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Yoga, Tantra and Meditation in Daily Life
Swami Janakananda’s book in a revised and extended edition
(Rider Books, UK and Weiser, USA. Yoga, Tantra et Méditation dans la Vie Quotodienne, Editions Satyanandashram, France)
This book offers an alternative to the
way many books deal with yoga, when
they maintain the misunderstanding
that one must take on a new life style to
use yoga and meditation. Swami
Janakananda does not only stress the
practical side of yoga and meditation in
this book, but shares the Tantric
wisdom and view, that gives you the
freedom to practise yoga and
meditation entirely on your own terms.
Many attempts have been made to
ex-plain yoga from a scholarly or
religious viewpoint. This book instead
describes yoga from within, based on
the author’s own understanding - from
a yogi’s point of view. Yoga has,
through many thousands of years,
developed into a system that deals with
human develop-ment and health. We
find traces of yoga from the past on
earth’s various continents. Today yoga
and meditation are both one of the most
used alternative therapy forms in many
countries, and a basis for an active and
creative life for many people.
As you follow the exercises in this
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book, you will realise that yoga is
based on a profound knowledge of
human nature: A knowledge not
limited to any age, life-style or
nationality. It is the fruit of a living
tradition, where knowledge is passed
directly from teacher to student, from
generation to generation. Step by step
you are guided through the subject, and
in a practical manner you can benefit
from the different poses, breathing
exercises, meditations and the Tantric
sexual yoga.
A readers
recommendation
“I am writing this
letter to tell you
how pleased I am
with the book
‘Yoga, Tantra
and Meditation
in Daily Life’. I
have also
recently
bought the
tape ‘Yoga
Nidra’. I
am very
pleased
of what
I saw and heard. I have read many
yoga books and tried to follow them,
but they were not filled with much
information. Your book tends to go into
more detail about each asana, breathing
exercise and meditation. Many of my
friends didn’t understand yoga until I
showed them your book and they found
it very fascinating. Personally, I have
tried different kinds of exercises such
as weight lifting which afterwards
made me feel very tired and sore. I also
tried Tai Chi, which is similar to yoga
and meditation, but I found out that
yoga gives a better overall relaxing
effect than Tai Chi. I have only
been doing yoga for about eight
months, but I am inspired by
yoga more and more each day.
I have been doing the classical
poses in the ‘Yoga, Tantra
and Meditation’ book now
for a few months. In closing,
I would like to thank you
for the wonderful material
and some day I would
like to travel to Sweden
and go to your school.
Sincerely,
Clinton Blackmore,
Regina, Canada”