THE HEART OF YOGA: DEVELOPING A PERSONAL PRACTICE

Book ID/图书代码： 06568008B24138

English Summary/英文概要： The first yoga text to outline a step-by-step sequence for developing a complete practice according to viniyoga--yoga adapted to the needs of the individual.

• A contemporary classic by a world-renowned teacher.
• This new edition adds thirty-two poems by Krishnamacharya that capture the essence of his teachings.

Sri Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, who lived to be over 100 years old, was one of the greatest yogis of the modern era. Elements of Krishnamacharya’s teaching have become well known around the world through the work of B. K. S. Iyengar, Pattabhi Jois, and Indra Devi, who all studied with Krishnamacharya. Krishnamacharya’s son T. K. V. Desikachar lived and studied with his father all his life and now teaches the full spectrum of Krishnamacharya’s yoga. Desikachar has based his method on Krishnamacharya’s fundamental concept of viniyoga, which maintains that practices must be continually adapted to the individual’s changing needs to achieve the maximum therapeutic value.

In The Heart of Yoga Desikachar offers a distillation of his father’s system as well as his own practical approach, which he describes as "a program for the spine at every level--physical, mental, and spiritual." This is the first yoga text to outline a step-by-step sequence for developing a complete practice according to the age-old principles of yoga. Desikachar discusses all the elements of yoga--poses and counterposes, conscious breathing, meditation, and philosophy--and shows how the yoga student may develop a practice tailored to his or her current state of health, age, occupation, and lifestyle.

This is a revised edition of The Heart of Yoga.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 德斯卡查尔依据其父对维尼瑜伽的基本核心概念——瑜伽练习必须不断适应练习者变化的需求，以便获得*化的效果，并遵循古老的瑜伽原则，写下了这本《瑜伽之心》，这是第一本将一套活生生的呼吸艺术的步骤及系统阐述清楚的瑜伽实践书籍，完整传承了古老瑜伽的精髓与《瑜伽经》的经典要义。此外，本书还完整收录了帕坦伽利的《瑜伽经》及其翻译和注释，以及克瑞斯那玛查亚所著《瑜伽祈请精要》三十二颂，此颂保存了其教法的精髓。(DD)

Awards/获奖情况：编辑推荐

打造个人身体、心灵与精神的专属修炼！全球热销二十年，亚马逊瑜伽类长销经典，完整继承古老瑜伽精髓与《瑜伽经》核心要义！阅读《瑜伽之心》是一辈子的任务，每读一次，你都会获得一次新的体悟。克瑞斯那玛查亚是现代*伟大的瑜伽大师之一，被称为“印度现代瑜伽之父”。本书作者德斯卡查尔为克瑞斯那玛查亚的四大门徒之一，也是他的亲生之子。承克瑞斯那玛查亚的世界知名瑜伽大师包括：阿斯汤加瑜伽的帕塔比·乔伊斯（Pattabhi Jois），经典体位法的英蒂拉·徳菲（Indra Devi），正位法的艾扬格（B.K.S. Iyengar）。

目　　录
祝福 序言 推荐序 承先启后的瑜伽大师传奇——克瑞斯那玛查亚 导论 克瑞斯那玛查亚的一生与瑜伽——访谈德斯卡查尔 第一卷 瑜伽修习 　1 瑜伽：概念和意义 　2 瑜伽修习的基础 　3 体位法原则 　4 审慎安排瑜伽练习 　5 体位法变体 　6 呼吸控制法 　7 收束法 第二卷 理解瑜伽 　8 让心迷惑之物 　9 行动必留下痕迹 　10 世界存在，为了被认识、被探索 　11 活在世间 　12 世界存在，为了让我们解脱 　13 心识的特性 　14 瑜伽之路的九道障碍 　15 瑜伽的诸多道路 第三卷 帕坦伽利的《瑜伽经》 第四卷 瑜伽祈请精要 【附录A】本书提到的原典 【附录B】人人适用的四套练习

Praise for The Heart of Yoga
"I can think of no better book to recommend to a friend beginning to be excited by yoga but bewildered by the plethora of different schools and their sometimes-conflicting teachings. In addition, I would be hard-pressed to think of a book I would recommend more highly to any yoga student seeking to deepen a yoga practice . . . The great gift of The Heart of Yoga lies not simply in the depth of Desikachar’s learning, but in the compassion, gentleness, practicality, and down-to-earth spirit that permeate the book." ---Yoga Journal

" . . . a milestone in the transmission of yoga from the ancient masters to the modern world."---Bodhi Tree Book Review, Winter 1999 / Spring 2000

About the Author/作者介绍： 陈丽舟：台湾大学中文系毕业，现就读于台湾政治大学宗教研究所。曾任电视节目企划、编剧、出版社主编等。　译作：一行禅师《耕一畦和平的净土》等；合著：《中文经典100句——六祖坛经》。特别感谢台湾政治大学宗教所所长黄柏棋老师，在译者受困于几个梵文译词时给予协助。朱怡康：台湾大学政治学研究所毕业。合译有《复制、基因与不朽》（桂冠）、《八正道》（香光书乡）。现就读于台湾政治大学宗教研究所，以成为专业译者为目标而努力中。

A structural engineer by training, T. K. V. Desikachar lived and studied with his father until Krishnamacharya’s death in 1989. He has devoted his life to yoga instruction for people of all backgrounds and all levels of ability and currently teaches at the school founded in his father’s memory in Madras, as well as in Europe, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand.
website：http://www.kym.org/ourfounder.html

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Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：SOLD

Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：SOLD

Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：Romanian rights sold to Simona Kessler International. •Chinese rights sold for The Heart of Yoga by T.K.V. Desikachar to Changsha Senxin Culture Dissemination Limited Company (Big Apple Agency).

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