True Yoga: Practicing With the Yoga Sutras for Happiness & Spiritual Fulfillment

by Jennie Lee

Overview

Achieve lasting happiness no matter what life brings. True Yoga is an inspirational guide that shows you how to overcome difficulties and create sustainable joy through the Eight Limbs of Yoga outlined in the Yoga Sutras. Whether challenged by work, health, relationships, or parenting, you'll find tangible practices to illuminate your every day and spiritual life.

Using daily techniques, self-inquiry questions, and inspiring affirmations, yoga therapist Jennie Lee presents a system that opens the path to fulfillment and helps you connect with your own Divinity. Discover effective methods for maintaining positive thoughts, managing stress, improving communication, and building new habits for success. By integrating the ancient wisdom of the Yoga Sutras into an accessible format, Lee puts the formula for enduring happiness within your reach.

Praise:

"True Yoga outlines the grandeur of this path we call Yoga, and how it encompasses and refines our inner and outer lives. It is a real gift."— Nischala Joy Devi, author of Healing Path of Yoga and The Secret Power of Yoga

"This beautiful, wise, and exceedingly practical guide on how to live our true yoga is destined to be a classic."—Leza Lowitz, author of Yoga Poems, Yoga Heart, and Here Comes The Sun

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780738746258
Publisher:	Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD.
Publication date:	01/08/2016
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	4.50(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Jennie Lee (Hawaii) is a certified yoga therapist who has spent two decades coaching people in the healing tradition of classical yoga meditation. Using the practices she writes about in Breathing Love, Jennie helps people overcome grief, depression, anxiety, and stress as well as create lives filled with greater joy. Author of the award winning book True Yoga, Jennie's writing has also been featured on dozens of wellness blogs and in magazines including the Huffington Post, Mind Body Green, Yoga Digest, and Yogi Times. She counsels via phone or Skype internationally and from her home studio on the island of O’ahu. Visit her online at www.JennieLeeYogaTherapy.com.

Table of Contents

Foreword Amy Weintraub xi

Introduction 1

The Eight Limbs of Yoga 19

Part 1 Limb One-Inner Work: Connecting to Your True Nature 21

Chapter 1 Peacefulness (Ahimsa): Happiness Begins Within 27

Chapter 2 Truthfulness (Satya): Integrity Creates Personal Power 39

Chapter 3 Generosity (Astheya): Giving Initiates the Law of Prosperity 51

Chapter 4 Self-Control (Brahmacharya): Moderation Increases Energy 61

Chapter 5 Appreciation (Aparigraha): Gratitude Brings Abundance 73

Part 2 Limb Two-Life Integration: Creating a Harmonious Existence 83

Chapter 6 Purity (Saucha): Choosing Less Offers More 87

Chapter 7 Contentment (Santosha): Accepting What Is Equals Freedom 97

Chapter 8 Right Action (Tapas): Pairing Passion and Non-Attachment 109

Chapter 9 Self-Reflection (Swadhaya): Discovering Your True Nature 123

Chapter 10 Devotion (Iswara Pranidhana): Surrendering to Love 135

Part 3 Limbs Three-Eight- Deeper Practices: Connecting to Your Divinity 147

Chapter 11 Right Posture (Asana): Physical Practice for Comfort and Ease 151

Chapter 12 Energy Management (Pranayama): Control and Expansion of the Life Force 165

Chapter 13 Inward Turning (Pratyahara) The Peace That Waits Within 187

Chapter 14 Focused Attention (Dharana): Developing Concentration 199

Chapter 15 Meditation (Dhyana): The State of True Stillness 211

Chapter 16 Liberation (Samadhi): Achieving Lasting Bliss 223

Epilogue 233

Recommended Resources 237

Index 241

Acknowledgments 249

Editorial Reviews

"True Yoga outlines the grandeur of this path we call Yoga, and how it encompasses and refines our inner and outer lives. It is a real gift."— Nischala Joy Devi, author of Healing Path of Yoga and The Secret Power of Yoga

"This beautiful, wise, and exceedingly practical guide on how to live our true yoga is destined to be a classic."—Leza Lowitz, author of Yoga Poems, Yoga Heart, and Here Comes The Sun

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