Yoga: The Greater Tradition
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As yoga continues to grow in popularity as a modern exercise and fitness movement, it is important to take notice of the greater spiritual tradition that forms its core. This book sheds light on the greater tradition and teachings of yoga, providing readers with an important approach to the practice that can harmonize their existence both individually and collectively. Yoga provides all students with a new appreciation of their dicipline’s universe…. More >>
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The book is a good concise, brief history of information about yoga……. along with a description of how yoga is practiced today. Also some good advice about how to consider yoga as a process and a practice in your life.
I highly recommend this little philosphy book to yoga students and teachers alike. Both classical yoga and Hinduism are gently explained, and Ayurveda is given it’s just position for anyone interested in yoga therapy. A few evenings of reading will broaden one’s intelligence regarding yoga practice for a life-time.
As Westerners many of us are exposed to yoga as an exercise system. Here the very well versed author explains that the positions (asanas) of yoga were primarily to help focus on the meditation which is the true purpose of yoga. You will get a review of several of the major Yoga schools and a very good history of yoga. If you are looking for exercise or positions this is not the book for you BUT if you want to know a lot more about the origins and purpose of the yogic tradition it is an excellent overview.
Yoga is not a religion in its own right, but it can help the faith of any believer of any sort. “Yoga: The Greater Tradition” is a complete and comprehensive guide to the practice in a small, portable form. Covering its history and its origin, it flows well into the customs and traditions of the practice and why things are done the way they are. With some speaking on the higher and more enlightened Yogis, “Yoga” is a must for anyone with even a passing interest in the art.
Yoga is a complex, deep, and broad subject, yet often skimmed over as a fitness exercise and therefore vastly misunderstood. For years I’ve been searching for a simple-to-understand, scholarly book written in such a way that anyone could understand the basics of Yoga. I wasn’t sure such a book existed–but last week I found it. *Yoga: the Greater Tradition* by the Sanskrit scholar, Dr. David Frawley, is such a book–and what a book! I cannot praise it highly enough, and I recommend it to anyone who is curious to know about the hidden wealth of Yoga from the inside out. Pocket-size, beautifully done, only 112 pages, with information that incorporates the depth and practicality of Yoga. If amazon.com had such a scale, I’d award it 10 stars, not a mere 5.
Dr.Vimala Rodgers