Sharing Sadhana

Insights and Inspiration for a Personal Yoga Practice

Sharing Sadhana

Insights and Inspiration for a Personal Yoga Practice

Victoria Bailey (Author)

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A daily personal yoga practice, or sadhana, is carried out by yogis and yoginis throughout the world every day. Within western culture our knowledge of yoga and yoga practices has been shaped by lessons and insights provided and shared by well-known yoga teachers and yoga therapists in various traditions. Yet, the consistent message from all these teachers is to maintain your own daily practice – honor your sadhana.

Finding and committing yourself to either a particular yogic tradition’s daily discipline or finding the confidence and dedication to create your own yoga practice can be both daunting and challenging to new yoga students while it eventually becomes an essential part of every day for people with an established practice. In Sharing Sadhana, the author provides an overview and outline of what yoga sadhana means within western yoga culture and what it means to prominent and experienced yoga teachers and therapists in the western yoga world. She interviews yoga teachers such as Richard Miller, Nischala Joy Devi, Leslie Kaminoff and other prominent practitioners about their views, advice, and experience of sadhana and what it means to them in their personal daily lives and in their teaching. The book offers a means for these experienced practitioners to share information about their own development of sadhana, to provide insights into their own personal yoga journey as well as sadhana guidance and inspiration to new and seasoned yoga practitioners. It includes the challenges they have faced on their yoga journey and how they have overcome those barriers; their advice to other yoga practitioners; and how their yoga practice has changed over time. Anyone hoping to cultivate a better daily yoga practice will be inspired to begin today.

Introduction
Chapter 1. Paul Grilley
Chapter 2. Wade Imre Morissette
Chapter 3. Molly Lannon Kenny
Chapter 4. Gary Kraftsow
Chapter 5. Susi Hately
Chapter 6. Doug Swenson
Chapter 7. Sarahjoy Marsh
Chapter 8. Erich Schiffmann
Chapter 9. Robin Rothenberg
Chapter 10. Leslie Kaminoff
Chapter 11. Ted Grand
Chapter 12. Sat Dharam Kaur
Chapter 13. Nischala Joy Devi
Chapter 14. Richard Miller
Epilogue
Index
About the Author

Product details

Published	12 Jul 2012
Format	Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition	1st
Extent	224
ISBN	9781442213821
Imprint	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Author

Victoria Bailey

Sharing Sadhana delivers exactly what it promises. . . . The books depth of knowledge and insight make it the perfect book if you’ve been thinking about starting a home yoga practice, because it can free you of the idea that it needs to be like this, or look like that.

The Yoga Lunchbox
What does sadhana mean to you? Victoria Bailey poses this question to 14 prominent yoga teachers and therapists in Sharing Sadhana....This is not a practice-based instructional book; rather, it illuminates the common thread that runs through each sadhana story. Bailey invites (and inspires) all yogis to make a personal yoga practice exactly that: uniquely their own.

Yoga International
An impassioned look at how great yoginis and yogis, through their dedicated sadhana (practice) create a dynamic energy, which empowers their teachings, to inspire each student to experience inner joy.

Nischala Joy Devi, Teacher and Author of The Healing Path of Yoga and The Secret Power of Yoga
What a pleasure, in a world so filled with how to's and must do's, to read Victoria Bailey's lovely book on practice! Yoga enthusiasts of all levels will appreciate the breadth of experience and scope provided by the many wonderful teachers included in this book. Finally, a book that doesn't tell you what to do, instead, one that simply inspires you to find your own practice. If the result of a yoga practice is indeed a light and joyous heart and an expansive mind, the teachers included in this book must all be doing something right, which provides a simple direction for the reader - just practice!

Molly Lannon Kenny, founder and director, The Samarya Center, www.samaryacenter.org www.mollylannonkenny.com
Victoria Bailey's book Sharing Sadhana: Insights and Inspiration for a Personal Yoga Practice is a lovely support to new practitioners and yoga enthusiasts alike! Unlike most yoga books that offer outlined practices, this book inspires the reader to embark on a self-discovery process as modeled by each of the teachers Bailey has interviewed for her book. This intimate view into the making of a yoga practice demonstrates the organic evolution of sadhana and the truly personal nature of one's "personal practice". Through it students of yoga who have strived to find the 'perfect' practice will be reassured that there is no one 'right' way. Honest, moving, and encouraging, the stories shared in this book beckon us to discover the practice which authentically expresses and supports who we are in each present moment.

Robin Rothenberg, certified yoga therapist, Essential Yoga Therapy
Sharing Sadhana is a comprehensive, sweet look at the concept of sadhana from a wide swath of traditions. Each thoughtful chapter captures the heart of each teacher, providing inspiration, maps for contentment and tools for practice. A thoroughly enjoyable read.

Elena Bower, founder, VIRAYOGA and Art of Attention