The Path of Yog. Ashok K. Sachdeva

      Universal-Publishers

      Irvine • Boca Raton

      The Path of 'YOG': Cure Without Medicines

      Copyright © 2018 Ashok K. Sachdeva. All rights reserved.

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      Universal Publishers, Inc.

      Irvine, California • Boca Raton, Florida • USA

      www.Universal-Publishers.com 2018

      ISBN 978-1-62734-251-3 (pbk.)

      ISBN 978-1-62734-252-0 (ebk.)

      First published in 2016 and revised in 2018 by

      Overseas Press India Private Limited, New Delhi, India

      Cover design by Ivan Popov

      Publisher's Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Names: Sachdeva, Ashok, author.

      Title: The path of 'YOG' : cure without medicines / Ashok K. Sachdeva.

      Description: Irvine, CA : Universal Publishers, 2018. | Previously published in 2017 by Overseas Press, New Delhi, India.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2018941107 | ISBN 978-1-62734-251-3 (pbk.) | ISBN 978-1-62734-252-0 (ebook)

      Subjects: LCSH: Yoga--Therapeutic use. | Self-care, Health--Popular works. | Healing. | Mind and body. | Holistic medicine. | BISAC: HEALTH & FITNESS / Yoga. | BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Healing / General. | MEDICAL / Holistic Medicine.

      Classification: LCC RA781.67 .S23 2018 (print) | LCC RA781.67 (ebook) | DDC 613.7/046--dc23.

      Contents

       Preface

       Chapter 1: Yog: Its Origin, History and Development

       What really is Yog?

       Yog

       Yama

       Niyam

       Aasan

       Chapter 2: Transformation of the Body through Yog

       Health, Exercise and Yog

       Yog Aasan and Pranayam also Make the Body Healthy

       Yog of the Mandukya Upanishad

       Chapter 3: Getting Started with Yog

       Keep the Commitment

       Focus on Your Breath

       Function Tops Form

       Dynamic and Static

       Focus on the Spine

       Slow and Steady

       Yog is Not Competition

       Use Correct Sequencing

       Purpose of Yog

       Chapter 4: Yogsanas (Yog-Postures)

       Some Yog Postures

       Yog Aasans for Children

       Tadasan

       Padahastaasan

       Trikonasan

       Sarvanagasan

       Matsyasan

       Dhanurasan

       Paschimottanasan

       Neck Strengthening Aasan

       Five Safe Yog Postures for Everyone

       Chapter 5: Prana and Pranayam

       What is Prana (breath)?

       Prana (Breath) and Mind

       Seat of Prana

       Sub-Pranas and Their Functions

       The Colour of Pranas

       The Length of the Air-Currents

       The Centering of the Prana

       Pranayam (Restraint of breath)?

       Pranayam – A Science of Breathing

       Six-cycles (SHADA-CHAKRAS)

       The Lungs

       Pranayam, How to do and its