"This invaluable book introduces the reading public to the full
scope of the practice of genuine hatha yoga. Full of hints that
veteran practitioners can follow to revolutionize their practices,
it should be read by every serious student of yoga."
—Dr. Robert Svoboda, author of Ayurveda: Life, Health, and
Longevity and Light on Life: An Introduction to the
Astrology of India
內容簡介:
In Shadow Yoga, Chaya Yoga, author Shandor Remete shows
how to utilize yoga to enhance all aspects of physical and
spiritual health. Focusing specifically on the hatha tradition, the
book delves deep into original Sanskrit texts, explaining the
theoretical foundation of yoga in clear, encouraging language.
Remete describes the "shadows" noted by classical yoga teachers
that block the student, and shows ways to move beyond them. The
book covers the key concepts of traditional yoga—the marmas,
chakras, vayus sources of energy, and nadis flows
of energy through the body—before turning to the yogic techniques
that improve their condition and functioning—asana poses,
nauli abdominal exercises, pranayama breathing, mudra
gestures, and laya absorptions. It closes with
illustrated sequences of the most important asanas. Shadow
Yoga also discusses various little-understood, oft-neglected
aspects of yogic training, such as the role of marma points
acupuncture-like energy points and the influence of the zodiac.
Detailed drawings of the body’s energy system and its links to
these elemental and planetary forces provide a visual guide to
these largely unknown areas of yoga. This knowledge, considered
essential in Indian yogic traditions, has been almost entirely lost
in modern Western schools of yoga. Author Remete restores that
information in this beautifully designed book.
關於作者:
Shandor Remete, also known by his teaching name of Natanaga
Zhander, is the founder of Shadow Yoga, a form of yoga that
addresses all aspects of self-cultivation. He was born in 1948 into
a Hungarian household in Novi Knezevac, Yugoslavia, and has been
practicing hatha yoga since the age of six, when his father
introduced him to the practice.His research background also
includes the study of the application of varma kalai, or
marma sthana, an ancient Dravidian martial and healing art,
and the Ayurveda and Siddha systems of medicine. There are Shadow
Yoga courses and workshops in Western Europe, Russia, Asia, the
United States, and Australia.www.shadowyoga.com