Namaste yoga friends … I’d like to get some feedback on my new book, “The Truth About Yoga.” You can download it free here:
theyogatutor.com/truth-about-yoga/
Thanks!
Yogacharya Michael
Sahaja yoga works well for me.
Yogacharyaji,
Thanks for a good book written at the right time. It will certainly be an inconvenient truth for many and will stir their hornet’s nests. But at the same time it will help a sincere new seeker; there is no doubt about it.
There’s more, right? Becasue as it is now it’s not a book, it’s an article. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a good article (or I wouldn’t have been able to read through it this fast) but it’s not a book. But this was just a taste, right? If that’s the case then I’m looking forward to the rest of it.
[QUOTE=Suhas Tambe;43917]Yogacharyaji,
Thanks for a good book written at the right time. It will certainly be an inconvenient truth for many and will stir their hornet’s nests. But at the same time it will help a sincere new seeker; there is no doubt about it.[/QUOTE]
Suhas would you care to elaborate on your points?
I would love to read it, but I don’t like sites which asks for an email address to enable me to read a synopsis or review of something, this usually results in unsolicited mails after a few weeks.
The Scales,
Yoga originated in India. Though its origin is difficult to trace and it has traveled through a long history producing several disparate philosophies and schools, they remained all predominantly spiritual. I have grown up witnessing them all around me.
However in the recent past, yoga has been introduced to the western world that has received it differently. And understandably so. Spirituality has been woven in the cultural fabric of the eastern world; much the same way, materialism is intrinsic part of western life. Naturally, the physical aspect of yoga was greeted first and has now received a lopsided prominence.
There is nothing odd about the hundreds of sincere seekers, but a few opportunists have cleverly made yoga into a big market place. Naivity about yoga is one thing but deliberate manipulation should not be acceptable. This book essentially traces what has gone wrong here and reminds us of the right heritage that yoga is.
(That however was my initial reaction to the little that was given to read. My reaction to the book-selling attempts of Yogacharyaji stopped me from showing any further interest as Pandara did.)
I arrived at the paypal it might have been and the shopping cart re-directions, images of credit cards and i lost interest at this point, more than once. I did try and digest what was being offered…
The message is good but the price may not suit everyone.The cycnic in me can’t help but see this as commercialisation especially seeing as yogacharya came here and did’nt really hang about.He may be busy with all his students i guess.
It was his appporach or manner that did’nt sound yogic. It was the selling part. I don’t think you have to seell anything…
He sounded like a nice enough dude… but he did’nt invest that much energy here… though maybe he’ll pop into this thread here again…I noticed him on another yoga forum as it happens.
thanks
[QUOTE=Suhas Tambe;50558]The Scales,
Yoga originated in India. Though its origin is difficult to trace and it has traveled through a long history producing several disparate philosophies and schools, they remained all predominantly spiritual. I have grown up witnessing them all around me.
However in the recent past, yoga has been introduced to the western world that has received it differently. And understandably so. Spirituality has been woven in the cultural fabric of the eastern world; much the same way, materialism is intrinsic part of western life. Naturally, the physical aspect of yoga was greeted first and has now received a lopsided prominence.
There is nothing odd about the hundreds of sincere seekers, but a few opportunists have cleverly made yoga into a big market place. Naivity about yoga is one thing but deliberate manipulation should not be acceptable. This book essentially traces what has gone wrong here and reminds us of the right heritage that yoga is.
(That however was my initial reaction to the little that was given to read. My reaction to the book-selling attempts of Yogacharyaji stopped me from showing any further interest as Pandara did.)[/QUOTE]
Thank you Sir.
I share your sentiments concerning Yoga as it is, and yoga as it is in the minds of materialistic body obsessed westerners.
If the body is where the yoga needs to start . . . then that is where it must start.
To the OP. Underhanded move. Try some integrity. It works.
Hello All,
I didn’t read the article, but am familiar with yogacharya. I would like to offer a personal insight, if I may, in response/addition to these replies.
“Original” yoga was/is heavily lifestyle dependent: yoga having been the RESULT of that particular kind of lifestyle. In the West today, that lifestyle is pretty much non-existent. There has been an attempt to make yoga fit the lifestyle, as is, and it’s doesn’t go well. I think that’s all that need be understood.
The real “masters” of yoga out there, if they really understand yoga and are committed to its propagation, are able to adapt yoga to fit a Western “lifestyle” and make it work. Most of them have failed miserably. But, Lord knows, we can’t all adopt a yogic lifestyle as it was meant to be. So to me, the point is really mute.
If you’re a “real” master and want to write a useful book, help people to fit yoga into their lifestyle as is, because it is possible. If yogacharya’s article does that, then it’s a good article. Anything else is just reminiscing and, to me, is really a waste of time.
Back to work,
Siva