Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom

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The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedotn / \ B.l(.S. YEN GAR with John J. Evans and Douglas Abrams HAIN ...

( :opyrijlht ({) 2005 by B.K.S. Iyengar (:over 11nd interior photographs courtesy of B.K.S. Iyengar All ri11hrs reserved. Rainco ...

To my father, Bellur Krishnamachar, my mother, Seshamma, and my birthplace, Bellur ...

Contents Preface IX Introduction: Freedom Awaits xiii Chapter 1 The Inward Journey 3 Chapter 2 Stability-The Physical Body (Asan ...

Preface I f this book is to lay any claim to authenticity, it must make one point clear above all others. It is this: By persist ...

I learned through practice, earned a bit of experienced knowledge, and reinvested that knowledge and understanding in order to l ...

and the human condition. Patanjali also explained the relationship be­ tween the natural world and the innermost and transcenden ...

dertaken from a unique perspective: Innovation within traditional boundaries. These past seventy years have taken me on the Inwa ...

Introduction: Freedom Awaits W hen I left India and came to Europe and America a half century ago, open-mouthed audiences gaped ...

middle, seeking to reconcile the paradox of how to make our way upon the earth while striving for something more permanent and m ...

path, a way open to all regardless of their birth and background. Patanjali used the expression sarvabhauma-universal-some 2, ye ...

tainable form our aspirations toward what we call individual success and global progress. Yoga is the rule book for playing the ...

When I set off in yoga, I also had no understanding of the greater glory of yoga. I too was seeking its physical benefits, and i ...

fatal. From his sick bed, my father called me and told me that he would die when I was nearing nine as his father had died when ...

was some fourteen years old, that my brother-in-law asked me to come from Bangalore to Mysore and spend some time with his wife ...

friends, or even safe employment. At the time all I had was my prac­ tice of asana, of yoga postures-not even the breathing prac ...