What You're Not to Read

Foolish Assumptions

Off to a Good Start with Yoga

Yoga 101: What You Need to Know

Understanding the True Character of Yoga

Finding meaning: The word Yoga

Finding yourself: Are you a yogi (or yogini)?

Considering Your Options: The Eight Main Branches of Yoga

Bhakti Yoga: The Yoga of devotion

Guru Yoga: The Yoga of dedication to a master

Hatha Yoga: The Yoga of Physical discipline

Jnana Yoga: The Yoga of Wisdom

Karma Yoga: The Yoga of self-transcending action

Mantra Yoga: The Yoga of potent sound

Raja Yoga: The Royal Yoga

Tantra Yoga: The Yoga of continuity

Uncovering Where You Fit In: The Three Primary Qualities

Finding Your Niche: Five Basic Approaches to Yoga

Yoga as fitness training

Yoga as a sport

Yoga as therapy

Yoga as a lifestyle

Yoga as a spiritual discipline

What all approaches to Yoga have in common

Getting the Scoop on the Prominent Styles of Hatha Yoga

Empowering Yourself with Yoga

Maintaining health and happiness

Finding out what being healthy really means

Healing rather than curing

Taking an active role in your own health

Following your bliss

Realizing Your Human Potential with Yoga

Balancing Your Life with Yoga

Ready, Set, Yoga!

"Class Is in Session"

Which way do I go?

Public or private?

What to wear, what to wear?

What do I pack in my Yoga suitcase?

Paying the price: How much should Yoga cost?

How long will a Yoga class be?

Going co-ed

What makes a good teacher?

Putting safety first

Paging Miss Manners

Skipping Class

Being a Committed Yogi or Yogini

Making Time for Yoga

Eating before Yoga Practice

Keeping a Yoga Diary

Getting in Shape for Yoga

Prep Before Pep

Cultivating the Right Attitude

Pretzels are not us!

Practice at your own pace

Send the scorekeeper home

No pain, no gain

NOT!

Picture yourself in the posture

Enjoying a Safe and Sound Yoga Practice

Making sense of the perfect posture myth

Listening to your body

Moving slowly but surely

Practicing function over form with Forgiving Limbs

Approaching exercise with open eyes

Relaxed Like a Noodle: The Fine Art of Letting Go of Stress

The Nature of Stress

Correcting wrong attitudes

Changing poor habits

Releasing bodily tension

Relaxation Techniques That Work

Tips for a successful relaxation practice

Deep relaxation: The corpse posture

Afternoon delight

Magic triangles

Relaxation before sleep

Yogic Sleep (Yoga Nidra)

Breath and Movement Simplified

Breathe Your Way to Good Health

Taking high-quality breaths

Relaxing with a couple of deep breaths

Practicing safe yogic breathing

Reaping the benefits of yogic breathing

Breathing through the nose

The Mechanics of Yogic Breathing

The diaphragm and your emotions

Appreciating the complete yogic breath

Starting out with focus breathing for beginners

Taking a pause

Partners in Yoga: Breath and Postural Movement

Breathing in four directions

Understanding the roles of movement and holding in Yoga postures

The Yoga Miracle

Sounding Off: Yogic Breathing

Practicing Breath Control the Traditional Way

Alternate nostril breathing

The cooling breath

Shitkari

inhaling through the mouth

Kapala-bhati

frontal brain cleansing

Postures for Health Maintenance and Restoration

What to Do When

The Importance of Sequencing

Framing Your Practice with Awareness

Where'd you come from?

Where are you off to?

Give me a little practice time, will ya?

Get Ready for Exercise with Warm-Ups

Reclining postures

Standing postures

Sitting postures

Get Set to Select Your Main Postures

Go Back to the Start with Compensation Exercises

Compensation postures

Rest and Relaxation

Knowing when to rest and when to resume

Rest postures

Sitting Made Easy

Understanding the Philosophy of Postures

Trying Out Sitting Postures

Chair-sitting posture

The easy posture

sukhasana

The thunderbolt posture

vajrasana

The auspicious posture

svastikasana

The perfect posture

siddhasana

Standing Tall

Identifying That Two-Legged Creature

Standing Tall

Exercising Your Options

Mountain posture (tadasana)

building block for other stances

Standing forward bend

uttanasana

Half standing forward bend

ardha uttanasana

Asymmetrical forward bend

parshva uttanasana

Triangle posture

utthita trikonasana

Reverse triangle posture

parivritta trikonasana

Warrior posture

vira bhadrasana

Standing spread leg forward bend

prasarita pada uttanasana

Half chair posture

ardha utkatasana

Downward facing dog posture

adhomukha shvanasana

Steady as a Tree: Mastering Balance

Getting to the Roots of the Posture

Balancing Postures for Graceful Strength

Warrior at the wall (vira bhadrasana III variation)

Balancing cat

The tree

vrikshasana

The karate kid

Standing heel-to-buttock

Scorpion

Absolutely Abs

Taking Care of the Abdomen: Your Busy "Corporation"

Exercising Those Abs

Exploring push-downs

Trying yogi sit-ups

Strengthening with yogi sit-backs

Working with extended leg slide-ups

Arching with the suck 'em up posture

Exhaling "soundly"

Looking at the World Upside Down

Turning Attention to the Inversion Postures

Legs up on a chair

Legs up against the wall

The dying bug

Standing spread leg forward bend at the wall

A trio of shoulder stands

from easiest to toughest

Easy 'Round the Bends

Gaining a Strong Backbone (And Some Insight)

Bending Over Backwards

Cobra 1

Cobra 2

bhujangasana

Cobra 3

Locust 1

shalabhasana

Locust 2

Locust 3

Superman posture

Bending from Side to Side

Seated side bend

All-fours side bend

Folded side bend

Bending Forward

Seated forward bend

pashcimottanasana

Head-to-knee posture

janushirshasana

Volcano

mahamudra

Spread-leg forward bend

upavishta konasana

Twist But Don't Shout

Putting a Positive Spin on Twisting

Starting Out with Simple Twists for Gnarly Spines

Easy chair twist

Easy sitting twist

The sage twist

Bent leg supine twist

The Swiss Army Knife

Extended legs supine twist

jathara parivritti

Dynamic Posture: The Sun Salutation

Shedding Light on the Benefits of Sun Saluting

Exercising Your Yogic Solar Power

Traveling through the 7-step kneeling salutation

Embarking on the 12-step sun salutation

Recommended Routines

Creative Yoga

Designing Your Own Yoga Program

Cooking Up a Creative Course of Exercise with the Classic Formula

Enjoying a Postural Feast: The 30- to 60-Minute General Conditioning Routine

Attunement

Warm-up

Standing postures

Balancing postures (optional)

Rest

Abdominals

Compensation and preparation

Inversion (optional)

Compensation for inversions and preparation for back bends

Back bends

Compensation for back bends

Preparation for forward bends

Forward bends

Compensation for forward bends

Preparation for twists

Twists

Compensation for twists

Relaxation

Making the Most of Little: A 15-Minute Routine

General conditioning

Preparation for meditation and Yoga breathing

Satisfying an Appetite for a Quick Pick-Me-Up: A 5-Minute Routine

"Prop Art"

The Why and How of Simple Props

Deciphering the Pros and Cons of Props

Exploring the advantages of props

Looking at drawbacks to props

Going Prop Hunting at Home

Working with a wall

Using a blanket for more than bedding

Choosing a chair for comfort

Stretching with a strap

Searching Out Props You May Want to Purchase

Building better postures with the help of blocks

Bolstering support with pillows

Facing the many applications of eye bags

Turning to inversion props

Relaxing with harmony screens

Avoiding Snake Oil Salesmen

Yoga as a Lifestyle

Yoga throughout the Day

Living Your Day the Yoga Way

Turning your face toward a Yoga morning

Practicing Yoga throughout the day

Incorporating Yoga into nighttime routines

Sleeping peacefully with lucid dreaming

Aiming toward awareness through lucid waking

Approaching mindfulness in deep sleep

Seeking Your Higher Self by Discovering the True You

Observing yourself

Understanding yourself

Practicing self-discipline

Transcending

yourself -- Making Inroads into the Eightfold Path -- Vowing to do no harm -- Telling the truth all the time -- Stealing means more than material theft -- Observing chastity in thought and deed -- Acquiring more by living with less -- Adding other moral practices -- Exercising Yogic Self-Discipline -- Purifying mind and body -- Calming the quest through contentment -- Focusing with austerity -- Partnering research with self-study -- Relating to a higher principle -- Sex and Yoga Make Good Bedfellows -- Sharing Energy: A Bundle of You and the Universe -- Binding your energy through habit patterns -- Telling the truth about sexual energy -- Cultivating Healthy Sexual Attitudes -- Experiencing happiness beyond sexual pleasure -- Generating subtle energy -- Appreciating Sexual Expression--the Yoga Way -- Emphasizing Vitality with Sexual-Specific Exercises -- Ashvini mudra -- Mula bandha -- Meditation and the Higher Reaches of Yoga -- Playing Concentration -- Unleashing your essence -- Putting your body into it -- Practicing Meditation -- Cakras: Your wheels of fortune -- Following a few guidelines for successful meditation -- Maintaining right bodily posture -- Overcoming obstacles to meditation -- Adding sounds to meditation -- Breathing mindfully -- Walking meditation -- Sharing love through meditation -- Sparking wellness with a little "light" exercise -- Working toward Ecstasy -- Reaching toward Enlightenment -- Yoga for Special Situations -- Befriend Your Back with Yoga --

Five-step plan for a healthy back

Yoga back class

Partnering Yoga and Pregnancy

Enjoying Yoga support as you and the baby grow on

Exercising caution during pregnancy

Finding the right posture for pregnancy

Practicing Yoga during labor

Continuing yogic exercise after pregnancy (postpartum)

Cycling Yoga into Your View of Menstruation and PMS

Practicing Yoga through Midlife and Beyond

Working through menopause

Aging gracefully from the male perspective

Bones of steel

Keeping the pounds at bay

Introducing Children to Yoga

The Part of Tens

Ten Tips for a Great Yoga Practice

Understand Yoga

Be Clear about Your Goals and Needs

Commit Yourself to Growth

Stay for the Long Haul

Develop Good Habits from the Beginning

Vary Your Routine to Avoid Boredom

Make Awareness and Breath Your Allies

Do Your Best and Don't Worry about the Rest

Allow Your Body to Speak Up

Share Yoga

Ten Great Places in the U.S.A. to Discover Yoga

Kripalu

Ananda

Himalayan International Institute

Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center

Satchidananda Ashram

B. K. S. lyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco

American Yoga Association

The Pierce Program

Yoga Works

Unity Woods Yoga Center

Ten Good Reasons to Practice Yoga

Yoga Helps You Maintain, Recover, or Improve Your Health

Yoga Makes You Fit and Energetic

Yoga Balances Your Mind

Yoga Is a Powerful Aid for Personal Growth

Yoga Is Truly Comprehensive and Integrative

Yoga Helps You Harmonize Your Social Relationships

Yoga Enhances Your Awareness

Yoga Can Be Combined with Other Disciplines

Yoga Is Easy and Convenient

Yoga Is Liberating

Discovering Yoga Organizations

Yoga therapy and psychospiritual healing

Teacher training and academic programs

Corporate Yoga

Yoga research organizations

Other Significant Organizations in the United States and Canada

Major overseas organizations

Europe

Latin America

Australia and New Zealand

India

Tapping into Yoga Props

Checking Out Top-notch Web Sites

Lingering at the Yoga Library

General introductions (with a traditional orientation)

Hatha Yoga (beginners and advanced)

Raja Yoga (classical Yoga)

Jnana Yoga

Bhakti Yoga and Karma Yoga

Tantra and Kundalini Yoga

Meditation, mantras, and prayer

Somatics and Somatic Yoga

Yoga therapy

Yoga and wellness

Diet and health

Ayurveda and herbs

Sexuality and spirituality

Inspirational Yoga literature

Sanskrit classics on Yoga

Hatha Yoga and meditation.