The Spirit of Yoga: A Unique Journey Through the Eight Limbs of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali - Tapa blanda

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Cat de Rham is a professional photographer and yoga teacher living in London. She was born in Malaysia & grew up living on a sailboat in South East Asia. It was in the process of reconciling the idyllic & natural environment of her childhood with the realities of urban life that Cat developed a deep interest in ancient healing arts & spiritual practices.
Michele Gill has a longstanding personal interest in spiritual practices and spent five years working with a team of researchers investigating the effects of complementary therapy on the quality of life and health of people living with serious illnesses. She currently lives in London where she runs a portfolio career working as a mediator, facilitator & trainer in the area of conflict management & resolution.

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'A truly beautiful and inspiring journey through the yoga sutras of Patanjali.'

In this gorgeous book, professional photographer and yoga teacher Cat De Rham brings her own personal vision to the yoga sutras in words and pictures. Written over 2,000 years ago, the yoga sutras are a step-by-step guide to the attainment of true liberation. There are eight stages or limbs of this quest: the eight limbs of yoga.

The book is structured around the eight limbs identified in the yoga sutras of Patanjali as follows:
• Yama: the practice of universal ethical disciplines
• Niyama: the practice of individual disciplines
• Asana: the practice of postures or body exercises to develop agility, balance, strength and vitality
• Pranayama: the practice of regulating the breath
• Pratyahara: the practice of mastering the senses
• Dharana: the practice of focusing the mind
• Dhyana: meditation
• Samadhi: union with the Supreme Being