Living Yoga

Explore the many paths of yoga. Yoga has been a living tradition of spiritual teaching for five thousand years. Here readers will discover the wisdom of the millenniaand learn to live yoga. This book contains the best of Yoga Journal: the most outstanding interviews essays illustrations and photographs. It offers the promise of hatha yoga exercise for health and the yoga approach to diet and nutrition. It teaches meditation as an antidote to stress and a path to mindfulness. It explores the yoga of love and devotion in relationships; karma yoga the path of work; and tantra yoga the path of ritual creativity and sexuality. The authoritative contributors and wide-ranging topics here include: Ram Dass on life as serviceJoan Borysenko on the healing power of loveLarry Dossey on illusions about the bodyJudith Lasater on asanas or hatha yoga posturesThich Nhat Hanh on the nature of sufferingKen Wilber on the role of meditationFrances Vaughan on the common ground between psychotherapy and spiritualityDaniel Coleman on early-warning signs for detecting spiritual abuseJohn Welwood on spiritual relationshipsGeorg Feuerstein on sacred sexualityJacob Needleman on money and the pathJoanna Macy on caring for the earth Also richly illustrated Living Yoga celebrates a fresh vision of life for spiritual seekers. Beginners will find an accessible far-reaching overview of the topic; advanced practitioners will be reminded once again of the value and promise of yoga.