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

lost man, I was partly aspiring to artistry, partly to the yogic search for the soul. The one encouraged the other. Then pure yo ...

through carelessness, arrogance, or laxity of practice, the fire will lose its transforming heat. I have not retired and never s ...

Asanas for Emotional Stability T he following asanas will help you to develop emotional sta­ bility. When the given sequence is ...

Shirsasana (using ropes): Stay as long as you feel comfortable. Sarvangasana (on a chair): Stay for 5 to 10 minutes. Niralamba ...

Viparita Karani in Sarvangasana (here shown resting on two bolsters): Stay for 5 minutes. Upavista Konasana: (If one can­ not h ...

�I Shavasana with chest elevated: (Some bolsters or a heavy weight to be kept on the thighs for a quick relaxation of the body ...

Index Boldface page references indicate photographs. A Abhinivesa. See Fear of Death or Clinging to Life Abhyasa (practice), 93- ...

Behavioral patterns, altering embedded, 131-38, 141- 42 Bhakti (devotion), 212 Bhogakala (art of appeasing the pleasure of body ...

Contentment (santosa), 257, 259, 262 Continence (brahmacarya), 254-55 Corpse pose (Savasana), 159, 232-37 Correct knowledge (pra ...

Energy body (cont.) cosmic intelligence and, 208, 213 Emotional Disturbances and anger, 88-90 greed, 91-93 hatred, 90-91 lust, 8 ...

Half-moon asana pose (ardha chandrasana), 141 Hanuman asana pose, 50 Happiness, 52, 93-94, 95 Harmony, 42-47, 63, 259. See also ...

Intelligence (cont.) mind and, 155 -56 mirror of, 125 physical body and, 28-29 postures of yoga and, 162 skillful, 257 universal ...

Luminosity (sattva), 45, 207 Lung capacity, 69-70. See also Breathing technique Lust, 85-87 M Maharishi, Ramana, 70 Mahat (cosmi ...

Nature (cont.) Souland, 9 - 10, 170 Universal Soul and, 9-10 vacuum and, 204 will and, 62 yoga and, 207-9 yogi and, 19 Newton, I ...

for emotional stability, 267-70, 267-70 half-moon asana pose, 141 hanuman asana pose, 50 intelligence and, 162 memory and, 57 mo ...

Sannyasin (fourth and final stage of life), xiii, 245-46 Santosa (contentment), 257, 259, 262 Sarira sakti (power of a healthy b ...

meditation in managing, 80-81 yoga in managing, 79-80 Stretching, 33-38 Suffering, 52 Superiority, avoiding, 58 Supta Virasana ( ...

Vivecana (discretion), 93 Viveka (discrimination), 93, 155, 162, 230 Vo lition, 127, 152. See also Will w Waste of resources, 91 ...