THE HOUSE OF WISDOM - Yoga spirituality of the East and West |
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Swami Dharmananda and Santoshan Yoga is primarily a spiritual practice. 'The House of Wisdom' draws on a variety of great spiritual traditions, including.... Buddhism, Hinduism and Christianity, to encourage personal transformation and creative and skilful living. True spirituality is about taking our practices out into the world, sharing wisdom and joy as well as sorrow and pain. Swami and Santoshan have done just this in their book. The journey to intergrate spirituality into everyday life can be uncomfortable and difficult. Increasingly, Westerners are using yoga postures and practices not only to improve physical wellbeing, but also to explore spirituality. 'The House of Wisdom' helps to intergrate these aims and is concerned with breaking free from the limitations of the ego to encourage immersion in non-dualist ideas from the Eastern and Western traditions. The books first half covers starting out on the spiritual path, the challenges along the way and the yogic understanding of the authentic self. The second half looks more closely at the yogic tradition, with crucial chapters on mantra, paths to the sacred and the classic eightfold path of yoga. Various exercises and practices for relaxation and discovering and harmonising the spiritual whole of ourselves are included. (224 pages) |
