CONTENTS:-
Vol. 1 : Foundation of Yoga: Foreword. Preface. Introduction. 1. Glimpses of Yoga in the Vedic Samhitas. 2. Yogic motifs in Indus seals. 3. Yogic Sadhana of Vedic Seers. 4. Yoga as the cradle of the Vedic system of education. 5. Consciousness and Yogic Sadhana in Saivism. 6. A critique of Patanjali. 7. Vedic vision of Bondage and liberation.
Vol. 2 : Psychology of Yoga: Preface. Introduction. 1. Consciousness, states and grades. 2. Consciousness as a metaphysical force. 3. Existential value of consciousness. 4. Concentricity and universal creativity of consciousness. 5. Consciousness of the unconscious. 6. Ordeals of the unconscious in the quest for consciousness. 7. Contribution of Angiras, Ayasya, Bhrgu and Dadhyan to the discovery of the way to consciousness. 8. Consciousness and immortality. 9. Yoga and Vak. 10. Aesthetics and Yoga. 11. Maha Mrtyunjaya Mantra as a way to immortality.
Vol. 3 : Asana: Foreword. Preface. Introduction. I. Asanas for beginners: i. Jivana Tattva Sadhana. ii. Yogic Suksma Vyayama. 1. Pharynx, intellect, memory hearing power and neck exercises. 2. Shoulders, arms and wrists exercises. 3. Strengthening of chest, back and abdomen muscles. 4. Strengthening of thighs, knees, legs, ankles and toes. II. Asanas for advanced practitioners: i. Sitting postures. ii. Supine postures. iii. Prone postures. iv. Standing postures. v. Inverted postures.
Vol. 4 : Sat Karma, Mudra, Pranayama and Pratyahara: Table of transliteration. Foreword. Preface. Introduction. 1. Satkarma. 2. Mudras: i. Bandhas. ii. Adhara Mudras. iii. Mudras with combination of Bandhas. iv. Postural Mudras. v. Meditation Mudras. 3. Pranayama: i. Prana and consciousness. ii. Pranayama. iii. Pranayama for beginners. iv. Pranayama for advanced practitioners. 4. Unclassified pranayamas from the Upanisads. 5. Kumbhaka Paddhati of Raghuvira. 6. Pratyahara.
Vol. 5 : Dharana, Dhyana and Samadhi: Foreword. Preface. Introduction. 1. Dharana. 2. Dhyana and Samadhi. 3. Samadhi. 4. Meditation on the sacred syllable Om as an aid to Samadhi. 5. Role of the Kundalini in the attainment of Samadhi. 6. Role of the nervous system and centres in it in the task of inculcation of the spiritual consciousness. 7. Introverted perusal of light, sound and taste as ways to Samadhi. 8. Fundamentals of the epistemology of Yoga. Appendices. i. Methods of meditation from Vijnana Bhairava. ii. Methods of meditation in Sri Malinivijayottara Tantra. iii. Meditation methods by Abhinavagupta's Gitartha Sangraha. iv. A Tractatus of Yoga.
