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Dating from about the third century A.D., the Yoga Sutra distills the essence of the physical and spiritual discipline of yoga into fewer than two hundred brief aphorisms. It is the core text for any study of meditative practice, revered for centuries for its brilliant analysis of mental states and of the process by which inner liberation is achieved. Yet its difficulties are legendary, and until now, no translation has made it fully accessible.

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As an avid golfer and certified yoga instructor, Katherine Roberts combined her passions to create the incredibly successful Yoga for Golfers program—a unique and integrated educational system providing instruction on how to improve flexibility, range of motion, and concentration on the course. It’s the fastest growing fitness program used by amateur and professional golfers worldwide. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Roberts makes her unique methods available to you.

Based on twenty years of expertise and guaranteed to work for golfers of all ages, handicaps, and fitness levels, Yoga for Golfers connects the mind and body to create a powerful training regimen geared to produce immediate results, including greater flexibility and strength for distance and accuracy off the tee, enhanced breathing awareness for better swing tempo, and improved overall fitness.

Katherine Roberts has twenty years of experience in fitness training, yoga studies, and motivation. Her highly successful Yoga for Golfers program has been featured in numerous magazines and newspapers, including Sports Illustrated, Golf, Golf Digest, and Self. She has appeared on ESPN, Fox Sports, ABC, and CBS and is the host of her own weekly show, “Yoga for Golfers,” on the Golf Channel. She lives in Cave Creek, Arizona.

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Yoga and the Path of the Urban Mystic brings classical teachings alive and helps us move our rewarding experience of yoga beyond the mat and meditation cushion and into the whole of life.

For modern yogis feeling challenged in our efforts to remain deeply spiritual, contemplative, and centered amid the stresses and complications of urban life, this book serves as both inspiration and guide. Darren Main’s fresh, down-to-earth approach to the time-tested practice and philosophy of yoga shows us the way to apply the ancient wisdom of India to every moment and every breath so that even our busiest days can be powerful and mystical adventures, filled with all the wonder and magic that was once reserved for those living as monks and nuns. Yoga for the twenty-first century, this is the fulfilling and joyful path of the urban mystic.
“Darren Main explains how to turn [life’s] distractions into darshan, with humor, lightness, and love. He also explains the Yoga Sutra, the chakras, pranayama, and other esoteric yoga philosophies in a live and engaging way. His humorous style and delicious honesty create a thoroughly modern approach to this ancient science.” -The Bodhi Tree Review

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The Yoga of Eating by Charles Eisenstein is not a conventional meal plan or a recipe book. It is an exploration of our relationship with food, appetite and the rules we make around eating. Rather than prescribing a universal diet, it asks readers to pay closer attention to their own experiences of hunger, satisfaction and nourishment.

What does the book explore?

Its subtitle, Transcending Diets and Dogma to Nourish the Natural Self, captures the approach. The book discusses sugar, fat, meat, fasting, dieting, willpower and food processing through a philosophical lens. It is interested in how our attitudes to food can become rigid and how we might recover a less adversarial relationship with eating.

That makes it a book about self-reflection and food culture as much as nutrition. Readers should not expect a nutrient-by-nutrient reference manual, a collection of vegetarian recipes or a programme that replaces advice from a registered dietitian.

What is helpful about the central idea?

Being curious about hunger, fullness, enjoyment and habits can be a useful everyday practice. You might notice, for example, whether you are eating because you are hungry, because it is lunchtime or because you are distracted. None of those observations needs to become another strict set of rules. The goal is awareness, not perfection.

A note of caution about fasting and diet claims

Some of the book’s themes, including fasting and the idea of trusting appetite, need context. Our bodies do not always provide straightforward signals: illness, medicines, nutritional deficiencies and eating disorders can affect hunger and food choices. The NCCIH information on fasting and “detox” programmes notes possible harms such as dehydration, weakness and fainting, and that evidence for many detox claims is lacking.

Read this title as a personal philosophy, not a substitute for nutritional or medical care. Anyone who is pregnant, has diabetes or has a history of disordered eating should seek appropriate professional advice before trying restrictive eating patterns.

Is it still being sold?

Yes. The publisher and a major independent-bookstore platform continue to list the paperback. So there is no need to replace this book solely because it was published years ago.

See the paperback on Simon & Schuster’s website.

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As a young man in the mid-twentieth century, Swami Vishnu-Devananda was one of the gurus who brought Yoga to the West, many years before Asana practice became trendy. This book, originally published in 1960 when he was but 33 years old, has become one of the standard texts on Yoga. While several editions of this book have been released over the years, the body of the text remains the same. As a result, The Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga may be rough going for many modern-day readers, since it doesn’t have the friendly accessibility of books more recently written. Swami Vishnu-Devananda’s approach is both thorough and rather austere, and the many photos of him in advanced Yoga Asanas are both intimidating and impressive. In spite of all of this (or perhaps because of it), this book is required reading for anyone who is serious about exploring all aspects of Yoga.

Like other books on Yoga, a good portion of The Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga is devoted to Asana (139 pages of 363, to be exact), but actually this is the least useful section. B.K.S. Iyengar goes over the same terrain in a far more accessible manner. More important are the chapters that address Yoga philosophy, spirituality and Pranayama – all areas that many Westerners only superficially understand at best. The chapter on Yogic cleansing is also of interest, although it’s doubtful that many Westerners will be compelled to try it out (the descriptions of neti, or nasal cleansing, and cloth purification sound particularly unpleasant). Vishnu-Devananda is adept at delving into Yoga’s many facets and these chapters require contemplation from those who aspire to be Yogis, and not mere Yoga hobbyists.

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