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Please remember that no practice can be adequately learned from a book.
All Satyananda Yoga practical text books are designed to complement instruction by an experienced yoga teacher.


Health Management

(All titles are in English unless otherwise specified)

Effects of Yoga on Hypertension

Dr. Swami Shankardevananda

HypertensionThis book is divided into three sections: cause, cure and practices. The first section describes the basic physiology of the cardiovascular system and the various causes of hypertension including psychological and pranic influences, lifestyle, stress and heredity. The yogic view is discussed in depth along with that of modern medicine.

The second, section on management, explains the yogic way to reduce blood pressure to normal levels through the practice of yoga, supplemented by lifestyle and mind management. The last section contains a weekly chart of yoga techniques, followed by clear instructions for individual practices.

Finally low blood pressure is dealt with in an appendix along with diet.

218 pp, Soft cover, Line drawings, diagrams
ISBN 81-85787-27-1

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Exploring Yoga and Cancer

Dr. Swami Yogapratab

cancerExploring Yoga and Cancer applies the insights of modern medical science and yogic understanding. An in-depth analysis is provided of how cancer develops, including at the subtle levels of being, the principles supporting yogic cancer management, and how yoga practices work to help reverse and manage the effects of cancer.

Part 1 explains what cancer is and how it forms, and looks at the various causes. Part 2 examines how the yoga practices work to aid those with cancer. Detailed advice and information to assist the formation of yogic management plans for different people with different types of cancers is offered in Part 3. Part 4 presents an introduction to research in the field of yoga and cancer.

265 pp, Soft cover, Line drawings, diagrams
ISBN81-86336-83-0

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Practices of Yoga for the Digestive System

Dr. Swami Shankardevananda

Digestive SystemThis book deals with the digestive system in three sections. The first covers the physiology of digestion, the psychology of hunger and eating, and the ayurvedic and yogic view of digestion and food habits.

The second section describes the patho-physiology and yogic management of a variety of digestive disorders from simple wind and indigestion to nagging acidity, annoying constipation and piles, distressing diarrhoea and dysentery, with special reference to diet.

The third section deals with the yogic practices needed to remove digestive disorders and keep the digestive system in good health. Clear instructions and diagrams for each practice are given, which even a beginner can follow.

The text was written by a qualified and experienced doctor in this field under the guidance of Swami Satyananda Saraswati.

259 pp, Soft cover, Line drawings and diagrams
ISBN 81-85787-25-5

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Practical Yoga Psychology

Dr Rishi Vivekananda

psychologyThe great mysteries in our lives are the understanding of our personality, how we relate with other people and the world around us, and our place, if any, in the vast scheme of things. The other question we face is how we can improve our personal experience and our interactions with society, so that we live a happy, harmonious and helpful life. For thousands of years yoga has been addressing these questions and supplying the answers to them.

Practical Yoga Psychology is an attempt to simply blend the teachings of yoga with those of psychology, psychiatry and other branches of Western science to give us an overview of the human personality, an idea of where we are going, and guidelines to proceed on our journey.

307pp, Soft cover, Line drawings and diagrams
ISBN 81-86336-39-7

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Yoga and Cardiovascular Management

Swami Satyananda Saraswati and Dr. Swami Karmananda

Cardiovascular ManagementThis book compiles the discussions between Swami Satyananda Saraswati and a group of French medical experts, physicians and yoga teachers who shared their views on Yoga and Medical Management of Cardiovascular Disease at Tenon Hospital, Paris in September 1981. A yogi discusses the whole range of heart and vascular diseases plus the relevant coexisting diseases like diabetes mellitus and pulmonary disorders from the modern scientific as well as yogic viewpoints. Covered are the causes, patho-physiology and management of cardiovascular disorders such as hypertension, coronary heart disease, cardiac arrhythmia, stroke, cerebral degenerative diseases, peripheral vascular disease and arteriosclerosis, followed by the yogic explanation and in-depth yogic management with scientific back up.

The research data was correlated by an Australian doctor and the scientific disposition and language make the book ideal for both medical scientists and lay people alike.

148 pp, Soft cover, Line drawings and diagrams

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Yogic Management of Asthma and Diabetes

Dr. Swami Shankardevananda

Asthma and DiabetesYogic Management of Asthma and Diabetes, written by Dr Swami Shankardevananda Saraswati, under the guidance of Swami Satyananda Saraswati, explores two common disorders from a yogic perspective. The book discusses the background, nature and cause of each disease, medical and yogic treatments, diet and the yogic path to health. Yogic research into asthma and diabetes is presented, with details of clinical trials, case histories and yoga therapy camps. Yoga's holistic approach to therapy and the effectiveness of yogic methods in establishing good health are explained.

This new edition includes revised yogic practice programs for each disorder.

312 pp, Soft cover, Line drawings and diagrams
ISBN 81-85787-48-4

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Yogic Management of Common Diseases

Swami Satyananda Saraswati and Dr. Swami Karmananda

Common DiseasesYogic Management of Common Diseases deals with 36 common as well as serious diseases afflicting the human body. Diseases covered include those affecting the head and neck, the cardiovascular and respiratory systems, the gastrointestinal tract, the joints and musculo-skeletal system, and the uro-genital system.

Basic information is provided about the causes and effects of each condition from both the yogic and medical viewpoints. In depth yogic management of each disease is also presented along with the current medical treatment, dietary recommendations and other advice. This informative text offers a way of managing disease and regaining health the yogic way.

244 pp, Soft cover, Line drawings and diagrams
ISBN 81-85787-24-7

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Yogic Management of Cancer

Dr. Swami Nirmalananda

ymcancerYogic Management of Cancer explains cancer and its causes in a practical way in the light of modern scientific understanding and the yogic perspective. Advice is offered on applying yoga to help manage cancer and the effects of conventional treatments at all levels of being. Useful yogic tools presented include yogic practices, yogic lifestyle and diet, and practices for self-observation and cultivation of positive attitudes. Detailed practices are included to help regain health and reconnect with the self. Where recovery is not possible, people with cancer are helped towards a positive acceptance of death, and advice is offered on preparation for dying.

291 pp, Soft cover, Line drawings and diagrams
ISBN 81-86336-81-6

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