Description

Product overview

Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha is internationally recognised as one of the most systematic manuals of hatha yoga available. This comprehensive text provides clear illustrations and step-by-step instructions, benefits and contraindications to a wide range of hatha yoga practices, including the little-known shatkarmas (cleansing techniques). A guide to yogic physiology explains the location, qualities and role of the body’s subtle energy system, composed of the pranas, nadis and chakras. Straightforward descriptions take the practitioner from the simplest to the most advanced practices of hatha yoga. Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha is an essential text for all yoga aspirants.

Topics include

• Details of chakra awareness
• Hatha yoga practices from simple to advanced
• Shatkarmas
• Therapeutic index for use by doctors and yoga therapists incorporating recent information from research into yoga

About the author

Swami Satyananda Saraswati founded the Bihar School of Yoga, India, in 1963. He interpreted the classical practices of yoga and tantra for application in modern society, inspiring an international yoga movement for the upliftment of humanity.