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Cover Editor’s Page Series Page Title page Copyright page Dedication FOREWORD EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PART 1: COMING INTO THE SPACE: WHAT IS YOGA? CHAPTER 1: HOW YOGA WON THE WEST In the Beginning... Stepping on the Mat The Exploration of Yoga It’s All a Matter of Perspective The Birth of Yoga What does ‘Divine’ Mean to You? A New Era Begins... What Goes Up Must Come Down A Shift in Perspective The Father of Modern Yoga The Cycle Repeats Itself How Yoga Won the West CHAPTER 2: WILL I FIND MY GURU IN INDIA? The Winding Road to India Many Masters, Many Roads Spiritual Boot Camp Breaking Through A New Day CHAPTER 3: THE SEEKER Sweat, Stretch, and Practical Philosophy ‘I’m Spiritual, but not Religious.’ What’s the Difference? A ‘Spiritual Science’ is not just an Oxymoron A Bull Market (or a Market of Bull) Any God You Like Into the Future CHAPTER 4: MEN, SPORTS, AND YOGA Do Real Men Do Yoga? Mark’s Story: ‘It was like Line Dancing for the First Time’ Carl’s Story: ‘Everyone Avoids the Front and Center in Class’ Jake’s Story: ‘The only Judging going on is in my Own Head’ Competing against their own Bodies (but is it More than a Workout?) Competing against other People (perhaps the Real Competition is within Yourself) Competing against their Own Egos (Playing Nice with your Ego) CHAPTER 5: STANDING ON YOUR HEAD, SEEING THINGS RIGHT SIDE UP Yoga Theory Against Yoga Theory: A Standard Objection Some Inadequate Responses to the Standard Objection The Standard Objection and Testimony Higher Up the Scale Conclusion PART 2: THE ASANAS: YOGA AND THE BODY CHAPTER 6: HELP! MY PHILOSOPHY TEACHER MADE ME TOUCH MY TOES! The Three Wheels Exercise Teaching Asana in a Philosophy Class Mountain Pose (Tadasana) Tree Pose (Vrikshasana) General Remarks on Philosophy and Asana Western Philosophy: 2500 years of Pratyahara? Where Now? CHAPTER 7: MAN A MACHINE, MAN A YOGI Classical Tradition Descartes: Minds as Captains, Bodies as Ships Rejecting Descartes: Ships Passing in the Night CHAPTER 8: YOGA FOR WOMEN? Yoga for Women? The Yoga Body as ‘Capital’ Yoga as a Beauty Practice Conclusion: Yoga for Everybody CHAPTER 9: THE FEELING OF BEAUTY Experiment Inspiration History Inside the Beauty Question CHAPTER 10: PICTURING YOGA Introduction Yoga, Magazines, and Yoga Journal Research Question Method Results Implications and Conclusion PART 3: PRANA: YOGA’S VITAL ENERGY CHAPTER 11: MY GUIDANCE COUNSELOR ALWAYS SAID I’D BE A GREAT YOGA STUDENT Looking Back Looking Forward Namaste From the Individual to the Universal Yoga in Schools Furthering the Case for Yoga in Schools Specific, Additional Options Worth Considering Conclusion CHAPTER 12: BALANCE IN YOGA AND ARISTOTLE1 Balance and the Mean Individuality Moving Off the Mat Conclusion: Lesson Learned CHAPTER 13: HEALING THE WESTERN MIND THROUGH YOGA Yoga’s Approach to the Core Self Clinical Psychology and Treatment How Yoga can Help Neuroscience and You Getting Stronger, Getting Smarter Instructor Responsibility Possibilities for Therapy CHAPTER 14: THE PATH TO HAPPINESS BEGINS WITH A JOURNEY INSIDE The Emotional and Physical Toll of Anxiety ‘Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right.’ Decluttering the Body and Mind Slowing Down the Breath, Slowing Down the Mind Learning to Live Free of Fear Yoga, a Gateway Drug? PART 4: YAMAS AND NIYAMAS: ETHICS AND YOGA CHAPTER 15: GET OUT OF MY WAY! I’M LATE FOR YOGA! CHAPTER 16: YOGA OFF THE MAT How should the Yoga Practitioner Live? Yoga Ethics: More than Yamas and Niyamas The Elements of Virtue Ethics The Yogic Virtues Conclusion CHAPTER 17: BECOMING-FROG I’m an Mammal, I’m a Reptile, I’m a Tree! Asanas as Earth Democracy in Practice Yogis for the Earth CHAPTER 18: YOGA AND ETHICS Introduction The Role of Practice Yoga Scholarship Aristotelian and Yoga Ethics Yoga and Yoga Metaphysics Yoga and Ethics Why Hatha Yoga? Discussion Acknowledgements CHAPTER 19: WHY ARE YOU STANDING ON MY YOGA MAT?! Uncovering the Whole Self for Integrity in Action Rationally and Naturally Moving beyond Selfishness Conclusion NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS