AYP Publishing (Sept
2008) --
The center of all spiritual progress is found within each human
being. When time-tested yogic
methods are applied in an integrated way,
spiritual progress can occur within any cultural or
religious setting.
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Table of Contents
"Eight Limbs of Yoga - The Structure and Pacing of Self-Directed Spiritual
Practice" provides an efficient integration of a wide range of yoga practices for use
in a daily routine that is compatible with an active lifestyle, while staying in tune with
the centuries-old "Yoga Sutras of Patanjali." Here, these ancient innovations
are brought up-to-date and optimized for modern self-directed practitioners.
The center of all spiritual
progress is found within each human nervous system. When these time-tested methods for
stimulating human spiritual transformation are applied in an integrated way, spiritual
unfoldment can occur within any cultural or religious setting. Detailed instructions on
the many individual practices discussed here are provided throughout the AYP writings.
This volume ties them all together in a systematic way to facilitate long term self-paced
cultivation of abiding inner silence, ecstatic bliss, outpouring divine love, and the rise
of unity in Self-realization.
Yogani is the author of two
landmark books on the world's most effective spiritual practices: "Advanced Yoga
Practices - Easy Lessons for Ecstatic Living," a comprehensive user-friendly
textbook, and "The Secrets of Wilder," a powerful spiritual novel.
The "AYP Enlightenment
Series" makes these profound practices available for the first time in a series of
concise instruction books. "Eight Limbs of Yoga" is the ninth book in the
series, preceded by "Bhakti and Karma Yoga," "Self-Inquiry,"
"Diet, Shatkarmas and Amaroli," "Samyama," "Asanas, Mudras and
Bandhas," "Tantra," "Spinal Breathing Pranayama," and "Deep
Meditation."
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
Chap 1 - EIGHT LIMBS OF YOGA
-
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
-
Yoga and the Human Nervous System
Chap 2 - THE STRUCTURE OF PRACTICES
-
Our Inherent Spiritual Capabilities
- Fundamental
Principles and Natural Abilities
-
An Inventory of Practices
-
The Journey of Purification and Opening
Chap 3 - SELF-DIRECTED PRACTICE
-
Building a Daily Routine (Practice Chart)
- Basic Routine
of Practices
- The Practice
Chart
- Finding
Detailed Instructions for the Practices
- Building Our
Routine - Sequence and Timing
-
Self-Pacing
- Practical
Application of Self-Pacing
- Automatic
Yoga - Physical Movements
- The Hazards
of Forcing Practices
- Grounding for
Stability
- Self-Pacing
and Physical Practices
-
Keeping up Practices with a Busy Schedule
- Honoring the
Habit of Twice-Daily Practice
- Optimizing
the Practice Time We Have
-
Group Practice and Retreats
- Group
Meditations
- Group Samyama
- Retreats
-
Our Role as Teachers and Researchers
-
Responsibility
- Teaching
- Practices for
Our Children
- Open Source
Research - Road to the Future
Chap 4 - THE RISE OF ENLIGHTENMENT
-
Enlightenment Milestones
-
The Divine Marriage
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