The Yoga Institute
28 books
• This book has a place in the treatment of the patient with disorders of back and joints.
• The orthopaedic surgeon has done well to explain common joint problems in simple terms yet he has not sacrificed scientific facts.
• The place of asanas and their appropriate use in individual cases is a very, very useful prescription.
• When relief is obtained by learning to live with the affliction, Yoga would prepare the patients mentally better ...
Forgive us as we try to define a man with qualities so pure and precious. To justify pay him this ode, we pray we can. Painfully shy, he shares a smile, he almost seems fragile. But behind this charming manner lies a mind that's sharp, a will that applies. A life that's experienced Life itself, a well with wisdom collected. Weary wanders all can delve- The confused, the hurt, the neglected. Life's been lived as has been preached; you will find no dichotomy there. ...
These Monographs presented by the International Board of Yoga, on a single or specific aspect of Yoga, are meant to clarify the genuine ideals, concepts and technology of classic Yoga. This little booklet is compiled from the published and unpublished manuscripts of Shri Yogendraji's writings on Yoga since 1916 and other articles published in the Journal of The Yoga Institute. The earnest student of classic Yoga, hoping to achieve meditation is ...
Yoga has much to offer the world to reach glorious heights. It has stood the test of time and is splendidly focused to meet the needs of men and women in the next millennium, the guidance is offered through the deep attitudinal changes, which have to be incorporated in every person's life, if he has to make life meaningful and worthwhile. It is a journey full of dedicated effort but full of joy and positivity.
Diabetes is best controlled not by fear and dread but by knowledge and self assurance by a positive attitude. Yoga helps you to attain such an outlook. While modern medicine treats the disease. Yoga treats the person. Yoga promises no cure for what is incurable. But is does enable you to cope better with your disease. Yoga teaches you to take good care not just of your diabetes but also of your whole self. A human being is made up of many parts. Only when all the ...
According to Patanjali, the oldest psychiatrist of the world, our normal mind is indeed an abnormal mind. It is often dull and confused, at times active and diffused, rarely steady. Citta which is the yogic term, for what we call mind is not one static entity. It is the sum total of all our changeful states of mind. At a very low level, when inert and stupid such citta is not even thought fit for a serious study. Such a mind when active but distracted, does not ...
Beginning with Bane of Permissive Society where exceptions become the rule and the rules remain as mere exceptions, Shri Yogendra speaks of the modern sick society and ignorance about oneself and one's motives. The sense of duty is lacking he feels because of a partial understanding of man. We depend for our knowledge on limited perceptions. Unfortunately the practitioner of yoga is like the modern materialist given to show to competition and to acquisition of ...
A well-known Indian named Patanjali, organized this study of man and his achievements in a systematic form. He wrote a small book which is called the Yoga Sutra. The work itself is very very small. In one single page you can write down the entire book. It contains aphorisms consisting of a few words, but these are very important. In the very second and third sentence Patanjali answers the question, "What is Yoga, where of the human personality" and in ...
A difficult subject dealt with simplicity and indepth by Shri Yogendraji who devoted all his life in simplifying a complex subject like yoga, so that it is understood by the layman. The book deals with some important topics like respiratory activity, sexual drive and its control, brain and nervous system with its complex network, skin the largest organ of the body and hygiene in general. The fundamental purpose of yoga is to transcend the limitation of sense of, ...
This is not a book - it is a cannon with live bombs, all the burning questions of human life in a nutshell. Many did not have the courage to read, many did not have the courage to print; and the government of the time subverted its circulation. The fourth edition appeared after 45 years of silence. "Epigrams are the salt of literature. The epigramatic form is eminently suitable for recording the concentrated moments of a soul which can live and experience ...
Today there is a growing need felt by parents who are increasingly in search of guidelines and principles which will help their children to lead meaningful lives. Growing With Yoga help to fulfill this need. The ancient time tested art of living, which is Yoga, is presented here in a simple practical way. Shrimati Hansa a parent and a Yoga teacher and a propagator of yoga lecturing in different countries appearing in innumerable television episodes has provided ...
Until the beginning of this century there was an impression that Yoga was meant only for Yogis and not for householders. Shri Yogendra, the founder of the Yoga Institute, Mumbai himself a householder yogi exploded this myth and trained thousands of men and women in the practice of Yoga. As this century is stepping into its twilight years there is a growing awareness that the family is the bedrock of personal growth. Members of the family, be they parents or ...
The book is so simple, lucid and clear that it ought to decorate the nook-shelves of all homes, schools, colleges, universities and educational Institutes. Human beings are, by and large, immensely ignorant about their physical body with its complexity and immense potentiality. The physical, the mental, the emotional and the spiritual man hides within its frame. And yet we do not have even a slight idea of the greatness, grandeur and glory that the human organism ...
For a ling time now graded lessons on Yoga as Taught from 1918 onwards, at a the famous Yoga institute of Santa Cruz are being published in pocket editions. The series is intended to guide the layman to study Yoga in absence of a teacher. This book supplies an ideal course of yoga education for daily practice. Written by Yogendra who put Yoga on the map of modern science, the book presents a balanced course of simple Yoga postures, which are both traditional and ...
Yoga today is being studied at the conscious level-information and skill. The subconscious education of the eight Bhavas is completely missed out. The Yogic processes generate even if transiently certain wholesome subjective experiences (Aklista Vrttis)/. It is from these experiences that one builds up a healthy personality. Today when we are looking for an alternate education, we may as well think of some of these higher concepts, available to us in these ...
What manner of man is a Yogi? Is his life a bed of nails? Shri Yogendraji's life is as interesting as his towering personality. What do you say of a man who strove hard in various fields of life, to rise to eminence, only later to reject the achievements and the entire field of work. Being a sensitive soul, he became conscious of the limitations of the activity he undertook. In his teens, for example, he founded the Free Thinkers Association, wrote the Bible of ...
We were all standing on the front lawn waiting for the airline limousine that would bring Dr. Jayadeva Yogendra, Director of The Yoga Institute, Santa Cruz, India and Hansaji, Dean of The Institute to our home in Ottawa. As it pulled up, there was a feeling of excitement and joy that after all the months of planning, they had finally arrived. We had prepared garlands in the tradition of India and presented them with Namaste. It was July 3, 1994, another step in ...
The superior state of awareness the Yoga practitioner enjoys, provides him a ring side view to life. He looks at various events that pass before his eyes not with tension but with nonchalance, not by getting caught up in stress and strain but rather remaining a witness (Saksi) to the slow unfolding drama of life. Stress management techniques in comparison work on peep-hole view of the reality of life. A little relaxation or recreation and low level attitude ...