Links to Additional Resources:
Heart of Yoga:
Recommended reading:
Yoga of Heart, The Healing Power of Intimate Connection by my teacher Mark Whitwell, who studied with Krishnamacharya and Desikachar in their home for many years. This is what yoga is all about! A companion DVD is available with the book.
The Heart of Yoga, Developing a Personal Practice by T.K.V. Desikachar, the son of Krishnamacharya, the teacher of all the modern teachers including B.K.S. Iyengar, Pattabhi Jois and Indra Devi. This is the authoritative technical manual on classical hatha yoga going back to its source. Desikachar lived and studied with his father his whole life and presents Krishnamacharya's original, full and complete yoga teachings in this book.
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Advanced Yoga Practices:
This is a very thorough self-study program covering all the major classical yoga techniques from basic meditation and pranayama to more advanced techniques involving kundalini and tantra, as well as discussion of Patanjali and the different limbs of yoga. The free Lessons offer a balanced and grounded approach to yoga with an emphasis on how our personal practice transforms the way we live and relate to others, resulting in an outpouring of divine love and service in our worldly life. AYP also offers in-depth discussions of all aspects of yoga in a Forum where students can ask questions and converse with other practitioners.
Mark Giubarelli: The following websites are a real treasure, providing a complete, thorough and detailed presentation of yoga asanas (postures), pranayama (breathing exercises) and sutras (philosophy) with photographs and videos of the asanas as well as detailed instructions on the correct way to do them. He also explains pranayama and provides audio recordings of how the breath sounds when done properly:
Balancing the Bali experience –Spiritual healing, Yoga retreat and vacation, health, spas, resorts, meditation, holistic therapies.
Dr. Patrick Vickers: Has cured a terminal ovarian cancer patient using the Gerson Method, as chronicled in the documentary, "The Beautiful Truth." www.gersontreatment.com
Yoga Institute: Goodhealthmedicine.com provides information about yoga and institutes where you can learn, practice and understand yoga which could potentially lead a person to achieving absolute bliss.
