![]() Part III: The Yoga Sutra of Patanjali 143Īppendix 1 The Texts Mentioned in This Book 230Īppendix 2 Four General Practice Sequences 233 Krishnamacharya xvĤ The Careful Construction of a Yoga Practice 25ġ0 The World Exists to Be Seen and Discovered 93 ![]() ![]() Added to this second edition of The Heart of Yoga is the Yoganjalisaram - thirty-two poems composed by Krishnamacharya that capture the essence of his teachings and further make The Heart of Yoga a milestone in the transmission of yoga from the ancient masters to the modern world. Krishnamacharya placed the highest value on Patanjali's Yoga Sutra, which is included here in its entirety, with a translation and commentary by Desikachar. Desikachar discusses all the elements of yoga - poses and counterposes, conscious breathing, meditation and philosophy - and shows how the yoga student may develop a practice tailored to his or her current state of health, age, occupation and lifestyle. ![]() This is the first yoga text to outline a step-by-step sequence for developing a complete practice according to the age-old principles of yoga. Desikachar offers a distillation of his father, Sri Tirumalai Krishnamacharya's, system as well as his own practical approach, which he describes as "a program for the spine at every level - physical, mental and spiritual". ![]()
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