Are you a yoga practitioner seeking deeper meaning in your practice and teaching? This book invites you on a journey beyond technique, into the transformative world of spiritual growth through yoga.
In an era of declining religiosity, Spirituality in Yoga explores how yoga can help us find connection, heal old wounds and live with joy and compassion. It delves into ancient Vedic frameworks and classical yogic texts while also highlighting personal stories to illustrate the wide breadth of spiritual journeys.
Whether youre a yoga teacher, a healthcare professional or a spiritual seeker, this book provides practical tools, insights and reflective questions to help you bring spirituality into your classes and your own life.
Lee Majewski, MA, C-IAYT, Yoga Chikitsa Acharya, an author, researcher, educator and yoga therapist, is a founding director of Yoga For Health Institute (www.yogaforhealth.institute ). As cancer survivor since 2006 she works with cancer and psychosomatic chronic disease patients, including running intensive yogic retreats. She is based in Toronto, Canada.
Spirituality has become a rare element in modern Yoga therapy as it is often mistakenly associated with religiosity. In trying to be secular, we have taken the soul out of the body. This book brings about a greater understanding of this most important part of a wholesome approach to wellness. Every pioneer chronicled here shares life transforming lessons they have experienced in their spiritual quest. This will motivate generations to come, as they learn to holistically bridge modern science and spirituality for the betterment of humanity. Healing is only possible when we become whole once again. Be wholesome, be one. -- Yogacharya Dr. Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani, DSc (Yoga) Ashram Acharya ICYER Ananda Ashram; Director, Institute of Salutogenesis & Complementary Medicine, Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth, Pondicherry, India
While there are certainly upsides to the widespread dissemination of Yoga into Western cultures, the significant downside is that to increase its appeal, Yoga was shorn of much of its deep spiritual heritage. It became understood more simply as physical exercise. As a result, Spirituality is a rare element in modern Yoga and Yoga therapy. Spirituality in Yoga: Bridging the Sacred and the Human does us a great service by reminding us of and teaching us that Yoga is actually a truly holistic integrative practice. It is a bridge to developing our own wholeness and higher consciousness, and a pathway to creating a life of purpose and wellbeing. -- Paul J. Mills, Ph.D. Professor of Public Health and Family Medicine, Author of Becoming: The Spiritual Lives of Scientists
