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This book is the final instalment in the trilogy by the author. The first book, Yoga & Meditation: a holistic approach to perfect homeostasis and health was an introduction to yoga with a hint of meditation. The second book, Meditation & Yoga: Discovering the higher spheres of existence, concentrated more on meditation as a spiritual practice. Thousands of photographs of Yogini Shubh Veer, aged between 45 to 70 years, were taken by her students. All the different yoga postures shown, happened spontaneously during deep meditation. The author used to record them as notes and sketches to remember what had occurred during meditation. Unfortunately many postures where adequate notes couldn't be made were lost. This book still has more than 1,250 different hatha yoga postures described in more than 2,350 photographs.Also included is a section about Jet, the miracle pet. She was the life companion of the author, Yogini Shubh Veer, a Siddha Yogini, sharing her life and meditation. In 1994 Jet's body was exhumed, months after burial, and was found to have remained in an intact state. To date the body is still intact, and she appears to be in a state of suspended animation. Something astounding!

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Publié par	Troubador Publishing Ltd
Date de parution	28 novembre 2020
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781800468481
Langue	English
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YOGA THE OPTIMAL LIFESTYLE
YOGA THE OPTIMAL LIFESTYLE

MORE THAN 1250 YOGA POSTURES
WITH A SUPPLEMENT ON JET – THE MIRACLE PET
DR YOGINI SHUBH VEER
PH.D. (Y, M & A.M.) USA
PH.D. (A.M.) INDIA
D.SC. (A.M.) INDIA
Copyright © 2020 Yogini Shubh Veer
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WITH ALL LOVE AND GRATITUDE TO MY GURUS SHRI SURYANARAYAN & SHRI MAHAVEER
All yoga postures shown in the book are by the author when aged above 40 up to 70 yrs
Photographs were taken by the author’s students
CONTENTS

1 . PREFACE
2 . INTRODUCTION
3 . PHILOSOPHY OF YOGA AND MEDITATION
4 . MECHANISM OF ACTION OF YOGA
5 . YOGA AND HOLISTIC HEALTH
6 . FAITH – SHRADDHA
7 . CONCLUSION
8 . GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR HATHA YOGA PRACTICE
9 . YOGA POSTURES
MEDITATIVE POSTURES
RELAXATION POSTURES
SUPINE POSTURES
PRONE POSTURES
SITTING POSTURES
TOE BALANCING POSTURES
KNEELING POSTURES
STANDING POSTURES
ADVANCED POSTURES
SURYA NAMASKAR – SALUTATION TO THE SUN
HEAD STAND SERIES
DEEP YOGIC BREATHING
MISCELLANEOUS POSTURES
10 . JET – THE MIRACLE PET
PREFACE

A lmost five decades back we started the teaching of yoga and meditation. It has helped thousands improve their physical and mental health. There has been improvement in personal and social lives of so many.
To make a wider public benefit from these age old holistic systems, we set out to publish a trilogy: a comprehensive set of books on yoga and meditation, without frills. To give a scientific outlook on the science of yoga in an attempt to help sincere seekers lead a truly fruitful life.
The first book was an introduction to yoga and meditation. Emphasis was on the physical through hatha yoga techniques with an introduction to meditation. Our second book delved deeper into the intricacies of meditation as a spiritual practice.
This present book completes the trilogy we set out to publish. It provides an ‘encyclopedia’ of yoga postures. All the different yoga postures shown were experienced spontaneously by me, during meditation. Only included are these postures. They have not been ‘copied’ from anywhere. I used to record them as notes and sketches to remember what had occurred in meditation. Unfortunately many postures where adequate notes couldn’t be made were lost.
Taken together the three volumes give a comprehensive picture of yoga and meditation.
We have included a supplement on Jet, the miracle pet, whose body stayed intact months after burial. It is an event unique in the field of spirituality. She had been my constant companion for nine short years. After her demise she was buried on the ashram premises. Her body was removed from her grave five months later in an intact state. She is still present at the ashram. This book coincides with the date of her disinterment on July 9, 1994, some twenty five years back.
YOGINI SHUBH VEER
July 9, 2020
INTRODUCTION

T he ultimate aim of religion is freedom from the cycle of birth and death. ‘Yoga’ refers to the practical aspect of religion. It means union of the individual soul with the universal soul, the Absolute. Yoga practice helps gain control over the mind through concentration and meditation.
The greatest aid to spiritual unfoldment is meditation. A scientific approach to God and religion, it gives a holistic approach to live life fully. Meditation is intense thought upon God to reveal the immortal, eternal spirit, our true nature. Closing our eyes to glance within and discover the light of our soul! Only individual personal experience counts; not book knowledge nor mere speculation.
Different paths or types of yoga were designed to suit different temperaments. Before attempting meditation, one has to be physically and mentally fit. Hatha yoga has different types of postures for physical perfection and for comfortable sitting in meditation. Bhakti yoga , the yoga of love, is the path of complete devotion to a personal God. Jnana yoga , the path of wisdom, is based on the principle of monism, the non dualistic system of the Vedanta. Karma yoga is the path of action: work is performed as a spiritual discipline. The person is not attached to the fruits of action. Raja yoga deals exclusively with the power of the mind. It is considered the surest path to perfection. Kriya yoga, Laya yoga and Mantra yoga are other yoga paths. Siddha Kundalini Maha Yoga is the true synthesis of all other yoga paths. Here, the different yogas spontaneously occur according to the aspirant’s needs.
It should be understood that all these different yogas are not mutually exclusive. There can be no love, Bhakti without knowledge Jnana , nor knowledge, without love. There can be no work, Karma without knowledge Jnana , nor knowledge without work. There can be no love, Bhakti without work Karma, nor work without love. Only a blend of the three ( Bhakti, Jnana & Karma ), Love, Wisdom and Work, leads to Raja yoga , the yoga of meditation and realisation.
All paths of yoga have existed from remote past. They were not devised or invented by man. They had been experienced by seers during the superconscious state. These different paths cater to different human tendencies. Each person is thus provided with the means to God realisation according to his inclination. No one can make any excuse not to do so.
Meditation is the highest form of worship, where the individual soul merges with its creator Lord. As a first step, prayer, fasting and idol worship etc may be considered. But one has to keep going higher and higher, not stagnating at the level one started. Everyone will have to evolve to reach meditation and selfless action.
God communion is known as meditation. Meditation is practical religion. We are not asked to believe blindly. We do need verification! How can we claim that God exists if we have not seen Him? Or we have a soul if we do not feel it! If we have a soul we must sense it. If there is a God we must see Him. He is not the God of a select few to be seen by them alone! He is the universal perfect God for anyone to see. Meditation is the science that teaches us how to get these perceptions.
The process of meditation enables us get spiritual sustenance from the subtle forces of nature and provide the subtle body necessary nourishment and ideal conditions for progress. Prayer becomes direct personal experience; no longer externalized and separate! Meditation is the great scientific method of knowledge. It rids us of our ignorance and superstition. The mind gets knowledge and the spirit, food.
In deep meditation there is no body consciousness. The body is forgotten. No matter what the bodily condition, stress is eradicated, replaced by a state of absolute wellbeing and inner joy. The mind, when completely free, enjoys rest and peace. This state of complete calm and perfect rest is only possible through the scientific discipline of meditation.
Progressively one attains the highest state of purity and is able to transcend the intellect. Meditation gives intensity to our thoughts. The more concentrated they are, the more the potential power. There is no limit to the power of the human mind. We rediscover our spirit, our true identity, our true nature, the Higher Self, pure and perfect, in the true likeness of our Creator Lord. The aim of meditation is to realise this perfection.
All knowledge in the world has to be gained through concentration. Meditation teaches that all knowledge has its source in the concentration of the mind. Existence cannot be limited to consciousness (awareness and memory), and sub-consciousness (instinct or habit). Meditation reveals a higher state: the superconscious state.
Man is a most ignorant being. He knows only one part of himself. So he obviously knows but one part of the universe, not the whole of it. The subconscious, conscious and superconscious are the three states of the mind. Together they constitute man’s intelligence, and the Universal Intelligence. Man knows only one part of the three states of his intelligence; day to day ‘consciousness’ is only one part of the three states that make up human nature.
In his ignorance, he neither knows the subconscious nor the superconscious. Only knowledge of all three states will make the human perfect. The three states merged, reveal his untapped intelligence, his true potential. Man knows only one part of God just as he knows only one part of the universe. All the rest is beyond cognition. Man’s own imperfect knowledge makes him see imperfection in God and His creation.
The basis of the unconscious is the conscious. The unconscious thoughts (impressions) are the millions of our old conscious thoughts, conscious actions, sunk deep within our subconscious mind. This is the potential danger: some of these past impressions are still acting within our subconscious. They represent the unconscious causes that might bring our downfall. It is therefore vital to control the unconscious and bring it under the control of the conscious.
The most crucial consists of going beyond the conscious. W