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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 | |