The classic Hatha yoga manual for a strong, vital, beautiful body and a balanced, harmonious, happy mind

• Includes instructions for many advanced Hatha yoga exercises to build strength, stamina, and good posture, the necessary basis for spiritual development

• Provides detailed exercise plans to help you develop your personal weekly practice

• Explains traditional yogic methods of fasting and internal cleansing, practices to strengthen the endocrine system, methods for advanced sexual control, breath control practices, and concentration exercises to improve mind power

Based upon ancient Sanskrit works on yoga as well as thousands of years of oral teachings, this Hatha yoga classic moves beyond the introductory level of yoga and provides illustrated instructions for many advanced asanas and other yogic techniques to build strength, stamina, and good posture--a necessary prerequisite for spiritual development.

Offering detailed exercise plans to help you develop your personal weekly yoga practice as well as techniques to target specific areas of the body, such as the abdominal muscles, this book also contains detailed instructions on many forms of prânâyâma (breath control), including alternate nostril breathing, kapâlabhâti, and sahita, as well as meditative methods for developing your powers of concentration and mental discipline. With instructions on diet, fasting, internal cleansing, advanced sexual control, and strengthening the endocrine system, Sri S. S. Goswami's classic text presents the complete picture of an advanced Hatha yoga lifestyle for a strong, vital, beautiful body and a balanced, harmonious, happy mind.

Shyam Sundar Goswami (1891-1978) was the founder of the Goswami Institute of Yoga in Sweden, the first Indian institution of its kind in that country. He was a disciple of the great yoga master Balak Bharati and also wrote Hatha Yoga: An Advanced Method of Physical Education and Concentration.

Foreword to the Third Edition by Basile P. Catoméris

Foreword by Elis Berven

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part One
Yoga Exercise and Associated Factors

1 The Emergence of Yoga
2 Fundamentals of Yoga Exercise
3 Developmental Aspects of Yoga Exercise
4 Practical Application of Yoga Exercise
5 Dynamic Application of Posture Exercise
6 Static Application of Posture Exercise
7 Diet
8 Fasting and Special Diets
9 The Yoga Method of Internal Cleansing
10 The Yoga Method of Endocrine Development
11 Sexual Efficiency and Control

Part Two
Technical Aspects of Yoga Exercise

12 Spinal Posture Exercise
13 Neck Posture Exercise
14 Abdominal Posture Exercise
15 Pelvic Posture and Control Exercise
16 Pectoral Limb Posture Exercise
17 Pelvic Limb Posture Exercise
18 Balance Posture Exercise
19 Inverse Body Posture Exercise
20 Folded-Leg Postures
21 Pranayama--Breath-Control Exercise
22 Concentration Exercise

Part Three
Exercise Plans

23 General Exercise Plans
24 Specific Dynamic Exercise Plans and Daily Schedules
25 Static Exercise Plans and Daily Schedules

Yoga Demonstrations

Note on the Pronunciation of Transliterated

Sanskrit Words

Bibliography

Glossary

Index