Light on Yoga

Description

Yoga is an ancient Indian science, art and philosophy, which deals with the body, mind, emotions, intellect, ego and the I-consciousness. Its practice gives one a healthy body, mental clarity, emotional equanimity and a discriminative intelligence. The benefits of its practice are immeasurable and therefore people all over the world are taking to it – Irrespective of gender, age, geographical locations, religious beliefs or socioeconomic conditions.

The benefits can be reaped only when yoga is practiced with discipline, precision, alignment, sensitivity and internal awareness. Light on Yoga, first written 50 years ago, still remains one of the most authoritative text on yoga. The book is divided into 3 parts: The first introduces the philosophy of yoga, the second deals with the methodology to perform 200 yoga asanas [along with 600 photographs] and the third deals with pranayama. The book ends with detailed course structure of practice over years, along with guidelines on the curative asanas beneficial for various diseases.