Yoga As We Grow Older

Download or read book Yoga As We Grow Older written by Dorothyann Coyne and published by . This book was released on 2021-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Yoga As We Grow Older" outlines the full yoga practices as described in the classic yoga texts of Pantanjali. These writings are over 2,000 years old and yet remain the classic instructions for yoga practice. This book provides two parallel translations of the ancient description of the eight limbs which comprise the entire yoga practice as well as modern interpretations for each.The first half of "Yoga As We Grow Older" lays out the definitions and explanations of each the eight limbs of classic yoga practice: Restraints, Observances, Physical Postures, Breath Practices, Withdrawal of the Senses, Quieting of the Mind, Meditation and the Inner Calm that results from the practice. As you can see from that list, the practice of physical postures, although very important, is only one of the eight foundational practices of yoga. The second half of the book contains suggestions for a series of six classes to teach this material and a bibliography for further follow-up. Older yoga students as well as their instructors will find this a helpful book. As we yoga students age, it is so useful to expand our understanding of the world of yoga. Many of us in America have been well trained in the physical postures. As we enter our seventies and eighties, it is a real joy to discover that yoga holds even more ways to bring us to that final gratifying state of potent calm and the conscious awareness from which we can skillfully live the rest of our lives.