for emotional stability, 267-70,
267-70
half-moon asana pose, 141
hanuman asana pose, 50
intelligence and, 162
memory and, 57
mountain pose, 7, 108
personal experience with, xvi-xx
in petals of yoga, 10-1 2
physical body and, 61-64
plough pose, 81
practicing, 10-12, 55-56
purpose of, xvi
standing still and straight pose, 108
transformation of, in public eye, xiii
triangle pose, 61-62, 223
Power
of awareness, 171
ego and, 87
freedom and, 173, 230-3 1
of healthy body, 171
intellectual body and, 171-73
Nature as initiating, 62
of pranic energy, 171
siddhis and, 230
of soul, 171
types of, 171
virtuous, 63
wisdom and, 171-73
Practice (abhyasa), 93-94, 99-100,
102-3, 112
Prajna. See Awareness
Prakrti. See Nature
Pramana (correct knowledge), 153
Pranamaya kosa. See Energy body;
Sheaths of being
Prana sakti (power of pranic energy),
171
Prana (vital energy), 102. See also
Energy body
Pranayama. See Breathing technique
Pratyahara (sensory control and
withdrawal)
calming Emotional Disturbances and,
99-1 05
energy body and, 99-1 OS
in petals of yoga, I 0, 12-1 �
l'n·rana, 169
l'ri"SI'nl (tinll"), 44
Pride (asmita), 87-88, 194-95. See also
l-am-ness
Proof, 161 -62
Puraka (inhalation), 72, 74-75
Purity, 25-26, 258-65
Purusartha (Aims of Life), 237 -4 1
Purusa (Self), 44, 62, 72, 170
R
Raga (attachment), 195-96, 199 -200
Rage, 88-90, 135
Rajasic sleep, 158 -59
Rajas (vibrancy or dynamism), 45, 207
Ramakrishna, 86, 21 8-19
Ramanujacharya, 252
Ramon, Ilan, 16
Reality
of earth and sky, 6
non-physical, 8
Universal, 8-9
Reasoning (vicara), 93
Rebellion, 243-44
Recaka (exhalation), 72, 75-76, 9 7-98,
184-85
Reflection, inner, 31
Relaxation, 36-40, 232-33
Repetition, 93
Retention of breath after exhalation
(bahya kumbhaka), 72, 76, 93,
184-85
Retention of breath after inhalation
(antara kumbhaka), 72, 75, 77,
93, 184 -85
Revelation, 142
Rigidity, 25, 41-42
Rig Veda, 8-9
Rumination, 142
s
Sabija samadhi, 218
Sadhana, ix, 167-68
Sakti (physical prowess), 171-73, 212 ,
257
Samadhi. See Union
Samasthiti (standing still and straight
pose), 108
Samskara (giving up bad habits),
l.li-.HI, 14 1- 42IN II I'. X