The heart of yoga : developing a personal practice
Desikachar, T. K. V.1995
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Sri Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, who lived to be over 100 years old, was one of the greatest yogis of the modern era. Elements of Krishnamacharya's teaching have become well known around the world through the work of B. K. S. Iyengar, Pattabhi Jois, and Indra Devi, who all studied with Krishnamacharya. Krishnamacharya's son T. K. V. Desikachar lived and studied with his father all his life and now teaches the full spectrum of Krishnamacharya's yoga. Desikachar has based his method on Krishnamacharya's fundamental concept of viniyoga, which maintains that practices must be continually adapted to the individual's changing needs to achieve the maximum therapeutic value. In The Heart of Yoga Desikachar offers a distillation of his father's system as well as his own practical approach, which he describes as "a program for the spine at every level--physical, mental, and spiritual." This is the first yoga text to outline a step-by-step sequence for developing a complete practice according to the age-old principles of yoga. Desikachar discusses all the elements of yoga--poses and counterposes, conscious breathing, meditation, and philosophy--and shows how the yoga student may develop a practice tailored to his or her current state of health, age, occupation, and lifestyle.
Main title:
The heart of yoga : developing a personal practice / by T.K.V. Desikachar.
Author:
Desikachar, T. K. V., author
Edition:
Revised edition.
Imprint:
Rochester, Vermont : Inner Traditions International, [1995]©1995
Collation:
xxviii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
The life and yoga of Śrī T. Krishnamacharya -- Practice of yoga -- Yoga: concept and meaning -- The foundations of yoga practice -- The principles of Āsana practice -- The careful construction of a yoga practice -- Āsana variations -- Prānāyāma -- The bandhas -- The understanding of yoga -- The things that darken the heart -- Actions leave traces -- The world exists to be seen and discovered -- Living in the world -- The world exists to be seen and discovered -- Living in the world -- The world exists to set us free -- The qualities of the mind -- None obstacles on the yoga way -- The many paths of yoga -- The yoga sūtra of Patañjali -- Yogāñjalisāram.
ISBN:
9780892817641 (paperback)089281764X
Dewey class:
613.7046
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
151230
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| North Melbourne Library | -Health | HEALTH 613.7046 DESI | On loan - Due: 07 Jul 2026 |