Medical Understanding of Yoga

1. My Word
2. The Morning Prayer
3. The Preliminaries
4. dkj ti The Cooling Down:: AUäk?ra Japa
5. A Periodic Fast:: The Easiest Tapa and a Great Benefactor
6. The Äsanas
7. The Pr???y?mas:: Physiological Basis
8. The Eight-plus Types of Pr???y?mas
9. Hypoxia, Intermittent Hypoxic Training and Yogic Techniques that Produce Brief Intermittent Hypoxia
10. Internal Cleansing Procedures
11. Voluntary Control over Autonomic Functions
12. Application of Yoga in Disease States-1
13. Application of Yoga in Disease States-2:: Common Disorders of the Gastrointestinal System
14. The S¨ryanamask?ra:: Series of Maneuvers to Fill the Intestines with Air
15. Application of Yoga in Disease Conditions-3
16. Sam?dhi and Human Hibernation
17. Haeha-Yoga as Manipulator of Nature
Suggested Research Topics
Summary
Index