga: Fourteen Steps to Higher Awareness, Based on the Teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda
• Author: J. Donald Walters
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ., 2003
• ISBN: 8120818768, 9788120818767
• Length: 471 pages