1 Ancient and Modern Yoga

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter ii
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Foreword xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. Eastern Breathing Practices
7. Ancient and Modern Yoga 11
8. Tibetan Buddhism and the Breath 25
9. The Breath of the Tao and the Tao of Breathing 45
10. Breathing Respect 53
11. Western Breathing Practices
12. Character Armoring 71
13. Birth, Rebirthing, and Learning to Breathe 83
14. The Healing Potential of Holotropic Breathwork 95
15. Freediving 107
16. Buteyko 119
17. Breathexperience 133
18. Middle Eastern Breathing Practices
19. Jewish Mysticism 155
20. The Holy Breath 167
21. The Divine Vibration in the Breath– A Song of Life 181
22. Further Explorations of the Healing Power of the Breath
23. The Natural Breath 195
24. Be Wary When You Breathe 211
25. Children Learning to Breathe 225
26. Breathing for a Better World 239
27. Final Words 253
28. Contributors 255
29. Index 265