Beschreibung
Klappentext Suryanamaskar – Sun Salutations:
„Our body is essential for every achievement“ said an ancient seer. That body should not be diseased but rather strong and healthy, with perfect harmony between the physical, mental, and spiritual aspects. One’s natural state should include an all-encompassing feeling of unusual lightness, a fullness of health, and an experience of overall contentment. Bliss and perfection, overflowing vitality and energy, are the human birthright.
Who would not like to be strong, beautiful and healthy? Yet such characteristics do not manifest themselves merely by desire, nor are they commodities that can be purchased on world markets. They are something that only self-effort or tapasya can create. Furthermore, the Hindu four-old goal of human life (dharma, artha, kama and moksha – duty, wealth, pleasure, and emancipation) is most easily obtained in a strong and healthy body.
As the sage Charaka says in the Charaka Samhita, freedom from disease is health. While Indian medicine provides many effective remedies for illness, it acknowledges that prevention is much more effective than cure. In addition, statistics show that the cost of prevention is less than one tenth that of fighting a manifested given illness. One of the best prophylactic measures against disease is regular physical exercise.
The centuries-old system of Yoga with its distinct practice of Suryanamaskar remains the perfect all-inclusive health practice, even in today’s busy world.
Über den Autor:
Krzysztof Stec, a former research scholar at the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, began his practice of yoga at the young age of 15 under the tutelage of the famed Tadeusz Pasek, a pioneer of yogic studies in Eastern Europe who encouraged Krzysztof to attend Kaivalyadhama in Lonavla. Krzysztof earned a diploma in yoga education in 1976 and has continued his practice of yoga ever since. In 2002, in the midst of a successful career in systems analysis at several global corporations, he came into contact with Shree Samarth Janglidas Maharaj who urged him to return to teaching yoga as a primary vocation. Towards that end the author earned a master’s degree in physical education at Banares Hindu University, Varanasi in 2009 and a doctor of philosophy degree at Jozef Pilsudski University of Physical Education, Warsaw in 2014, both in physical education. Several of his papers on Suryanamaskar have been published in international journals and he regularly lectures on yoga, health and nutrition worldwide.
Aus dem Inhalt:
- Foreword
- Prefactory essay on the development of modern yoga
- Author’s note
- Preface
- Standard International transliteration code
- 1. Introduction
- Part I:
- 2. The sun in world traditions
- 3. The sun in Hindu traditions
- Vedic origins of Suryanamaskar
- …
- 4. The sun according to science
- The sun as sustainer of life
- …
- Part II
- 5. Suryanamaskar and physical exercise
- Levels of Suryanamaskar practice in brief
- …
- 6. The practice
- Asanas vs Vyayama
- …
- 7. Shavasana
- Simplified and brief description of Shavasana
- …
- 8. Mantras used for Suryanamaskar
- Surya or solar mantras
- …
- 9. Psychic centers, churning the chakras
- 10. Dietary considerations
- Comparison of Western and Eastern thought
- …
- 11. Digestive Leukocytosis or pathological Leukocytosis
- The effect of raw food versus cooked food on the human immune system
- …
- 12. Toxins and other harmful substances in food
- Impact of chemical fertilizers on nutritional value of food
- 13. Hints to improve your eating habits
- Part III
- 14. Review of psycho-physiological effects of Suryanamaskar practice
- 15. Personal experience
- 16. Benefits of Suryanamaskar practice
- Physical fitness benefits
- …
- Appendices
- Chart of Asana in Rishikesh series with traditional naming
- Chart of Asana in Rishikesh series with Krishnamacharya naming
- Sun Salutations/Surya Namaskar for the physically impaired
- Tables of asanas, mantras and chakras in Rishikesh series
- Purna-Suryanamaskar: intensive practice using the Mahayoga method
- Exceptional human adaptation
- Glossary
- Bibliography
