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Based on original Sanskrit sources, this book gives an authentic account of the methods of yoga in its different forms, including the challenging "left-hand" paths, as well as practices best suited to Western students.

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One of the best accounts of yoga written in English ...:

Alain Daniélou (1907-1994) spent nearly two decades immersed in the traditional society of India. Using only the Sanskrit and Hindi languages he had mastered to fluency, he studied music, philosophy and yoga with eminent scholars and practitioners, ultimately becoming a professor at Benares Hindu University and director of its College of Indian Music. He was in the course of his sojourn in India duly initiated into an esoteric lineage of Shaivism - to which he was an enthusiastic convert - which gave... more info

in depth and clear introduction into all aspects of yoga:

Brings this very ancient and important subject to a level that is easier to understand. The author has an in depth knowledge of all things related to the traditions of India.

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