YATAN Yoga Therapy : A Natural Guide to Longevity and Vitality

By: Raman Das Mahatyagi
Format:  Paperback, Full Colour
ISBN: 9780980376111
No. of pages:  280
Dimensions:  280 x 230 mm (Portrait)

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Description: This highly comprehensive and informative book uniquely describes therapeutic yoga routines that include effective postures, pranayama, mudras and meditation practices suited to alleviate everyday ailments.

YATAN Yoga Therapy describes more than 50 common conditions, across all the systems of the body, explaining them from the yogic and Ayurvedic perspectives.

• The practices given are suitable for acute, chronic and recurring conditions. They can also be successfully utilized in maintaining good health and preventing sickness.

• Easy to follow charts are given, showing the practice of all aspects of yoga to treat each condition. Clear photos demonstrate specific yogic sequences designed to optimize the benefits gained from your practice.

• Diet and lifestyle tips along with common Ayurvedic herbs are provided with each condition, giving a holistic approach to treatment.

Increase your vitality, accelerate rejuvenation and enhance your overall wellbeing using more subtle ways to cleanse your body provided by the yogic detoxification processes Shatkarma and Shankhaprakshalana – described in a simple and practical way.

Understand how your occupation can affect your health and how to balance this by reading the Yoga for Occupation chapter where more than 15 professions are covered.

Inside book flap:

Through the author’s own extensive personal yoga practice spanning four decades, Raman Das has realized the benefits of yoga as an important form of therapy. Over the years, many people have come to him asking for help relieving many common conditions through yoga practice. This has made him acutely aware of yoga’s vital role in balancing and rejuvenating the body in times of sickness. He was encouraged by these experiences to write this book outlining the benefits of yoga when used as a form of therapy.

The conditions covered in YATAN Yoga Therapy are common health problems experienced in today’s modern world. They are described based on Yogic, Ayurvedic and modern scientific perspectives to give an informative yet easy to understand overview of how the body can become imbalanced. Body depletion can occur on many levels and yoga addresses this by affecting the body from the cellular level. The practice of appropriate postures and yogic techniques energizes the relevant bodily systems, releasing hormones and stimulating neural pathways as necessary.

In cases where you might not find your specific condition listed you should refer to the relevant system chapter. The philosophy behind imbalances occurring within each system is very similar regardless of its exact manifestation. Therefore the routine of yogic practices outlined can be applied to cases of related disorders.

The chapter on yogic detoxification is an important one and is an area that is often overlooked. When the body is in a state of imbalance, toxins are automatically produced. Yoga alone simply opens the bodily channels without eliminating the toxins. The detoxification processes explained will work alongside yoga to efficiently cleanse the body to achieve optimum wellness.

To ensure a fully holistic yoga practice, all aspects of yoga are covered including pranayama, meditation and mudras. This provides nourishment on all energetic levels: physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. The methods utilized will enhance daily life, your general outlook, and improve your ability to deal more successfully with various life situations.

When in doubt how to perform any of the postures, the author’s previous book YATAN Yoga – A Natural Guide to Health and Harmony can be referred to for fully detailed descriptions of each posture and an in depth view on the philosophy of yoga.

The broad coverage of this book means that it can be consulted time and again. Chronic conditions are often comprised of many layers with one surfacing after another, making this book an invaluable guide on the journey to self healing through yoga.

YATAN Yoga can also be purchased at most major and good bookstores.

YATAN Yoga Therapy Book Reviews

Australian Natural Therapists Association

Indian Down Under Newspaper - August 2009  (pdf 5Mb)