Simpson Daniel - The Truth Of Yoga A Comprehensive Guide To Yoga's History Texts Philosophy And Practices - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: A succinct approachable guide to the origins development key texts concepts and practices of yoga. Yoga is practiced by many millions of people worldwide and is celebrated for its mental physical and spiritual benefits. And yet as Daniel Simpson reveals in The Truth of Yoga much of what is said about yoga is misleading. For example the word yoga does not always mean union. In fact in perhaps the discipline's most famous text the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali its aim is described as separation: isolating consciousness from everything else. And yoga is not five thousand years old as is commonly claimed; the earliest evidence of practice dates back about twenty - five hundred years. (Yoga may well be older but no one can prove it.) The Truth of Yoga is a clear concise and accessible handbook for the lay reader that draws upon abundant recent scholarship. It outlines these new findings with practitioners in mind highlighting ways to keep traditions alive in the twenty - first century.
Title: The Truth Of Yoga A Comprehensive Guide To Yoga's History Texts Philosophy And Practices
Author(s): Simpson Daniel
Publisher: North Point Press
Barcode: 9780865477810
Pages: 256 Pages
Publication Date: 1/5/2021
Category: Philosophy Of Mind