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    Relax With Yoga
    Relax With Yoga
    Relax With Yoga
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    Relax With Yoga

    By Arthur Liebers

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    "Relax With Yoga" by Arthur Liebers is a concise yet comprehensive guide to modern western Raja Yoga, offering readers an insightful journey into the metaphysical aspects of yogic practice. Liebers seamlessly combines the theoretical foundations of Raja yoga with practical

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLeft Of Brain Onboarding Pty Ltd
    Release dateDec 11, 2023
    ISBN9781396323157
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      Relax With Yoga - Arthur Liebers

      RELAX WITH YOGA

      By ARTHUR LIEBERS

      First published in 1960

      Image 1

      Published by Left of Brain Books

      Copyright © 2023 Left of Brain Books

      ISBN 978-1-396-32315-7

      eBook Edition

      Al rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations permitted by copyright law. Left of Brain Books is a division of Left Of Brain Onboarding Pty Ltd.

      PUBLISHER’S PREFACE

      About the Book

      "This is a short guide to modern western Raja Yoga, illustrated by a couple of dozen photos of yogic postures (asanas). This little book is a surprisingly comprehensive introduction to the metaphysical background of yogic practice, along with a host of related practical matters.

      The exercises introduced here are all fairly easy and well-described. When this was written, Yoga teachers were far and few between in the US, so this was by necessity a self-help guide."

      (Quote from sacred-texts.com)

      CONTENTS

      PUBLISHER’S PREFACE

      THE ORIGIN OF YOGA ................................................................... 1

      CONTROL OF THE BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM ....................... 4

      THE EIGHT PRINCIPLES OF RAJA YOGA ......................................... 8

      OBTAINING RELAXATION THROUGH YOGA ................................ 18

      CORRECTIVE POSES OF YOGA ..................................................... 24

      SPECIFIC ASANAS FOR WEIGHT REDUCTION .............................. 43

      SPECIFIC POSTURES FOR RELAXATION ....................................... 50

      THE BANDHAS—MYSTIC BREATHING EXERCISES ....................... 60

      SANKYA YOGA—YOGA OF THE MIND ........................................ 66

      YOGA PRINCIPLES OF DIET ......................................................... 74

      SEXUAL PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES IN YOGA ........................... 78

      HOW TO ACHIEVE PAINLESS CHILDBIRTH THROUGH YOGA ...... 83

      GLOSSARY OF YOGIC TERMS ........................................................... 86

      THE ORIGIN OF YOGA

      THE basic problem of every living creature is survival in a hostile world. Countless generations ago, from the teeming human masses of the East, where man lived in ever-present dread of famine, disease, flood, invasion and vengeance of the gods, Yoga, a system or method of attaining physical and mental serenity under adverse and even horrible conditions, was introduced.

      Man, in his essence, has changed little in the course of historic time. The philosophy of Yoga and its practice, which enabled the Indo-Aryan to survive the stresses of his time, can also enable people of the modern Western world to achieve contentment and security in the face of the cold war, the hydrogen bomb, missile, counter-missile and counter-counter-missile and other perils in a rapidly changing world.

      Scholars who have attempted to trace the beginnings of the practice of Yoga have found that its principles were well established as far back as the time when the written word was new. There are many books of Yoga among the oldest scripts in Sanskrit, the ancient sacred language of India. Even these refer to a distant past in which the secrets of Yoga were passed on from generation to generation by word of mouth. Only the Indian form of Yoga is well known in America and Europe, but there is strong evidence that Yoga principles were known to the Egyptians and Chinese and that there were monastic societies among the Hebrew Essenes who were, from reliable historical evidence, groups of Yoga practitioners. Perhaps the recent discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls will reveal some of the secrets

      of this philosophy that have been lost in the shadows of the years.

      What Is Yoga?

      The word Yoga cannot be translated into English. In the Sanskrit, it derives from the root Yuja, which is to join or weld together. Just as two pieces of metal are welded together to become one, so in the philosophy of Yoga, the embodied spirit of the individual becomes one with the Universal Spirit through the regular practice of certain physical and mental exercises. In another definition, Yoga is the art of life and its philosophy is meant to furnish the principles that justify and explain that art.

      One of the Sanskrit texts, the Bhagwad-Gita, describes Yoga as equanimity of mind which results in efficiency of action. For those to whom Yoga represents a religion as well as a way of life, Yoga means the union or linking together of man with God, or the disunion or separation of man from the objects of physical sensation in the material world. It is the science or skill which leads the initiate by easy steps to the pinnacle of self-realization.

      There are many common misconceptions which stand between the truths of Yoga and those who live in the Western world.

      Many Americans have heard more about Yogis, or those who practice Yoga, than about Yoga itself. They picture the Yogi as an Indian fakir, swathed in rags, who spends his life on a bed of nails or sits motionless underneath a tree until birds build nests in his hair. Their knowledge of Yoga is gained from supposedly esoteric literature or from side-show performers billed as

      Swamis or Yogis who stick pins through their flesh or permit themselves to be buried alive. More charitably, they may think

      of the Yoga convert as some mildly eccentric individual who enjoys standing on his head before breakfast.

      Nevertheless, the true spirit and practice of Yoga has already spread to this country and has achieved what might be called a high degree of respectability. A number of colleges and universities, including such institutions as the University of Southern California, offer courses in Yoga. Also, such prominent athletes as Parry O'Brien, long-time holder of the world's shot-put record, have studied and practiced Yoga. It has spread even to the halls of our national Congress where Representative Francis P. Bolton's practice of Yoga has received nationwide press coverage. Stripping the magic from Yoga reveals that it is a practice that effectively enables its user to meet the stresses of modern life, and offers relaxation that may stand between its adherents and the stomach ulcers or psychiatrist's couch that are so common today.

      You need not retire to an Ashram, or Yoga retreat, to acquire the benefits of this system; rather, you can attain the serenity and relaxation that it affords through the information in this volume. Practicing Yoga takes

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