Yoga - Vinod Verma - Bog

The course of yogic practices offered in this book is very fundamental and is basically designed for maintaining good physical and mental health and find spiritual strength. The book is written in such a way that you can understand yoga and learn it yourself. The simple practical exercises provided in this book are meant for making body flexible, enhancing blood circulation, and using asanas or postures beneficially for healing minor and chronic ailments. It is to show you a spiritual path for strengthening mind and managing day-to-day stress. Yoga learnt in a right way without aiming at impossible postures can help you discover your own body. Once you find weak points of your body, by repeated practice the blockades will vanish. This is not a cliché yoga book to teach you some superficial exercises. It is a book meant for body, mind and soul. From waking up, to sleep, to breathing- all aspects of day-to-day life are taken into consideration. The best way to use this book is to read introduction first and understand what yoga is. Then begin with first week and repeat the first week for several weeks. Do that for all the nine weeks. Each weeks programme includes exercises for your body and mind and to show you a spiritual path. Be your own master and learn it yourself. Forget about the yoga classes in a herd like atmosphere and learn yogic practices in the peace of your home or garden. This book has become a classic by now. First published in 1988, it has been translated into German, French, Italian and Hindi. There has been numerous edition out for each language. Dr Verma is a world renowned scientist who has studied Neurobiology in Paris in the University of Pierre et Marie Curie (old Sorbonne) and has worked in prestigious places like National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA and Max Planck Institute in Germany. She resolved to do research in health rather than disease after having worked in a pharmaceutical company in Germany in 1984. She was the first one to bring scientific aspects of Yoga and Ayurveda to the West. Her books on Yoga and Ayurveda with a comprehensive and holistic scientific system appeared in late eighties and early nineties in various European languages. She has written 23 books on various aspects of health, women and companionship until now. For more details see www.ayurvedavv.com Dr. Vinod Verma's Publications 1.Patanjali's Yoga Sutra: A Scientific Exposition (Published in English, Hindi and German). 2.Ayurveda for Inner Harmony: Nutrition, Sexual Energy and Healing (Published in English, German, Italian, French, Romanian and Hindi). 3.Ayurveda a Way of Life (Published in English, German, Italian, French, Spanish, Czech, Greek, Portuguese, Slovenian and Hindi). 4.The Kamasutra for Women (Published in English [America and India], German, French, Dutch, Romanian, Italian, Portuguese, Slovenian Hindi and Malayalam). 5.Stress-free Work with Yoga and Ayurveda (Published in German, English [America and India] and Hindi). 6.Patanjali and Ayurvedic Yoga 7.Programming Your Life with Ayurveda 8.Ayurvedic Food Culture and Recipes 9.Yoga: A Natural Way of Being 10.Companionship and Sexuality: Based on Ayurveda and the Hindu tradition 11.Natural Glamour: The Ayurveda Beauty Book (Published in German, Spanish and English) 12.Losing and Maintaining Weight with Ayurveda and Yoga (Published in English, Slovenian and German). 13.The Timeless Wisdom of Ayurveda: A Scientific Exposition (Published in English and German) 14.Prakriti and Pulse: The Two Mysteries of Ayurveda (Published in German) 15.Good Food for Dogs: Vegetarian nourishment based on Ayurvedic wisdom 16.Diet for Losing Weight 17.Aum: The Eternal Energy 18.Pulse Diagnose in Chinese and Ayurvedic Medicine 19.Shiva's Secrets for Health and Longevity 20.Healing Hands: The Ayurvedic Massage workbook 21.Prevention of Dementia 22.Ayurveda for Dogs 23.Numerology: Based on the Vedic Tradition