Deepen and enliven your yoga practice with 30 themes based on Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras that can inspire on and off the mat.
Yoga draws many practitioners because of its physical benefits, but it is often the experience of peace that people return for. Threads of Yoga supports those seeking to learn more about yoga’s deeper spiritual teachings. Each short chapter introduces a foundational yogic theme, such as letting go, the breath, the yamas and the niyamas, and the chakra system. Each theme is accompanied by practices, including meditation, complementary poses, breath work, or quotes to contemplate. It is an ideal guide for both practitioners and teachers who want to connect with the spiritual wisdom of yoga, deepen their personal practice, or develop and support a theme for yoga class.
Author(s): Pamela Seelig
Publisher: Shambhala
Year: 2021
Language: English
Commentary: Yoga, Themes, Reflections, and Meditations to Weave into Your Practice
Pages: 240
Tags: Yoga, Themes, Reflections, and Meditations to Weave into Your Practice
Introduction
How to Use This Book
The Meaning behind the Movement
Beyond the Postures
The Initiation
PART ONE:
Themes and Practices Inspired by the Yoga Sutras
1. What Is Yoga?
2. Why Quiet the Mind?
3. Present Moment Awareness
4. Breath
5. Prana
6. Opening the Heart
7. Surrender
8. Silence
9. The Witness
10. Meditation
PART TWO:
The Yamas and Niyamas
11. Introduction to the Yamas and Niyamas
12. Ahimsa—Nonviolence
13. Satya—Truthfulness
14. Asteya—Nonstealing
15. Brahmacharya—Moderation
16. Aparigraha—Nongreed
17. Saucha—Purity
18. Santosha—Contentment
19. Tapas—Self-Discipline
20. Swadhyaya—Self-Study
21. Ishvara Pranidhana—Surrender to a Higher Power
PART THREE: The Chakra System
22. Introduction to the Chakra System
23. Muladhara—The Root Chakra
24. Svadisthana—The Sacral Chakra
25. Manipura—The Solar Plexus Chakra
26. Anahata—The Heart Chakra
27. Visuddha—The Throat Chakra
28. Ajna—The Third Eye Chakra
29. Sahasrara—The Crown Chakra
30. Conclusion
Resources and Recommended Reading
Acknowledgments
About the Author
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