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In this much-anticipated follow-up to his first book, Ashtanga Yoga: Practice and Philosophy, Gregor Maehle offers a detailed and multifaceted guide to Ashtanga Yoga's Intermediate Series. An expert yogi and teacher, Maehle will guide you to your next level with an unprecedented quality of anatomical explanation and unparalleled attention to the practice's philosophical and mythological heritage. You will learn: The background and applications...

In this volume, for the first time, the complex subject of yogic mudras is comprehensively analysed and described. Mudras do not constitute one of the eight limbs of yoga. Rather, specific mudras support and accelerate success in yogic limbs such as asana, pranayama, pratyahara, meditation and samadhi. Pranayama and pratyahara are largely inaccessible without mudras and here mudras are ancillary and integrated into the practice of these yogic ...

In this ground-breaking book, Gregor Maehle shows how the chakras offer a blueprint for the natural evolution of life via single-cell organisms, reptiles, mammals and humans. He draws on his experiences with mind-altering plant agents and chemicals during the late 70's and early 80's, as well as extensive research, to objectively describe how drugs influence each chakra, including their potential but also spiritual setbacks and dangers. The au...

A comprehensive introduction to eight limbs of Ashtanga yoga. It addresses the pastures with detailed anatomical explanation and the unparalleled deep roots in ancient Indian philosophy and mythology.

Do you remember a time when you knew that your life would be amazing and that you would live to make a meaningful contribution to life on Earth and the life of others? And then what happened? Somehow our education and the process of enculturation cut us off from this sacred knowledge and élan vital. We became cynics and "realists". Since time immemorial human societies were organized around the idea that the life of the individual and of socie...

El Yoga Sutra es una herramienta para ganar libertad interior. La libertad interior significa ser capaz de dictar a nuestra mente qué y cuándo necesita pensar o cuándo debe estar tranquila en lugar de que nuestra mente nos mande. Estudiar el Yoga Sutra es un entrenamiento que te enseña a usar tu mente de la misma manera eficiente y creativa en que el asana es un entrenamiento para usar tu cuerpo. Para este propósito necesitamos ser capaces de ...

Ashtanga differs from other yoga disciplines because it focuses on "vinyasa, " a practice that uses postures and breathing to create heat in the body and thus increase circulation and flexibility. This comprehensive book integrates the two leading ashtanga approaches: Jois's ashtanga vinyasa yoga and the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali. The first half of the book presents a complete guide to the practice of ashtanga yoga. More than 50 postures are giv...

Ashtanga Yoga: La Primera Serie describe paso a paso la primera capa del sistema de Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga. Se detallan ampliamente las técnicas fundamentales de la respiración, los bandhas y el drishti. Siguiendo el método tradicional de la cuenta de los vinyasa, cada postura de la Primera Serie es descrita a través de un estudio detallado y exhaustivo, y acompañada de fotos y dibujos anátomicos claros e informativos. Información adicional sob...

This book will not only give a precise step-by-step description of the meditation technique at the heart of yoga but also put it into context with all other yogic techniques and how they contribute to the breakthrough to spiritual freedom. Yogic meditation derives its power from the fact that it systematically suspends the entire processing capacity of the subconscious mind and diverts it towards meditation. The processing power of the subcons...

In his third book Gregor Maehle aims at bringing about a renaissance of pranayama, the yogic school of breathing. For millennia pranayama was considered to be the quintessential yogic limb, yoga's main motor for spiritual evolution. To show pranayama's importance Maehle supports his findings at every turn with hundreds of quotations from yogic scripture. With unprecedented detail the author shows how pranayama is used to connect posture practi...

Ashtanga Yoga: Practice and Philosophy integrates Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga and the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali as an organic whole, presenting them as two sides of the one coin. It also demonstrates how the eight limbs are practised within the Ashtanga Vinyasa system.An extensive explanation of the fundamental techniques of breath, bandhas and drishti is followed by a detailed and comprehensive study of each posture of the Primary Series, following t...

In his fifth book, Gregor Maehle shows how all yogic techniques and methods collaborate to bring about its pinnacle - the state of samadhi. The book culminates in a detailed description of the eight classical samadhis as listed in the Yoga Sutra, both from the practical view of content and experience and from the techniques to access them. The author also shows the importance that these states have for a new enchantment with our world, nature,...