Dilip Sarkar, MD, FACS, D.Litt(yoga) writes: In my journey of teaching yoga therapy to improve health and healing. I met Rajan
Narayanan in a conference at NIH (National Institute of Health). He is an authority in yoga therapy, and we started teaching a CME (Continuing Medical Education) course together for the healthcare providers to integrate yoga therapy with the modern medicine. With his vast experience he wrote the book "Yoga Concepts for Global Application: A Primer for Beginners and Instructors" as the principal author with editorial roles by Stephen Parker, Ratna Nandakumar, Sanjeev Krishna and Idriss Raoua Quedraogo, a textbook for those seeking deeper understanding of yoga. The book explores the ancient wisdom of yoga and how it can be applied in today's modern world.
The book describes yoga as a spiritual practice and is experiential based on the personal experience and practice following the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali and Patanjali Ashtanga Yoga. Yoga is a basic education like reading, writing and mathematics that promotes meaningful living and harmonious society.
The book covers a wide range of topics, including the history of yoga, the philosophy of yoga, the benefits of yoga, and the practical application of yoga in various areas of life. One of the unique features of this book is that it emphasizes that the meditative practices are the higher pathway of yoga and the need for a holistic approach to yoga, which considers the physical, mental, and spiritual aspects of the practice. This approach is particularly relevant in today's world where people are seeking holistic solutions to their health and well-being.
The book is written in a clear and concise style, making it accessible to both beginners and advanced practitioners of yoga. It also includes practical tips that readers can incorporate into their daily lives.
Overall, "Yoga Concepts for Global Application: A Primer for Beginners and Instructors" is a valuable resource for anyone interested in understanding the deeper aspects of yoga and how it can be applied in today's globalized world.
This book is a great addition to our yoga literature and highly recommended for yoga students, yoga teachers, yoga therapists, health care providers and scholars who are interested in the therapeutic and spiritual benefits of yoga and yoga therapy. They will find themselves coming back to the text time and time again for deeper study and practice.
Commercial and religious interests can sometimes distort the development and dissemination of knowledge. Further, inertia and conventions can sustain such distortions. This has been the unfortunate state in the field of yoga. This book is an effort to correct this distortion and disorientation in the knowledge of yoga. Accordingly, the target audience for this book are two-fold:
Those who want to teach yoga to others such people should not distort the knowledge. For such people, this book serves as an introductory level textbook. Yoga schools and universities that offer yoga certification programs may consider adopting this book as their primary textbook. To serve this purpose, every chapter ends with questions and items for discussion.
Those who seek to know about yoga even if they don't intend to teach others.
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Kundalini Yoga (60)
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