Sannyasin (fourth and final stage of
life), xiii, 245-46
Santosa (contentment), 257, 259, 262
Sarira sakti (power of a healthy body), 171
Sarvangasana (on chair), 268, 268
Sastra (science), 78, 204, 208
Sattva (luminosity or quality of light),
45, 207
Sattva-suddhi, 128
Sattvic sleep, 158
Sauca (cleanliness), 257-65
Savasana (corpse pose), 159, 232-37
Science of religion, 23 7
Science (sastra), 78, 204, 208
Seer, xv, 137 -38
self, small (ahamkara), 111, 117-22, 215
Self-awareness, 31
Self-consciousness, 31
Self-control, 81-82
Self-knowledge (svadhyaya), xxi-xxii, 3,
102-3,169, 175-76, 178
Self-purging, 59-60
Self-purification (niyama), 10-1 1, 140,
176, 257-58,261
Self (Purusa), 44, 62, 72, 170
Self-realization, ix, 251
Self-reliance of earning own living
(arrha), 237-39
Self-study (svadhyaya), 9, 94, 257-58,
263
Sensitivity, 25-26, 33
Sensory control and withdrawal
(pratyahara)
calming Emotional Disturbances and,
99-105
energy body and, 99-105
in petals of yoga, 10, 12-13
Sensual desire, 86-87
Setubandha Sarvangasana (bridge pose),
81
Setubandha Sarvangasana (on bench),
268, 268
Sexuality, 87
Shakespeare, William, 87
Shavasana, 270, 270
Sheaths of being (kosas). See also
specific types
balancing,�. 103
cleanliness and, 259
demarcation of different, 5
divine (anandamaya kosa), 4-6, 62,
187, 205
energy (pranamaya kosa), 4-6, 64,
68,82, 103
integration of, final, xiv, 224-25
intelligence or wisdom (vijnanmaya
kosa), 4-6, 39, 108, 147
Inward Journey and, 4-6
mental (manomaya kosa), �. 103,
108
petals of yoga and, 10
physical (annamaya kosa), �.
27-28,30,68,103, 205
Shirsasana (using ropes), 268, 268
Siddhis, 230
Silence, 31-32
Sistine Chapel, 180
Skin, sensitivity and movement of,
33-36
Sky,6-9
Sleep (nidra), 98-99, 153 -54, 157 -59
Smrti. See Memory
Socrates, xxi, 169
Soft emotions, 96
Soul (atma)
conscience and, 1 79
Cosmic, 201
individual, 148,178, 185, 200
life and, 137 -38
Nature and, 9-10, 170
physical body and, 22-23
power of, 1 71
as "third eye," 39
Universal, 9-10
Space, 202-5
Spiritual realization, 3
Spiritual values (dharma), 192 -93, 237,
240-4 1
Sports, Western, 26-27
Sraddha (faith), 94
Stability. See Physical body
Stages of Life (Ashrama), xiii, 241-46
Standing still and straight pose
(samasthiti), 108
Stevenson, George, 82-83
Stress
energy body and, 77-82
in life, 78, 80IN Il l'. X