Health and Hatha Yoga

In the first section of this comrehensive book,Swami sivananda gives us a lucid understanding of what constitutes good health,including many aspects that are often neglected. The second section,hatha yoga,deals with exercises for flexibility(covering all the joints of the body):classical yoga asanas and variations:twelve bandhas and mudras,and the shat-kriyas(cleansing techniques).The concise and explicit chapter on pranayama covers every aspect of this important practice.In the section of kundalini the diffferent aspects of this mysterious power are described in simple language.Sections of swara yoga and brahmacharya follow,and the book concludes with a chapter on concentration,meditation and samadhi.