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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.


Yoga Philosophy

(All titles are in English unless otherwise specified)

A Systematic Course in the
Ancient Tantric Techniques of Yoga and Kriya

Swami Satyananda Saraswati

This is the most comprehensive text ever published on yoga. It contains a complete course of 36 structured lessons on all the practices of integral yoga. The lessons were compiled from the teachings given by Swami Satyananda and are useful as a practical and theoretical guide to all levels of yoga teachers and aspirants. The book presents a synthesis of yoga in a scientific and systematic manner. The different branches of hatha yoga, raja yoga, mantra yoga, karma yoga, bhakti yoga, jnana yoga and kriya yoga are progressively introduced with special emphasis on practice, theory and application in day to day life.

Suitable for all, but may be daunting for beginners.

Yoga and Kriya

984 pp, Hard cover, 8 colour plates, line drawings, diagrams
ISBN 81-85787-08-5
(English & Hindi)

 

 

Kundalini Tantra

Swami Satyananda Saraswati

Kundalini Tantra is Swami Satyananda Saraswati’s seminal work on kundalini, chakras and kriya yoga. Defining and explaining kundalini, this book provides a detailed account of kundalini awakening, including the signs and effects of such experiences and ways to both elicit and manage them.

The book contains a comprehensive description of each chakra and the significance of the chakras in tantric and yogic practice. Techniques are given to balance each centre for greater harmony in mind, body and spirit, and in preparation for the rising of kundalini shakti. The 20 kriyas and their preparatory practices are fully elucidated.

Kundalini Tantra

453 pp, Soft cover, Colour places, line drawings and diagrams
ISBN 81-85787-15-8
(English and Hindi)

 

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Sure Ways to Self Realization

Swami Satyananda Saraswati

Sure Ways to Self-Realization is a practical and informative text on systems of meditation from cultures all over the world. To assist today's seekers to find a suitable path back to the source, the real self, and to find stability of mind in a rapidly changing world, Swami Satyananda Saraswati describes the path of meditation, the obstacles confronting the practitioner and the means to overcome them.

Both theory and practical instructions for a vast range of age-old meditation practices are presented, including yogic techniques such as antar mouna, yoga nidra and ajapa japa, as well as meditations from ancient Egypt and Greece, the Celtic and Taoist traditions, Tibetan and Zen Buddhism, Sufism and alchemy. Moving meditations as well as meditation techniques for children and for the dying are included.

Sure Ways to Self-Realization is suitable for all levels from beginners to advanced and is an ideal reference book for yoga teachers.

Sure Ways to Self Realization

455 pp, Soft cover, Line drawings and diagrams
ISBN 81-85787-41-7

 

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Yoga Darshan
(Vision of the Yoga Upanishads)

Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati

Yoga Darshan gives a contemporary yogic vision of the Upanishads as expounded by Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati. Taking a holistic and practical view of spiritual life, this text provides a picture of yoga that is both panoramic and precise. In the theoretical section the different traditions and philosophies of yoga are clearly identified and explained along with clear expositions on hatha, raja, mantra, karma, jnana, laya and esoteric yogas. The practical section highlights classical practices from the Yoga Upanishads and the yogic perspective on physiology and health.

Yoga Darshan is a central textbook for all Bihar Yoga Bharati undergraduate and postgraduate courses.

Yoga Darshan

514 pp, Soft cover, Line drawings and diagrams
ISBN 81-86336-26-5
(English and Hindi)

 

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