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Yoga Books
by Sivananda

 

Feature Book

Japa YogaA Comprehensive Treatise on Mantra-Sastra
Japa is the repetition of any mantra or name of God. It removes impurities of the mind such as anger, greed, lust, etc. and brings everlasting peace, bliss, prosperity, and Immortality. This is perhaps the best text ever written on practice of Japa (mantra) yoga. Highly recommended. (Indian edition)
Soft cover/ 180 pp

D028      $8.95

Easy Steps to Yoga
"Embrace spirituality, Practice purity. Do charity. Develop mobility. Cultivate magnanimity. Attain Divinity."
Explains in an easy and homely style the basic principles for the Yoga beginner. Softcover/160pp (Indian edition)

D016      $7.95

Yoga in Daily Life
A compact book packed with practical tips for incorporating spiritual practice into your daily life. Covers Bhakti, Karma, Raja, Jnana, and Hatha yoga, Meditation, Brahmacharya, Sadhana, and stories of saints. Softcover/137pp (Indian edition)
D062      $6.95

Practice of Yoga
"Yoga means union with the Lord. This is the goal of human life...Yoga is the science that teaches the method of joining human spirit with God."
A comprehensive introduction to the definition, ethics, psychology, and the science of yoga. Softcover/288pp (Indian edition)

D042      $9.95

Practical Lessons of Yoga
"It is the science of Yoga that can help man to unfold his latent divinity and realize his inner Self..."

A book designed especially for students of Yoga in Europe and America who need a practical but non-technical presentation of the subject in a language that is accessible to the beginner in the path. Softcover/214pp (Indian edition)
D122      $10.95

Practice of Karma Yoga
"One should never forget the idea that work is the worship of God. If one remembers this fact, all work will be found to be interesting. The term menial service will be obliterate from the mind...All work, when done with the right mental attitude, will elevate your mind."
Highly recommended guidebook on the yoga of service. Provides a thorough understanding of universal laws and contains many inspiring stories illustrating the law of karma.
Softcover/205pp (Indian edition)

D041      $9.95

Fourteen Lessons on Raja Yoga
"Yoga confers immortality, eternal bliss, freedom, perfection, perennial joy, and everlasting peace."
Raja Yoga means "King of Yogas" because it directly concerns the mind. This is an easy-to-follow fourteen-step program for practicing the eight-fold yoga system of Patanjali.
Softcover/96pp (Indian edition)

D022      $5.95

Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga teaches to still the mind, restrain thought waves, and enter the thoughtless state of Samadhi. It eventually helps one to achieve the Advaitic Realization of Oneness. Provides commentary and insight into Raja Yoga as explained in the Toga Sutras of Patanjali. (Indian edition) Soft cover/223 pp
D186       $9.95
Lectures on Raja Yoga
by Swami Chidananda
Excellent lectures on the theory of Raja Yoga (Indian edition) Soft cover/160 pp
D075       $6.95
Practice of Bhakti Yoga
"There is no virtue higher than Love, there is no treasure higher than Love, there is no knowledge higher than Love, there is not Dharma higher than Love because Love is Truth, Love is God."
Bhakti is intense devotion and supreme attachment to Goda sacred, higher emotion with sublime sentiments that unites the devotee with God. This is a complete and comprehensive guide to Bhakti, the yoga of devotion. (Indian edition) Soft cover/334 pp

D182       $12.95

Triple Yoga
"Cultivate dispassion or non-attachment. Free yourself from ambitions, and be happy forever."
At-a-glance short, analytical notes on Raja Yoga Bhakti and Vedanta. Softcover/178pp (Indian edition)

D058       $6.95

Essence of Bhakti Yoga
"...the pursuit of God through Bhakti or loving devotion is the sweetest and best of human endeavors..."

Unfolds in the simplest language the secrets of the emotions of Bhakti or devotion to the Divine. Devotional yoga is no mere state of emotionalism. Softcover/192pp (Indian edition)

D018       $9.95


Excerpt from Kundalini Yoga
"In worldly-minded people, given to enjoyment of sensual pleasures, this Kundalini power is sleeping because of the absence of any stimulus in the form of spiritual practices, as the power generated through such practices alone awakens that serpent-power, and not any other power derived through the possession of worldly riches and affluence..."

Kundalini Yoga
Kundalini is the coiled up, dormant cosmic power that underlies all organic and inorganic matter within us. This excellent illustrated guide thoroughly explains the theory and practice of Kundalini Yoga. Includes pullout chart of the Shat Chakras, several photographs and illustrations. Softcover/216pp (Indian edition)
D030       $11.95

Dhyana Yoga
"Meditation is your only duty. You must realize the goal of your life: God-Realization. Then only would your life be fruitful..."
Dhyana Yoga is concentrating on the unbroken flow of one idea. This rare idea on Dhyana contains many easy-to-folow exercises and entire section on formulas for meditation. (Indian edition)
Soft cover/164 pp

D013       $7.95
The Science of Pranayama
A comprehensive guide on the practice of breath control. (Indian edition)
Soft cover/131 pp

D046       $6.95
Samadhi Yoga
"Samadhi is blissful union with the Supreme Self. It leads to the direct intuitive realization of the Infinite."
Provides understanding of attaining the state of samadhi. (Indian edition) Soft cover/319 pp

D123       $10.95


Excerpt from Tantra Yoga, Nada Yoga, and Kriya Yoga
"Self-surrender is Absolute Love for God alone. There is nothing but God-consciousness in the devotee...This is the law of being. The Highest Truth is Absoluteness and the sould rises above through different states of consciousness until it attains Absolute perfection when it becomes identical with God. This is the culmination of all aspiration and love."

Tantra Yoga, Nada Yoga, and Kriya Yoga
Three books in one. Tantra is the yoga based on the dual nature of everything. Nada is the yoga of sound and vibration. And Kriya is the yoga of actions of purification that includes austerities, the study of scriptures, and self-surrender. Recommended. (Indian edition) Soft cover/162 pp
D055       $9.95
Yoga Asanas
"Asanas are not mere physical exercises alone. They have a spiritual basis and help a long way in controlling the senses, mind, and body."
Excellent detailed instructions and photos of 90 poses intended for thorough exercise and purification of all the internal organs and the entire endocrine system in order to maintain both metabolic and structural health. (Indian edition) Softcover/164 pp

D061       $9.95
Ananda Gita (The Song of Bliss)
"To live in God, to commune with God is 'Yoga'." Life in God brings eternal bliss. Yoga shows you the way, unites you with God and makes you perfect and immortal."
A survey of yogas: karma, bhakti, raja, japa, kundalini, hatha, and others.
(Indian edition) Softcover/128 pp

D002       $6.95
Philosophy, Psychology, and Practice of Yoga
Swami Chidananda
The title says it all. (Indian edition) Softcover/236 pp
D080       $8.95
Practical Guide to Yoga
Swami Chidananda
A clear, illustrated course on Hatha Yoga Asanas, stressing technique and the healthful benefits of each of the poses. (Indian edition) Softcover/87 pp
D082       $5.95


Excerpt from Sivananda Yoga
"If you lead a life of Yoga or integral perfection there is no room for the ego to rise. Through morning meditation, Japa, Puja, and so on, you raise the consciousness, you become alert to such an extent that it becomes like a shadowless lampa lamp which sheds its light in such a way that rays come from all sides..."

Sivananda Yoga
Venkatesananda
Lessons gleaned from Swami Sivananda on combining both the theory and practice of Yoga Vedanta in order for seekers to know both the path and the goal. (Indian edition) Softcover/160 pp
D116       $4.95
 

Philosphy and Yoga in Poems
"I am birthless and deathless.
I am timeless and spaceless,
I am desireless and decayless;
This is Jnana Yoga."

An inspiring and useful book of poems on yoga topics. (Indian edition) Softcover/164 pp

D190     $6.95

The Yoga System
Provides understanding of the yoga system of Patanjali. (Indian edition) Softcover/100 pp
D100       $5.95
Yoga as a Universal Science
Swami Krishnananda
"The whole purpose of Yoga practice is to regain the lost kingdom..."
A series of essays on various yoga topics that explore Patanjali's Yoga Sutras with refresing insight. (Indian edition) Softcover/240 pp

D165       $9.95