Publication
Imprint: Boston : Shambhala, 1989, c1988. Context: Originally published Oxford, England : Fine Line Books Ltd., 1988. Responsibility: B. K. S. Iyengar, edited by Daniel Rivers-Moore. OCLC Number: 18321193. Physical: Text : 1 volume : xiv, 194 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. Features: Includes bibliography, glossary, index.
Call number
Yoga / Iyeng / B.K.S.
ISBN
087773464X / 9780877734642
Original publication date
1988
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CSS Library Notes
Description: In this book, one of the world's foremost teachers of yoga offers his thoughts on many practical and philosophical subjects, ranging from the place of yoga in daily life to insights from Patañjali's Yoga Sutras. He includes chapters on family life, love and sexuality, health and the healing arts, meditation, death, and advice to teachers. Based on lectures and discussions with his students, the text is enlivened by many of the author's personal experiences in the practice of yoga postures and breathing as well as in putting spiritual principles into action. -- from back cover
Table of Contents: Foreword
Yoga and Life
The tree and its parts
Yoga and health
The self and its journey
Yoga in the world
FY1990 /
Table of Contents: Foreword
Yoga and Life
The tree and its parts
Yoga and health
The self and its journey
Yoga in the world
FY1990 /
Physical description
xiv, 194 p.; 22 cm
Description
In this book, one of the world's foremost teachers of yoga offers his thoughts on many practical and philosophical subjects, ranging from the place of yoga in daily life to insights from Pata#65533;jali's Yoga Sutras. He includes chapters on family life, love and sexuality, health and the healing arts, meditation, death, and advice to teachers. Based on lectures and discussions with his students, the text is enlivened by many of the author's personal experiences in the practice of yoga postures and breathing as well as in putting spiritual principles into action.
Language
Original language
English
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User reviews
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The rating should be understood as for someone who is interested in traditional yoga. I enjoyed my first read of it, but this is something I will have to read multiple times to grasp its true meaning and knowledge.