The Stories Behind the Poses: The Indian mythology that inspired 50 yoga

Description: Dr Raj Balkaran is a renowned scholar of Hindu mythology and author of The Goddess and the King in Indian Myth (2018) and The Goddess and the Sun in Indian Myth (2020). He holds advanced degrees in Hinduism from the University of Toronto and University of Calgary. A seasoned online educator with a global cohort of students, Dr Balkaran also teaches online courses privately and at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies. He apprenticed with an Indian master for twelve years as part of a living oral tradition dedicated to the preservation and application of Hindu mythology and philosophy. He therefore brings hundreds of hours of traditional transmissions of yoga philosophy tothe table, which he dovetails with academic rigor and captivating storytelling. INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 SIVA, LORD OF YOGA PERFECTION POSE ELEPHANT TRUNK POSE WAR GOD POSE MOUNTAIN POSE WARRIOR POSE TERROR POSE DOG POSE COBRA POSE LORD OF DANCE POSE CORPSE POSE CHAPTER 2 VI?ṆU THE COMPASSIONATE RECLINING POSE EAGLE POSE FISH POSE TORTOISE POSE LION POSE THREE-STRIDES POSE MONKEY POSE CHILD POSE TWO-HEADED BIRD POSE YOGIC SLEEP POSE CHAPTER 3 DEVI AND HER MANIFESTATIONS SWAN POSE LOTUS POSE PLOUGH POSE CRANE POSE CRESCENT MOON POSE THRONE POSE NAVEL POSE HERO POSE SCORPION POSE LEG BEHIND HEAD POSE CHAPTER 4 THE POWER OF THE GODS REVERENCE POSE HORSE POSE HALF-MOON POSE COW FACE POSE WHEEL POSE ARCHER POSE TREE POSE NOOSE POSE THUNDERBOLT POSE YOGIC STAFF POSE CHAPTER 5 THE WISDOM OF THE SAGES SAGE MARICI POSE SAGE KASYAPA POSE SAGE ṚCIKA POSE SAGE VASI??HA POSE SAGE VISVAMITRA POSE SAGE GALAVA POSE SAGE A??AVAKRA POSE SAGE DURVASAS POSE SAGE MATSYENDRA POSE SAGE BHARADVAJA POSE CONCLUSION INDEX FURTHER READING ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

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