Yoga: Tradition of Unification [Book]

Overview

Although extremely modern in spirit and style, Yoga: Tradtition of Unification presents yoga in its traditional and perennial context — as the pathway to unification. This book serves as a guide for yoga practitioners, drawing from yogic philosophy and science to convey the meaning of the tradition of yoga without trespassing on each practitioner's freedom and life mission.

From the back cover:

“True knowledge has no other source other than the One. The tradition of yoga has no specialized, copyrighted or patent-protected names. This ancient word implies an unconditional unification with the unbounded. The path of yoga is unique for each practititioner. Those who have realized the path of yoga see limitations even in this simple word. They are oriented towards the preservation of the ideals of unification and away from concrete material expression.

This book contains the universal keys to the knowledge of yoga, which allows the individual to design a training program and at the same time remain creatively free and independent.”

Details

Here are a few highlights from the table of contents:

Part I: Pathway

• • True Pathway and the Master
• • Natural and Inverted Flow
• • Will and the Power of the Spirit
• • Yoga and Morality

Part II: Form

• • Organic Formation Theory
• • Asanas and the Arsenal of Forms
• • Vinyasas
• • Psycho-energetic Mandala
• • Energy Formation Theory
• • Breathing Processes and Regulation
• • Field Formation Theory
• • Mrita Mudra
• • Kundalini

Part III: Training

• • Training at Various Levels of Practice
• • Algorithms of Training
• • Ha, Tha and Ha-Tha Styles
• • Static and Dynamic Modes
• • Relation of Breath with Form/Movement
• • Ancient Health Standard

Part IV: Lesser Known Practices

• • Pranayama in Water, in Walking
• • Awareness and Relaxtion in Running
• • Diet Rules
• • Dance of Shiva
• • Spinal Movements with Breath

Part V: Power

• • Bio-Nuclear Power
• • Temple of Power
• • Modern Shamanism
• • Hatha Yoga -- Method of Raja-Yoga
• • Freedom
• • Western Students

Part VI: Vinyasa Technique

• • Auxillary Vinyasas
• • Longitudinal, Transversal and Twisting Vinyasas
• • Single and Multi-Directional Vinyasas
• • Single and Multi-Level Vinyasas

Buyer's Guide

• Audience: Anyone interested in deeper understanding of yoga theory
• Focus: Creating a systemic understanding of all yoga practices
• Intensity: Challenging concepts and practices
• Props: None required

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About Andrey Lappa

Andrey Lappa is one of the most influential yoga masters of the post-Soviet countries. He has studied with teachers both famous and unknown, including BKS Iyengar and Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, and has practiced meditation in many monasteries and temples throughout the East. After many years of exploration into the most esoteric and challenging practices of yoga, Andrey developed the incomparably powerful and effective Universal Yoga, a comprehensive approach to spiritual evolution. Andrey is president of the Kiev Yoga Federation in the Ukraine.

Currently he conducts teacher training programs around the world and has re-introduced hatha yoga to the monks of his Tibetan Buddhist lineage in Nepal. He is the author of the book Yoga: Tradition of Unification.

You can learn more about Andrey and his teachings at www.universal-yoga.com.