Sivananda Buried Yoga

Why have the yoga teachers of the modern world chosen to reduce yoga to a system of gymnastic fitness and compromised its true essence by completely distorting it to fit into the modern lifestyle? Is asana all about physical exercises? Is pranayama all about curing diseases? Is meditation all about stress management? After practising many years of the modern therapeutics styles of yoga with some of the most renowned contemporary teachers with their numerous claims of authenticity, the author's incessant desire for spiritual-awareness was never addressed. Until, one day an old ascetic perceived the urgency of his quest and took him to the remote caves of the Himalayas. This book is about the personal journey of the author and the discoveries of the stunning realities of yoga.'Asana' is not merely a physical exercise; it is a complex matrix of psycho-physical-spiritual dynamics. The changes and modifications of the non-physical elements during an asana are permanent and irreversible in nature; hence, a true asana once accomplished need not be repeated. 'Pranayama' is not merely an alternative method of breathing or 'hyper-ventilation'; it is the modification of the function of prana or cosmic energy in the body. Pranayama is the yogic answer to the applied principles of the 'theory of relativity' that re-configures the 'space-time dynamics of human evolution'. 'Meditation' is not merely an attempt to eliminate stressful thoughts and experience a temporary 'feeling' of emptiness; it is the quantified and permanent transcendence into delta level psychic perception. The microscopic study of the Yoga Sutras in the light of quantum physics and its correct application reveals a never-before-told reality of yoga.