Yoga and the Path of the Urban Mystic

Yoga and the Path of the Urban Mystic
by Darren Main

Yoga and the Path of the Urban Mystic
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Author: Darren Main
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-03-01
ISBN: 1899171398
Number of pages: 241
Publisher: Findhorn Press
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Book Review: The Inner Path Of Yoga For Modern Yogis
Summary: 5 Stars

This book by Darren John Main "Yoga and the Path Of The Urban Mystic" is really outstanding. It is one among a collection of excellent books to emerge in recent times that are about the inner part of yoga beyond asana.

This book leads you through the eight limb path (ashtanga) of yoga and gives insight in down to earth language how to apply these principles to real life.

Darren is an outstanding writer and has deep insights and a practical way of looking at the Yamas, Niyamas, Asana, Pranayama, Pratyahara, Dharana, Dhyana and Samadhi.

Highly recommended for Yogis who want to deepen their practice beyond the asanas as well as for anyone who wants a down to earth introduction to these principles of yoga.

Also highly recommended are "Bringing Yoga To Life" by Donna Farhi, "Yoga And The Quest For The True Self" by Stephen Cope, "Living Your Yoga" by Judith Lasater and "Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy" by Michael Lee.

Also check out the CD sets "Yoga For Emotional Flow" by Stephen Cope )which has three excellent guided meditations and "The Yoga Matrix" by Richard Freeman which is a six CD set that gets very deeply into the philosophical aspects of the yoga system.

Namaste

Summary of Yoga and the Path of the Urban Mystic

In Yoga and the Path of the Urban Mystic, Darren Main explores the time-tested practice and philosophy of yoga in a new way. By using modern examples from more than a decade of experience with this ancient practice, Darren brings the principles of yoga into clear focus and makes them user-friendly for yogis living in the post modern era. There has been an explosion of people interested in yoga in the past few years, and it continues to grow. Many of the people who have started yoga and found its physical benefits to be astounding, are now interested in taking their yoga practice to the next level: the psychological and spiritual dimensions of the practice. Just as the physical practice of Hatha yoga needed to be adapted for a modern western lifestyle before it could catch on, the psychological and spiritual principles of yoga need some reinterpretation as well. These techniques for Self-Realization were employed by people living cloistered and solitary lives, and as such can seem quite distant from our post-modern urban lifestyles. Darren Main believes that an integration of these tools with our modern, urban lives is very possible. People are deeply searching for a way to integrate the principles that have surfaced in the past with the modern lifestyles we lead today, and to do this in a way that is free of dogma. That is what Yoga and the Path of the Urban Mystic is about. However, it is not a stuffy interpretation of this ancient practice, but rather a fresh look at how these timeless principles can help individuals find peace and create it in our world. The author accomplishes this with the use of contemporary examples and relates these teachings to other paths to show their universal nature. While he uses an occasional Sanskrit word or two, he relies on a more current and understandable vocabulary to make the book palatable to a wide audience.

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