Original Yoga Rediscovering Traditional Practices of Hatha Yoga

by ROSEN, RICHARD

• ISBN13: 9781590308134
• ISBN10: 1590308131
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-05-01
• Publisher: Shambhala

Summary

Widely respected yoga teacher and author Richard Rosen draws on ancient yoga encyclopedias to explain how yoga was practised before it became popular in the West. He compares the three main existing sources known to yoga scholars to describe how complex and rich the practice of yoga once was. It included systematic teachings on personal hygiene, good health, and good relationships, and other practices of yoga that went far beyond just the physical postures. Each section of the book offers a guided practice session of ancient poses and breathing techniques to enable readers to connect To The roots of their yoga and to offer a framework from which to Understand The sequences they use in their regular sessions.

Author Biography

Richard ROSen is a graduate of the Iyengar Institute of San Francisco and has been teaching yoga since 1987. He is a contributing editor at Yoga Journal magazine and director of the Piedmont Yoga Studio in Oakland, California. He is the author of The Toga of Breath, Pranayama Beyond the Fundamentals, and The Practice of Pranayama. This and many other publications by Shambhala are now available as eBooks.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Traditional Hatha Yoga	p. 5
Channels and Circuits: Modern Nadis	p. 28
The Six Acts (Shat Karma)	p. 53
Asana through the Ages	p. 69
Gheranda's Thirty-Two Asanas: A Practice Overview	p. 78
Seals and Bonds: Mudras and Bandhas	p. 189
Pranayama	p. 220
Meditation	p. 240
Original Yoga Practice Guidelines	p. 255
The Literature of Hatha Yoga	p. 263
Notes	p. 269
Glossary: 108 Words Every Hatha Practitioner Should Know	p. 273
Bibliography	p. 279
Index of Practices	p. 281
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