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The Path of Yoga

An Essential Guide to Its Principles and Practices

Georg Feuerstein, PhD

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English
Shambhala
15 April 2011
"""An Essential Guide to Its Principles and Practices""

The best-selling beginner's guide to the history, schools, practices, and philosophy of the ancient Yoga tradition-from a renowned Yoga scholar

This overview of the essentials of Yoga is meant to both broaden and deepen the understanding of beginning students. It covers all the basic elements of this ancient discipline and philosophy of India-including Yoga poses, diet, breath control, meditation, mantras, Kundalini energy, and more. It also includes newly translated excerpts from the scriptures and pays special attention to branches of Yoga, such as Tantra, that are of great interest to Western students but are frequently misunderstood."
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Imprint:   Shambhala
Country of Publication:   United States
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Height: 228mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 13mm
Weight:   261g
ISBN:   9781590308837
ISBN 10:   1590308832
Pages:   192
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Georg Feuerstein, PhD, (1947-2012) is internationally respected for his work on Yoga and is the author of over fifty books. He designed and taught several distance-learning courses on Yoga philosophy for Traditional Yoga Studies. For more information, go to www.traditionalyogastudies.com.

Reviews for The Path of Yoga: An Essential Guide to Its Principles and Practices

Whether you are a student of yoga or would like to become more familiar with this ancient Indian tradition, you will find this an easy-to-read guidebook that is based on authentic writings and experiences of some of India's great yogis. Booklist Certainly a staple of any well-rounded yoga collection. Library Journal Feuerstein's guide is an important pointer in the right direction that should also help readers understand the astonishingly sophisticated system that has emerged from a 5,000-year-old Indian spiritual tradition. Publishers Weekly This is a classic book for every Yoga enthusiast, whether neophyte or seasoned practitioner. Sarah Powers, author of Insight Yoga This was one of my first philosophical books on Yoga, and it gave me a strikingly clear and accessible doorway into the historically rich interwoven layers of this diverse path. Each time I reread it, I am delighted to find new insights and connections that I had missed before. Sarah Powers, author of Insight Yoga If you're looking for a comprehensive yet very readable introduction to the important schools and practices of the Yoga tradition, look no further. A master work by a master scholar-practitioner, this is the only book I ever recommend to students wanting to lay a historical and philosophical foundation as they begin the serious study of Yoga. Richard Rosen, author of The Yoga of Breath This is an excellent little introduction to some of the practices and theologies of Yoga, with particular emphasis on the Tantra traditions, which, although not mainstream in Hinduism, have recently become popular in the West. Feurerstein is taken seriously by both academics and yogis, and authoritatively combines the qualities of scholarship with the sensitivities of a practitioner. I always learn much from his writings. Edwin Bryant, professor of Hindu Religion and Philosophy, Rutgers University


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