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Contents of the
Manual for the Philosophy/History Segment of
200-500-Hour Yoga Teacher Training ProgramsCompiled by Georg Feuerstein, Ph.D.
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Preface by Georg Feuerstein 5
Further Reading and Listening 7
1. Health Beyond Posture 9
2. The Philosophy of Posture, Posture as Philosophy 13
3. What Is Yoga? 17
4. Ten Fundamental Principles of Yoga 23
5. In Praise of the Philosophical Life 27
6. Why Study Yoga Philosophy? 31
7. The Seven Stages of Psychospiritual Maturation 33
8. A Bird’s-Eye View of the History of Yoga 35
9. The Yoga of the Vedas and Upanishads 47
10. The Bhagavad-Gītā and Its Teachings 63
11. The System of Patanjali’s Classical Yoga 83
12. Tantra: Revelation for the Kali-Yuga 111
13. The History and Theory of Hatha-Yoga 127
14. The Technology of Traditional Hatha-Yoga 141
15. Ethical Guidelines for Yoga Teachers 157
Epilogue 159