Eddie Stern

Yoga was created as a science for liberation, but in modern times it is used by many to improve physical and mental health, helping us become more productive at work, more caring in relationships, more responsible contributors to society, and better inhabitants of this planet. If yoga does accomplish all that—as many practitioners report—how exactly does yoga do it? How does yoga work? Believe it or not, the answers lie in how the human body and mind function. Eddie Stern’s One Simple Thing: A New Look at the Science of Yoga and How It Can Transform Your Life explains from both a yogic and a scientific perspective how the human nervous system is wired. It describes the mechanics taking place beneath the surface of our bodies and shows how we can consciously use yogic practices to direct and change our lives in positive ways. Drawing on modern neuroscience, ancient wisdom, and decades of practice and teaching, Eddie Stern reveals how what we do—from diet to chanting, from postures to meditation, from ethical practices to breathing techniques—affects who we become, and how a steady routine of activities and attitudes can transform our bodies, our brain functions, our emotions, and our experience of life.

A New Look at the Science of Yoga and How It Can Transform Your Life

One Simple Thing

Este libro explora la mecánica maravillosa del yoga, desde la filosofía antigua a la ciencia actual. Eddie Stern ofrece una síntesis dinámica de su conocimiento profundo del yoga y la neurociencia moderna. "El yoga es una práctica contemplativa; surge de las tradiciones místicas de la India para brindar a los seres humanos un contexto en el que podemos experimentar quiénes somos y lo que estamos haciendo aquí, en este pequeño planeta que flota en el espacio. Sin embargo, el cuerpo es el sitio que alberga la contemplación; por ende, empezaremos por allí". "¿Quién soy, más allá de la suma total de mis identidades basadas en el cuerpo, las emociones, los pensamientos y las memorias? Estas son las cuestiones importantes de la vida: ¿Quién soy? ¿Qué estoy haciendo aquí? Mi maestra de noveno grado, la señora Jane Bendetson, nos presentó estas preguntas como las más significativas para nuestra autoindagación, y añadió: "Qué debería hacer ahora?"

La ciencia del yoga y cómo puede transformar tu vida

Una cosa sencilla

Guy Donahaye

An unprecedented portrait of a great yoga teacher and how teachings and traditions are transmitted and passed on It is a rare and remarkable soul who becomes legendary during the course of his life by virtue of great service to others. Sri K. Pattabhi Jois was such a soul, and through his teaching of yoga, he transformed the lives of countless people. The school in Mysore that he founded and ran for more than sixty years trained students who, through the knowledge they received and their devotion, have helped to spread the daily practice of traditional Ashtanga yoga to tens of thousands around the world. Guruji paints a unique portrait of a unique man, revealed through the accounts of his students. Among the thirty men and women interviewed here are Indian students from Jois's early teaching days, intrepid Americans and Europeans who traveled to Mysore to learn yoga in the 1970s, and important family members who studied as well as lived with Jois and continue to practice and teach abroad or run the Ashtanga Yoga Institute today. Many of the contributors (as well as the authors) are influential teachers who convey their experience of Jois every day to students in many different parts of the globe. Anyone interested in the living tradition of yoga will find Guruji richly rewarding.

A Portrait of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois Through the Eyes of His Students

Guruji

H. H. Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji

Explore the story of yoga through the lens of Michael O'Neill, the photographer and yogi who spent a decade traversing America and India to capture the essence of yoga and the most influential yogis of our time. Complete with stories from his travels and essays by meditation master H. H. Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji and instructor Eddie Stern.

Michael O'Neill. on Yoga. the Architecture of Peace

This extraordinary body of work tells the story of yoga as it's never been told before. With almost 200 images, it traces the photographic journey of Michael O'Neill, the photographer and yogi who spent a decade traversing America and India to capture the essence of yoga and the most influential yogis of our time as a physical, spiritual, and...

Michael O'Neill. on Yoga: the Architecture of Peace

AN UNPRECEDENTED PORTRAIT OF A GREAT YOGA TEACHER AND THE WAYS IN WHICH TEACHINGS AND TRADITIONS ARE PASSED ON It is a rare and remarkable soul who becomes legendary during the course of his life by virtue of great service to others. Sri K. Pattabhi Jois was such a soul, and through his teaching of yoga, he transformed the lives of countless people. The school in Mysore that he founded and ran for more than sixty years trained students who, through the knowledge they received and their devotion, have helped to spread the daily practice of traditional Ashtanga yoga to tens of thousands around the world. Guruji paints a unique portrait of a unique man, revealed through the accounts of his students. Among the thirty men and women interviewed here are Indian students from Jois's early teaching days; intrepid Americans and Europeans who traveled to Mysore to learn yoga in the 1970s; and important family members who studied as well as lived with Jois and continue to practice and teach abroad or run the Ashtanga Yoga Institute today. Many of the contributors (as well as the authors) are influential teachers who convey their experience of Jois every day to students in many different parts of the globe. Anyone interested in the living tradition of yoga will find Guruji richly rewarding.

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