Asanas (An Old and Rare Book)

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(Reverence to Madhava, the Supreme Bliss! Blessed by Him the dumb shall grow eloquent and the lame shall stride across a mountain).

We have great pleasure in presenting this handbook of Asanas to the public. It gives detailed description of the technique of nearly every Aasana that has a physical or a spiritual value. With a view to making the description more intelligible each Asana has been fully illustrated. In this way the handbook has become a reliable and competent guide to the students of Yoga who wish to follow the Short, Full and Easy Courses of Yogic Physical Culture framed by the Kai- valyadhama. In order to cover the whole field of physical culture included in the Short, Full and Easy Courses, Viparita Karanî, Yoga-Mudra, Uddiyana and Nauli have been discussed in this handbook, although, technically speaking, they are not Asanas. If a reader studies our handbook of Pranayama along with this handbook, he will know almost everything that is worth knowing for a practical student of Yogic Physical Culture.

Nor have we left out of consideration the claims of a spiritual culturist. 'Preparing Oneself for Asanas' and 'Meditative Poses'-these two chapters of this handbook, coupled with our discussion on the spiritual aspect of Pranayama contained in the other handbook of Popular Yoga, are quite sufficient to enable an Adhyatmic student of Yoga to make a fair beginning.