Beschreibung
Light on Astanga Yoga enthält Erläuterungen von BKS Iyengar zu den Yoga Sutras von Patanjali.
Aus dem Inhalt:
- Exposition of Principles
- The Need of Mankind
- The Definitions of Yoga
- God and Man
- Pollution in Action
- Purusa and Prakrti
- Drasta and Drsya
- Conjunction and Dissociation
- Bondage or Freedom?
- Citta – consciousness
- Vrttis – Objective and Subjective
- Klesas – The Afflictions
- Antarayas – The Obstacles
- The Healing Vrttis
- Application of Principles
- Astanga Yoga
- Sadhana
- The Yogangas
- The Map of the Human Being
- Kriya Yoga
- Tapas
- Svadhyaya
- Isvara Pranidhana
- What is Astanga Yoga?
- Yama
- Niyama
- Asana
- Pranayama
- Pratyahara
- Dharana
- Dhyana
- Samadhi
- Stages of Samadhi
Leseempfehlung: zu empfehlen für an philosophischen Aspekten interessierte Leser, besonders aus der Iyengar-Tradition kommend
