The Politics and Promise of Yoga

Anjali Kanojia

doi:10.5771/9781498599351

Summary

Yoga is many things to many people. However, the basics of yoga are worth understanding given its popularity and the benefits of the practice. This includes understanding yoga's roots, its origins, its development within and outside India as well as the research involving yoga as an integrative therapeutic modality. The author introduces the topic of yoga to healthcare officials, practitioners, skeptics, and a range of curious people in between. For yoga practitioners and those interested in the practice, The Politics and Promise of Yoga: Contemporary Relevance of an Ancient Practice outlines a condensed view of traditional yoga practices and provides a glimpse into the origin of yoga within Indian history and philosophy. The author hopes that policymakers will be interested in this evidence-based scientific practice so that it can be systematically incorporated into mainstream biomedical systems around the globe. This book also serves to confirm existing knowledge and historical nuances about yoga and also addresses contemporary debates and politics which revolve around the practice.

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Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4985-9934-4
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4985-9935-1
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 308
Product type: Book Titles

1. Dedication No access
2. Contents No access
3. List of Figures No access
4. Acknowledgments No access
1. The Role of Yoga in Maintaining Good Health No access
2. The Burden on Healthcare Systems No access
3. Convergence of NCDs and COVID-19 No access
4. Mind-Body Implications for Health Policy No access
1. Historical Origins No access
2. Who Am I? No access
3. Archeological Evidence No access
4. Yoga’s Role in the Vedas, Upanishads, and Consecutive Literature No access
5. Vaisheshika Darshana No access
6. Samkhya and Yoga Darshana No access
7. Bondage and Suffering according to Samkhya and Yoga No access
8. The Body No access
9. The Idea of the Divine in Samkhya and Yoga No access
10. The Yoga Upanishads No access
11. Advaya-Tarakopanisad No access
12. Amrta-Nadopanisad No access
13. Amrta-Bindupanisad No access
14. Ksurikopanisad No access
15. Tejo-Bindupanishad No access
16. Tri-Sikhi Brahmanopanisad No access
17. Darsanopanisad No access
18. Dhyana-Bindupanisad No access
19. Nada-Bindupanisad No access
20. Pasupata-Brahmopanisad No access
21. Brahma-Vidyopanisad No access
22. Mandala-Brahmanopanisad No access
23. Maha-Vakyopanisad No access
24. Yoga-Kundali Upanishad No access
25. Yoga-Cudamany Upanishad No access
26. Yoga Tattvopanisad No access
27. Yoga-Sikhopanisad No access
28. Varahopanisad No access
29. Sandilyopanisad No access
30. Hamsopanisad No access
31. Maharishi Patanjali’s Reference to the Divine No access
32. Creation, Maintenance, Dissolution No access
33. Yoga and Liberation No access
34. The Mind No access
35. Maya No access
36. Yoga in Relation to the Physical World No access
37. Prana and Death No access
38. Conclusion No access
1. The Human Existence No access
2. Dharma No access
3. Basics of Yoga No access
4. The Body No access
5. Beyond the Sarira No access
6. Pancha Tattwas No access
7. Koshas No access
8. The Constituency of Human Existence No access
9. The Three Doshas No access
10. Interactions between Doshas No access
11. Doshas Further Explained No access
12. Journey of Human Existence No access
13. Ashramas No access
14. Yoga Pathways: Impermanent to Permanent No access
15. Karma No access
16. Yoga Pathways No access
17. Brief Overview of the Big Three through a Story No access
18. Hatha Yoga No access
19. Karma Yoga No access
20. Bhakti Yoga No access
21. Bhakti Manifested No access
22. Movement No access
23. Jnana Yoga No access
24. Raja Yoga or Maharishi Patanjali’s Yoga No access
25. The Yoga Sutras No access
26. The Eight Limbs in Depth No access
27. Discipline No access
28. Physical Postures No access
29. Breathing Practices No access
30. Meditative Practices No access
31. Yoga Nidra No access
32. Subcategory Samprajnata (Savikalpa or Sabija) Samadhi No access
33. Subcategory Asamprajnata (Nirvikalpa or Nirbija) Samadhi No access
34. Nirbija Samadhi No access
35. Mantra (and Yantra) Yoga No access
36. Kundalini Yoga No access
37. Nadis and Kundalini No access
38. Spine of Energy No access
39. Chakras No access
40. Muladhara Chakra No access
41. Swadhisthana Chakra No access
42. Manipura Chakra No access
43. Anahata Chakra No access
44. Vishuddhi Chakra No access
45. Ajna Chakra No access
46. Sahasrara Chakra No access
47. Swara Yoga No access
48. Nada Yoga No access
49. Laya Yoga No access
50. Kriya Yoga No access
51. Mindfulness Meditation No access
52. Conclusion No access
1. Health and Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) No access
2. Yoga as Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in the United States No access
3. Yoga for Physical Conditions No access
4. Diabetes No access
5. Yoga for Diabetes No access
6. Heart Disease No access
7. Yoga for Heart Disease No access
8. Hypertension No access
9. Yoga for Hypertension No access
10. Respiratory Ailments No access
11. Yoga for Respiratory Ailments No access
12. Musculoskeletal (MSK) and Immune Conditions No access
13. Yoga for Back and Neck Pain No access
14. Yoga for MSK Conditions No access
15. Yoga for Neurological and Immune Conditions No access
16. Cancer No access
17. Yoga for Cancer No access
18. Yoga for Mental Health Conditions No access
19. Anxiety Disorders and Depression No access
20. Yoga for Anxiety Disorders and Depression No access
21. Yoga for Special Populations or Conditions No access
22. Conclusion No access
1. Theoretical and Methodological Challenges in Yoga Research No access
2. India’s Soft Power No access
3. The Politics of Yoga No access
4. Opportunities No access
5. Conclusion No access
Glossary No access Pages 239 - 244
Bibliography No access Pages 245 - 300
Index No access Pages 301 - 306
About the Author No access Pages 307 - 308