Book description
Yoga’s Ancient Wisdom Can Transform Your Work Life Everyone knows that yoga helps reduce stress and increase the body’s flexibility and strength. But the physical aspects barely scratch the surface of yoga’s transformative powers. The poses are only one part of a larger philosophy offering profound insights for confronting the complexities of daily life. Yoga can help you remain centered, compassionate, positive, and sane every hour of the day—especially those between nine and five. This unprecedented guide shows how practicing the full range of yogic concepts—the traditional “Eight Limbs of Yoga”—leads to a productive, creative, and energizing work environment and features examples from professions like law enforcement, teaching, banking, filmmaking, medicine, and many more. But beyond that, this book is an invitation to use all of yoga’s teachings to cultivate the spark of the divine that dwells within each of us. “Filled with personal insights and stories that carry yoga into the world of daily decision making.… It is wonderful to see the foundations of practice brought to life in such a confident, sincere, and thoughtful way.” —Pandit Rajmani Tuganait, Chairman and spiritual head of the Himalayan Institute “Maren and Jamie show that yoga is not just about poses—the practice is about creating the stillness of mind that will allow you do the work you were meant to do. Seriously, read this book!” —Russell Simmons, cofounder of Def Jam “The [Showkeirs] bring the deepest teachings of yoga alive by showing exactly how to bring our yoga—and our best selves—into the world.” —Judith Lasater, PhD, author of Relax and Renew: Restful Yoga for Stressful TimesTable of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Note to Our Readers
- Introduction: Work and the Yogic Path
- One: Beginner’s Mind: The Power and the Promise
- Two: The First Limb: Universal Morality
- Three: The Second Limb: Personal Code of Conduct
- Four: The Third Limb: Postures (Asana)
- Five: The Fourth Limb: Breath Control (Pranayama)
- Six: The Fifth Limb: Withdrawal of the Senses (Pratyahara)
- Seven: The Sixth Limb: Focus (Dharana)
- Eight: The Seventh Limb: Meditation (Dhyana)
- Nine: The Eighth Limb: Absorption (Samadhi)
- Conclusion: Finding Your Way
- Glossary of Terms
- Resources
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- About the Authors
- About hennings-showkeir & associates, inc.
Product information
- Title: Yoga Wisdom at Work
- Author(s):
- Release date: May 2013
- Publisher(s): Berrett-Koehler Publishers
- ISBN: 9781609947996
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