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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Preface | |
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| What is Yoga? | |
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| Mapping Yoga | |
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| Yoga: What For? | |
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| Yoga: For Whom? | |
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| Guidelines for Selecting a Yoga Teacher, Yoga Therapist, Or Class | |
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| Ten Fundamental Principles of Yoga | |
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| Is Yoga a Religion? | |
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| Yoga as Art and Science | |
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| The Yoga of Science | |
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| Traditional Definitions of Yoga | |
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| Yoga in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism | |
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| Forty Types of Hindu Yoga | |
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| The Tree of Hindu Yoga | |
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| Styles of Hatha-Yoga | |
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| Crossing the Boundary Between Hinduism and Buddhism Via Tantra-Yoga | |
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| Vajrayana Buddhist Yoga | |
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| Introducing the Great Literary Heritage of Hindu Yoga | |
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| Yoga Symbolism | |
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| Approaching Spiritual Practice | |
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| The Twelve Steps of Spiritual Recovery | |
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| Happiness, Well-Being, and Reality | |
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| The Quest for Happiness | |
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| Spiritual Discipline | |
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| Life Is an Earthquake | |
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| Samsara Means Running Around in Circles | |
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| Spiritual Friendship | |
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| The Guru: Dispeller of Darkness | |
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| The Guru Function: Broadcasting Reality | |
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| Understanding the Guru | |
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| Holy Madness | |
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| Grace Has a Place in Yoga | |
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| Tapas, Or Voluntary Self-Change | |
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| The Art of Purification | |
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| Obstacles on the Path According to Patanjali | |
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| In Praise of Study | |
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| Silence Is Golden: The Practice of Mauna | |
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| Die While You Live and Last-Hour Yoga | |
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| Living in the Dark Age (Kali-Yuga) | |
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| Yoga and Terrorism | |
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| Yoga Begins and Ends With Virtuous Action | |
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| Is Nonharming (Ahimsa) an Old-Fashioned Value? | |
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| Nonharming According to Jaina Yoga | |
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| Yoga and Vegetarianism | |
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| The Practice of Eco-Yoga | |
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| Overcoming Greed | |
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| Authenticity, Integrity, Unity | |
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| The Power of Truth | |
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| Compassion | |
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| Ethical Guidelines for Yoga Teachers | |
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| Asanas for the Body and the Mind | |
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| Shava-Asana, Or Corpse Posture | |
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| The Breath of Life | |
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| Cultivating Wisdom | |
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| Buddhi-Yoga | |
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| Jnana-Yoga: The Path of Wisdom | |
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| "That Art Thou" - The Essence of Nondualist Yoga | |
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| Discernment and Self-Transcendence | |
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| Karma-Yoga: The Way of Self-Transcending Action | |
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| Bhakti-Yoga: "Worship Me With Love" | |
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| Degrees of Love | |
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| The Kriya-Yoga of Patanjali | |
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| Faith and Surrender: A New Look at the Eightfold Path | |
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| Mantra-Yoga: Sounding Out the Depth Within | |
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| The Gayatri-Mantra | |
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| The Sacred Syllable Om | |
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| Mudras: Gestures of Wholeness | |
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| Taraka-Yoga: Seeing the Light | |
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| Yantra-Yoga: Divine Geometry | |
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| What Is Tantra? | |
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| Sex, Asceticism, and Mythology | |
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| Pathways to Relaxation and Meditation | |
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| What Is Meditation? | |
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| Prayer in Yoga | |
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| The Ecstatic State | |
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| The Serpent Power and Spiritual Life | |
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| Who Or What Is the Self in Self-Realization? | |
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| Emptiness | |
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| Liberation | |
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| Notes | |
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| Glossary: Key Sanskrit Terms of Hindu Yoga | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Author | |