- Paperback
- Publisher: BLACK LOTUS (Jan 27 2005)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0973616202
- ISBN-13: 978-0973616200
- Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 14.9 x 1.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 358 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,950,490 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Bringing up the Pulse,
By jim clark (netherlands) - See all my reviews
This review is from: YOGA TOUCHSTONE (Paperback)
Bringing up the PulseJim Clark This book actually begins where Sjoman's previous book The Yoga Tradition of the Mysore Palace left off. In that book (see review Blowing off the Dust on amazon.com), which was historically based on a history of the practice tradition, Sjoman indicated that contemporary revivalist yoga was centered on movement. This book examines yogic movement from introspection into practice. The idea of yogic movement developed here is an original insight into the very essence of contemporary yoga. Sjoman first distinguishes movement based on movement muscles and the transcendence of that into postural muscles. Nor does it end there - the movement considered touches on our own personal history, our feelings, our sensations, and the engagement of the mind itself. In other words, aside from extending the boundaries of movement into the mind, our history and so on, Sjoman is providing a metaphysics, an understanding of the basic movement in contemporary yoga as a spiritual discipline But it is not just metaphysics. This book goes further; it tells us what is involved in our ordinary yoga exercise and what is at stake. It shows us how any movement in yoga distinguishes itself by maturing into stillness. It tells us what to look for when we move and how we can use our movement to gain greater insight, perception into our own selves. The ideas developed here are supported with original interpretations, not mere translations, of Sanskrit texts that are the source of the yoga tradition. These interpretations reclaim meaning and could only be reached through a learned understanding of the deep structure of the Sanskrit language tempered by a profound understanding of yoga in practice. This book sets a new standard in contemporary yoga, its place in history and its spiritual implications. It lets one see directly taking everything into account from contemporary social situations to the oldest texts on yoga. It is not an easy read. It must be digested and reflected upon. Its yoga close up. The book has 94 extraordinary color pictures of asanas that reinforce the points made in the text.
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Bringing up the Pulse,
By jim clark - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: YOGA TOUCHSTONE (Paperback)
Bringing up the PulseJim Clark This book actually begins where Sjoman's previous book The Yoga Tradition of the Mysore Palace left off. In that book (see review Blowing off the Dust on amazon.com), which was historically based on a history of the practice tradition, Sjoman indicated that contemporary revivalist yoga was centered on movement. This book examines yogic movement from introspection into practice. The idea of yogic movement developed here is an original insight into the very essence of contemporary yoga. Sjoman first distinguishes movement based on movement muscles and the transcendence of that into postural muscles. Nor does it end there - the movement considered touches on our own personal history, our feelings, our sensations, and the engagement of the mind itself. In other words, aside from extending the boundaries of movement into the mind, our history and so on, Sjoman is providing a metaphysics, an understanding of the basic movement in contemporary yoga as a spiritual discipline But it is not just metaphysics. This book goes further; it tells us what is involved in our ordinary yoga exercise and what is at stake. It shows us how any movement in yoga distinguishes itself by maturing into stillness. It tells us what to look for when we move and how we can use our movement to gain greater insight, perception into our own selves. The ideas developed here are supported with original interpretations, not mere translations, of Sanskrit texts that are the source of the yoga tradition. These interpretations reclaim meaning and could only be reached through a learned understanding of the deep structure of the Sanskrit language tempered by a profound understanding of yoga in practice. This book sets a new standard in contemporary yoga, its place in history and its spiritual implications. It lets one see directly taking everything into account from contemporary social situations to the oldest texts on yoga. It is not an easy read. It must be digested and reflected upon. Its yoga close up. The book has 94 extraordinary color pictures of asanas that reinforce the points made in the text. |
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