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Asana
Pranayama Mudra Bandha
Swami Satyananda
Saraswati, line drawings and diagrams, pp543.
Suitable for all teachers and practitioners.
Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha is recognized internationally as one of the most systematic yoga manuals available today. This enlarged and revised edition provides clear illustrations and step by step directions which smoothly guide the practitioner through the simplest to the most advanced practices. In addition, it includes the benefits and contra-indications of each technique along with focal points and breath awareness, to deepen the benefits and experience of the practices. A therapeutic index has been included for use by doctors and yoga therapists which incorporates the findings of yoga research.
$21.95
Yoga
Nidra
Swami Satyananda
Saraswati, pp261.
People feel that
they are relaxing when they collapse in an easy chair with a
drink or a cigarette and read a newspaper or switch on the television.
But this, in fact, is merely a sensory diversion; true relaxation is an
experience far beyond all this. For complete relaxation you must remain
aware. This is Yoga Nidra™, the state of dynamic sleep.
This book introduces the practice of Yoga Nidra™ explaining how
it works in both yogic and scientific terms. It includes several class
transcriptions and covers the many applications of this versatile technique
which has been used for deep relaxation, for educational purposes and
to harmonize the deeper unconscious.
"In my early childhood I was guided through Yoga Nidra™ by
Swami Satyananda Saraswati and it is only now that I am becoming aware
of the depth of the instructions and training I received." (Swami
Niranjanananda)
$12.95
Yoga
Nidra™ Practice CD
Dharmanidhi
Saraswati, 72.28min
Two Yoga Nidra sessions with relaxation techniques, visualizations and setting of a personal sankalpa (resolve). Harmonizing with the unconscious and bringing forth inner qualities.
$12
Hatha
Yoga Pradipika
(Light on Hatha Yoga)
Maharishi
Swatmarama, translation and commentary by Swami Satyananda Saraswati and
Swami Muktibodhananda, line drawings and diagrams, pp573.
This book is a thorough commentary on the original text by Maharishi Swatmarama. It elucidates the entire science of hatha yoga as it was conceived and practiced, not for health and fitness only, but for awakening the pranas, chakras and kundalini shakti. This text points out that hatha yoga is not just a physical practice but a process of cellular transmutation from gross, to subtle to divine. Thus hatha yoga was considered the foundation of all higher yogas. This text clearly shows the link between tantra and hatha yoga, and also emphasizes that hatha yoga leads to raja yoga, otherwise it is practiced in vain.
$22
Prana
Pranayama Prana Vidya
Swami Niranjanananda
Saraswati, Line drawings and diagrams, pp407.
Suitable for intermediate to advanced practitioners.
Prana Pranayama Prana Vidya is an informative book on prana featuring the classic practices taught by Satyananda Yoga™. This book gives detailed instructions and black and white illustrations of techniques and visualizations, and all the practices dealing with awakening and harmonization of the vital force.
The last section of the book describes the various stages of Prana Vidya and other forms of psychic healing.
$14.95
Surya
Namaskara
(a
Technique of Solar Vitalisation)
Swami
Satyananda Saraswati, line drawings and diagrams, pp96.
Suitable for beginners
Surya namaskara, or salutation to the sun, is an important hatha yoga practice, involving a series of 12 asanas. Done regularly, it revitalises the energy, promotes health and mental alertness and releases stress. Concentration on chakras or psychic centres associated with each posture removes energy blocks and enhances the free flow of energy. Surya namaskara is a holistic and versatile practice, applicable for all ages from 7-70. It can be easily integrated into the daily routine, requiring 5-10 minutes of daily practice, and gives remarkably fast and beneficial results. This book offers instructions on all aspects of the practice and includes chapters on the solar tradition, psycho dynamics, spinal manipulation, endocrine system, surya and bija mantras, and many more.
$8
Yoga
Education for Children
(a
Manual for Teaching Yoga to Children)
Swami
Satyananda Saraswati, line drawings and diagrams, pp348.
Suitable
for children of all ages. A good reference for yoga teachers.
This
is a book on yoga compiled with children in mind. The first part explains
which yoga practices are particularly beneficial for children of different
ages. It offers approaches that can be used by teachers and parents to
introduce yoga to children of different age groups. It includes topics
such as: better methods of education, integrating yoga into the classroom,
the cause of student unrest and its remedy. The second part focuses on
yoga therapy for children and describes actual situations where yoga was
used to help overcome specific problems in childhood. The third part contains
a wide range of yogic techniques and activities for children including:
asana, pranayama, yoga games, relaxation and meditation, and stories.
$16
Nawa
Yogini Tantra
(Yoga
Practice for Females)
Swami
Muktananda, line drawings and diagrams.
Suitable
for all women. Important reference for yoga teachers.
This
book is written exclusively for women from the outlook of a woman. The
first section, on spirituality, describes the important role of women
in social and spiritual evolution, and traces their development from menarche
to menopause. The second section discusses special applications of yoga
for backache, depression, menstrual irregularities, pregnancy, prolapse,
overweight and others. Each chapter inspires the woman to help heal herself
and regain her divine power through the practices of yoga. The third section
deals with yoga sadhana and includes a guide to yogic practice, explaining
where, how and when to practice. Techniques are divided into three levels:
beginners, intermediate and advanced.
Dharana
Darshan
Swami
Niranjanananda Saraswati pp421.
Intermediate to advanced.
Dharana
Darshan includes as yet unpublished classic meditation practices derived
from the Upanishads, the Tantras and other traditional yogic texts. The
core of the book is Swami Niranjanananda's adaptation of the complex upanishadic
akasha (space) dharanas for modern practitioners, including chidakasha,
hridayakasha, daharakasha and vyoma panchaka dharanas, along with advanced
stages of the classic ajapa japa and trataka practices. Also included
is an introduction explaining the theory and purpose of concentration,
psychic symbol, visualisation, and the obstacles commonly encountered
by practitioners. This book is designed for those already familiar with
the fundamentals of meditation and have a degree of mastery in the pratyahara
(sensory withdrawal) practices.
$18
Kundalini
Tantra
Swami
Satyananda Saraswati, colour plates pp421.
Intermediate
to advanced.
Kundalini Tantra
is Swami Satyananda's seminal work on kundalini, chakras and Kriya Yoga.
Defining and explaining kundalini, this publication provides a detailed
account of its awakening, including the signs and effects of such experiences
and ways to both elicit and manage them. The book includes a comprehensive
description of each chakra and the significance of the chakras in tantric
and yogic practice. Techniques are given to balance each centre for greater
harmony in mind, body and spirit, and in preparation for the rising of
Kundalini Shakti. The 20 kriyas and their preparatory practices are fully
elucidated.
$20
Sure
Ways to Self Realisation
Swami
Satyananda Saraswati, line drawings and diagrams, pp385.
Suitable for beginners.
Today meditation systems from all over the world are being revived in an attempt to offer alienated humanity a suitable way back to the source, the real self. Swami Satyananda delineates the path of meditation, the obstacles that confront the practitioner and the means of overcoming them. This book offers theory and practical instructions for a vast range of meditation techniques such as antar mouna™, yoga nidra™, trataka, ajapa japa, prana vidya and kriya yoga; to meditations from around the world including ancient Egypt and Greece, the Celtic and Taoist traditions, Tibetan and Zen Buddhism, Sufism, Alchemy and Hypnosis. Moving meditations in relation to travel, martial arts, dance and sport, as well as meditation techniques for children, for the dying, and many more are included.
Suitable
for all levels from beginners to advanced. Ideal reference book for yoga
teachers.
$15
Meditations
from the Tantras
Swami
Satyananda Saraswati pp299.
Suitable for beginners.
The general aim of this book is to show the possibilities open to the practitioner of meditation, the preparation that is necessary, as well as practical methods, so that they can attain meditative experiences for themselves. Various techniques are given here and we ask you to try a few, not necessarily all, and find out what meditation is about. Featuring fundamental pratyahara (sensory withdrawal) practices such as Antar Mouna™, and introductions to other meditation techniques such as Yoga Nidra™, ajapa japa, trataka, the kriyas and the different forms of mantra practice, this book provides the essential foundation for all advanced meditation practices.
A
best-seller in India when first released to great critical acclaim, this
remains one of the clearest and best books on the market for meditation
for beginners. It contains the actual class transcripts of Swami Satyananda
Saraswati.
$20
Four
Chapters on Freedom
(Commentary
on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali)
Swami Satyananda
Saraswati, pp399.
This text contains the full Sanskrit text of Rishi Patanjali's Yoga Sutras,
along with transliteration, translation and commentary. The Yoga Sutras,
containing 196 epithets or threads of yoga, is the most respected treatise
on yoga. This extensive commentary on each sutra fully explains the text
and the path of raja yoga. Serious yogic aspirants and spiritual seekers
will find invaluable guidance within these pages.
$16.99
The
Effects of Yoga on Hypertension
Dr. Swami Shankardevananda, line drawings and diagrams, pp237.
This
book is divided into three sections: cause, cure and practices. The first
section describes the basic physiology of the cardiovascular system and
the various causes of hypertension including psychological and pranic
influences, lifestyle, stress and heredity. The yogic view is discussed
in depth along with that of modern medicine. The second, section on management,
explains the yogic way to reduce blood pressure to normal levels through
the practice of yoga, supplemented by lifestyle and mind management. The
last section contains a weekly chart of yoga techniques, followed by clear
instructions for individual practices. Finally low blood pressure is dealt
with in an appendix along with diet.
$12
Yogic
Management of Common Diseases
Swami
Satyananda Saraswati and Dr. Swami Karmananda, pp259.
This
book deals with 37 common as well as serious and chronic diseases, which
afflict the human body. It gives basic information about the causes and
effects of each condition from the yogic as well as medical points of
view. In depth yogic management is offered along with the current medical
treatment, diet, do's and don'ts. The book is divided into 7 sections,
covering the diseases of head and neck, cardiovascular system, respiratory
system, gastro-intestinal tract, joints and musculo-skeletal system, uro-genital
system and miscellaneous disorders. The aim of this book is to inform
people that a way out exists and to inspire them to practise yoga and
raise themselves out of their afflictions.
$14
Yoga
and Cardiovascular Management
Swami
Satyananda Saraswati and Dr Swami Karmananda, pp158.
This
book compiles the discussions between Swami Satyananda Saraswati and a
group of French medical experts, physicians and yoga teachers who shared
their views on Yoga and Medical Management of Cardiovascular Disease at
Tenon Hospital, Paris in September 1981. A yogi discusses the whole range
of heart and vascular diseases plus the relevant co-existing diseases
like diabetes mellitus and pulmonary disorders from the modern scientific
as well as yogic viewpoints. Covered are the causes, patho-physiology
and management of cardiovascular disorders such as hypertension, coronary
heart disease, cardiac arrhythmia, stroke, cerebral degenerative diseases,
peripheral vascular disease and arteriosclerosis, followed by the yogic
explanation and in-depth yogic management with scientific back up. The
research data was correlated by an Australian doctor and the scientific
disposition and language make the book ideal for both medical scientists
and lay people alike.
$14
Dr.
Swami Shankardevananda, pp294.
In
this book an Australian doctor, under the guidance of Swami Satyananda,
explains two common disorders that can be managed efficiently by yoga.
The book has 4 sections, the first of which deals with asthma and yoga.
The author, who suffered from asthma himself, uses his professional and
experiential knowledge to deal with the causes and effects of the disease,
and covers medical, yogic and other treatments, diet and the path to health.
The second section deals with diabetes and yoga, including insulin dosage,
diet and yogic management. The third section gives instructions for the
yogic practices necessary for both asthma and diabetes. The fourth section
deals with yogic research on both conditions, giving clinical trials and
case histories, documenting yoga therapy camps for asthma and diabetes,
and explaining the holistic approach to therapy and how yoga works.
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$12
Karma
Sannyasa
(The Noble Path for the Householder)
Swami Satyananda Saraswati and Swami Satyasangananda, pp309.
How
is it possible to live the life of a householder and yet maintain a balance
between external and internal growth? In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna tells
Arjuna, there is no harm in action, the danger lies in attachment and
dependence on the fruits of the actions performed. If you can understand
this concept and implement it in your daily life, then you will gradually
experience a higher quality of experience. This is essentially the concept
of karma sannyasa; live life fully, participate in all events externally,
but internally maintain an attitude of non-doership. Explaining how closely
our lives are governed by attachment, desire and ambition, Karma Sannyasa
describes methods to transform these patterns and realise a happier outlook
through the blossoming of spiritual awareness. The book focuses on family
life and relationships, wealth, karma, self-respect and lifestyle, describing
the process of realising spirituality through everyday life experiences.
$11.95
Sannyasa
Darshan
Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati, pp512
This
book covers the ancient and modern sannyasa tradition of renunciation
or dedication to spiritual life. The first of four parts describes the
sannyasa lineage with chapters on the origin of sannyasa, the ashram system,
renunciation rites, stages of sannyasa, traditional rules and requirements.
The second part describes the modern concept of sannyasa as it has evolved
and is being lived today. Part 3 gives the biographies, life work and
teachings of four major pathfinders in the sannyasa lineage: Sage Dattatreya,
Adi Shankaracharya, Swami Sivananda and Swami Satyananda. Part 4 comprises
the translations of several Sannyasa Upanishads including: Nirvanopanishad,
Kundikopanishad, Bhikshukopanishad, Avadhootopanishad and Paramahamsa
Parivrajakopanishad.
$13.95
Early Teachings of Swami Satyananda
Swami Satyananda Saraswati.
$13.95
Taming the Kundalini
Swami Satyananda Saraswati.
$9.95
Yoga Darshan: Vision of the Yoga Upanishads
Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati.
$19.95