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, Isaac, 208
Nidra (sleep), 98-99, 153 -54,
157-59
Niralamba Halasana (knees or thighs
resting on stool), 268, 268
Niralamba Sarvangasana (shoulders
resting on support), 268, 268
Niyama (self-purification), 10-1 1, 140,
176, 257-58, 261
Non-covetousness (aparigrahah), 254
Non-physical reality, 8
Non-stealing (asteya), 253-54
Nonviolence (ahimsa), 251-52
0
Obsession, 87-88
Oneness, xiv, 201. See also Union
Organ of virtue (dharmendriya), 101
Overstretching, 34
Ownership, 195-96
p
Pain
freedom and, 48
physical body and, 47-54
pleasure and, 137
right, 50-51
wrong, 50-51
Paschimottanasana (head resting on
bolster), 269, 269
Passion, 85
Past, 43-44, 57
Patanjali, x-xi, 7, 27, 67, 94, 98, 101-2,
10 8-9, 128, 150, 153, 156, 175,
219-20,227-28, 230,238,
249-50
Pavlov, Ivan, 138
Perception, 137, 145-46, 161
Perfection, 54-61, 236
Personal ethics, 246-50
Petals of yoga. See Yoga
Philosophy (darsan), 110 -12, 125
Physical body (annamaya kosa). See
also Postures of yoga; Sheaths
of being
aggression and, 41-42
awareness and, 28-33
balance and, 25, 42-47
balancing, with other kosas, 4-6
concept of, 21-23
coordination of, with other kosas,
27-28,30, 103
disease and, 23
divine body and, 205
dynamic extension and, 33-38
earth and, 205
endurance and, 48
energy body and, 68
exertion of, 45-46
guana and, 44-4 7
health and, 23-28
intellectual body and, 39
intelligence and, 28-29
lightness of, 40-42, 49
love and, 59
memory and,^57
movement of skin and, 33-36
Nature and, 22-23
pain and, 47-54
Patanjali's definition of, 27
penetration of mind and, 45-46
Perfection and, 54-61
postures of yoga and, 61- 64
relaxation and, 36-40
rigid, 41-42
soft, 41
souland,22-23
stretching and, 33-38
value of, 24
yoga and, 22, 30
Physical prowess (sakti), 171-73, 212,
257
Pleasure, 137 , 175
Plough pose (halasana), 81
Poses or positions of yoga. See Postures
of yof;a
Positive emotions, 96
Postures of yoga
bridge pose, 81
corpse pose, 159, 2.12-.17IN Il l·: X