This book has been specially designed by the author keeping in mind the needs of the students of Yoga in Europe and America,who need practical but non-technical presentation of the subject in a language accessible to the beginner in the path. <P>At the end of the book an Appendix has been added and a glossary of Sanskrit terms given.

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No saint or sage in the history of the world has such a prolific literary output to his credit,in addition to the building up of a world-wide organization.Even dynamic political leaders have confessed often that the exigencies of administration keep them away from literary pursuits.It is only Swami Sivananda,who has been able to keep a continuous flow of spiritual literature,in spite of being busily engaged in the administration of the Divine Life Society. <P>The secret,according to him,lies in being able to switch his mind on,at will,from one task to another,without the least difficulty and with great advantage. <P>Sri Swami SivanandaÂ’s writings are characteristic in being free from the rigid technical nomenclature and the austere logic usually met with in texts dealing with super-mundane matters and in thus being acfessible even to the most non-intellectual type of aspirants. <P>A medico by profession,Swami Sivananda moved towards spirituality and established the Sivananda Ashram at Rishikesh in the year 1934. <P>His lucid teachings and writings atracted many and the Ashram became one of the most revered spirituality centres. <P>Many of his disciples established their Ashrams decvoting themselves to the propogation of the teachings of their master. <P>One such,Swami Satyananda Saraswati,established the internationally famous Bihar School of Yoga and produced many master peices on the subject like asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha and other titles,best sellers on amazon.com