The Genius of Yoga : How Yogic Meditation Can Unlock Your Innate Brilliance

Discover the transformational power of yogic meditation--a practice that goes beyond mindfulness to help you access your innate "inner genius" and source of creative inspiration. Both mindfulness meditation and yoga practice have reached such a level of popularity that they have revolutionized how we think about tending to the health and well-being of ourselves, our families, our patients, students, and co-workers. But meditation done through a yogic framework goes beyond mindfulness. It not only gives you specific tools for improving health and creating emotional balance, but also offers you an experience beyond the sense-focused mind. It allows you to access atman, your unbound intelligence, or what the authors refer to as your innate "genius." Accessing atman allows you to go beyond the limits of mindfulness to reach a deep source of creativity and inspiration within you--and connects you to your true purpose and direction in life. Discover the transformational power of Yogic meditation to help you access your innate brilliance and source of creative inspiration. While many yoga practitioners may be introduced to mindfulness or some other form of meditation in class, traditional Yogic meditation appeals to yogis who want to explore the path further and take their practice to a deeper level. Meditation done through a traditional Yogic framework not only gives you specific tools for improving health and creating emotional balance, but also offers you an experience beyond the sense-focused mind. Here, master yogis Alan Finger and Peter Ferko offer practical guidance on using traditional Yogic meditation to access atman, your unbound intelligence, or what the authors call your innate genius. Realizing atman allows you to go beyond the limits of mindfulness to reach a deep source of creativity and inspiration within youand connects you to your true purpose and direction in life. "Yoga practitioners have been using meditation practices for millennia. These practices have evolved as tools for improving health, healing emotional imbalance, and connecting with one's purpose and direction in life. Meditation provides a transcendence of ordinary mental activity into the realm of what is spiritually described as connecting you with pure consciousness. In colloquial terms it could be called finding your "genius," the aspect of yourself that is full of intuition and creativity, insight and purpose, an innate brilliance. Yogis consider it finding the whole of who you are"-- Provided by publisher Introduction PART ONE: Mindfulness and Beyond 1. Our World, Mindfulness, and Yoga 2. The Power of Meditation beyond Mindfulness 3. Beyond Mindfulness PART TWO: The Yoga Worldview 4. The Mind and the Universe PART THREE: The Elements of Yoga Practice 5. An Individual Route to Genius 6. Asana 7. Pranayama 8. Kriya Yoga 9. Samadhi 10. Artha Vattva Samyama PART FOUR: Your Yoga Practice 11. Your ISHTA Meditation Practice 12. The Value of a Teacher Conclusion Postscript Acknowledgments Resources E-mail Sign-Up