Yogini's Dilemma


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A self-help guide to discovering your path as a yoga instructor or enhancing your personal practice. Yogini’s Dilemma provides a roadmap for aspiring yoga teachers to help them answer the question: “Do I want to be a yoga teacher?” In Yogini’s Dilemma, certified yoga therapist and founder of the Yoga Mandala School, Nicole Grant, lays out the classical eight-faceted path and wisdom of yoga so that aspiring yoga educators can better decide whether teaching yoga is for them. By mapping the relationship between body, mind, spirit, and culture, yoga enthusiasts will discover the tools needed to take the next steps with confidence and curiosity. Nicole draws from over two decades of dedicated yoga practice in the lineage of Sri T. Krishnamacharya to teach would-be yoga teachers how to: · Truly embody their practice · Turn motivation and inspiration into action · Navigate the yogic path and decide whether teaching is for them · Identify and address the physical, mental-emotional, and spiritual barriers that get in the way of knowing what comes next for them with yoga Implement yoga practice in everyday life no matter their decision




The 7 Gitas That Pioneered Counseling


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Revisit Counseling with 'The 7 Gitas That Pioneered Counseling' by U. Mahesh Prabhu. This enthralling text invites you to explore the seven Yogic texts nestled within Valmiki's Ramayana and Vyasa's Mahabharata, collectively referred to as the Gitas, from a counseling perspective. Within the pages of this remarkable book, you'll gain insights into the profound wisdom of Vedic pioneers and Yogis such as Vashistha, Astavakra, Vidura, Krishna, Bhishma, and Avadhoota. They delved deep into the intricacies of the human mind, offering guidance and understanding. This book opens a portal into the complexities of the Mind, the vast expanse of Consciousness, the dynamics of Relationships, and the challenges posed by Pain. Moreover, it provides you with invaluable counseling tools and strategies to navigate life's adversities.Embark on a transformative counseling journey, as this captivating work empowers you to explore, understand, and navigate the intricate landscape of the human mind and emotions.







Yogini


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Shakti is the Sanskrit term for the feminine energy of the Divine. Yogini is created for, and by, women, and all who have a passion for yoga as a path and a way of life. There is no other yoga book which addresses women’s issues and concerns; while 90% of yoga students are women, the majority of yoga leaders have been men. Yogini traces the rise of women teachers in modern yoga and offers women stories and ideas for what can be done off the mat to integrate yoga practice into daily life. Here is an inspirational guide for the modern yogini offering a fresh perspective for everyone’s yoga or spiritual practice. The candid photos and personal stories of intention, intuition and devotion of many of today’s leading yoga teachers; Angela Farmer, Nischala Joy, Sarah Powers, Shiva Rae, Donna Farhi, Anna Forest, Rama Jyoti Vernon, and Tenzin Palmo. Contributing essayist Linda Sparrowe is the author of many bestselling yoga titles and is the former managing editor of Yoga Journal.




Crazy Wisdom of the Yogini


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• Shares vivid, experiential descriptions of the author’s sessions with master Lalita Devi wherein she imparted the essential principles of the Mahamudra to him physically, verbally, and energetically • Presents new translations of the most significant sacred books, including the Shiva Sutras, the Pratybhijna Hrdayam Sutra, and the Spandakarika, each presented in language that preserves their spontaneous mystic flow • Pairs the author’s intellectual study of the sacred texts with direct transmissions from his teacher, with each perspective shedding light on the other In 1975, in an isolated Himalayan forest, Daniel Odier met Lalita Devi, a tantric yogini who took him on a mystical journey beyond the limits of sexual experience to transcend the ego, recognize the true self, and rediscover the Divine nature of absolute love. Now, Odier shares the secret teachings and self-realization practices of the Kashmiri Mahamudra (meditation on the mind itself) and the Pratyabhijna (the School of Sudden Recognition). The author offers vivid descriptions of his sessions with Lalita Devi wherein she imparted the essential principles of the Mahamudra and the yoga of emotions to him physically, verbally, and energetically. Lalita Devi knew the principal texts of Kashmiri Shaivism by heart. New translations of the most significant sacred books, including the Shiva Sutras, the Pratyabhijnahrdayam, and the Spandakarika, are provided by Odier along with chants and poems from the yogini tradition. Presented in language that preserves their spontaneous mystic flow and restores their original ancient female origins, Crazy Wisdom of the Yogini offers a profound inside look at authentic tantric teachings.




Bridges


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The Land I Dream Of


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In any conflict, the worst affected are always the women? The narrative around the Jammu-and-Kashmir insurgency continues to be built around the role of freedom fighters, insurgents and politicians ? all of them, not surprisingly, men. Yet, women have played an extraordinary role in the history of Kashmir, in retaining Kashmiriyat ? that long-forgotten ideal of mutual co-existence. Equally, as mothers, daughters, widows, fighters, martyrs and mujahids, they have been inseparable from the four-decade-old conflict. In The Land I Dream of, researcher Manisha Sobhrajani documents her encounters with women from disparate backgrounds across the troubled state. A Kashmiri Pandit forced into exile as a child; a mother-figure battling the establishment to give hope to thousands like her whose men have disappeared; an eighty-year-old who trained to fight tribal invaders in 1947 as part of Kashmir?s first women-only militia; and young Muslim women empowering themselves through entrepreneurship ? the lives she chronicles bear witness not just to the suffering and apathy Kashmiri women have had to endure but also to their strength in the face of it all. Combining individual recollection with journalistic endeavour, this searingly personal account of loss and despair and equally of hope and optimism is a testament to the resilience of the women in one of the world?s most fractious regions.'




The Circle of Bliss


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Published in conjunction with a 2003 exhibition co-organized by the Columbus Museum of Art and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, this hefty, oversize (10x13 catalogue features approximately 160 powerful masterpieces of Indian, Nepalese, Tibetan, Chinese, and Mongolian art produced over the pa




Yoga Journal


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For more than 30 years, Yoga Journal has been helping readers achieve the balance and well-being they seek in their everyday lives. With every issue,Yoga Journal strives to inform and empower readers to make lifestyle choices that are healthy for their bodies and minds. We are dedicated to providing in-depth, thoughtful editorial on topics such as yoga, food, nutrition, fitness, wellness, travel, and fashion and beauty.