Yoga Wisdom at Work: Finding Sanity Off the Mat and On the Job [Paperback]

Everyone knows that yoga helps reduce stress and increase the body’s flexibility and strength. But the physical aspects barely scratch the surface of yoga’s transformative powers. The poses are only one part of a larger philosophy offering profound insights for confronting the complexities of daily life. Yoga can help you remain centered, compassionate, positive, and sane every hour of the day—especially those between nine and five.

This unprecedented guide shows how practicing the full range of yogic concepts—the traditional “Eight Limbs of Yoga”—leads to a productive, creative, and energizing work environment and features examples from professions like law enforcement, teaching, banking, filmmaking, medicine, and many more. But beyond that, this book is an invitation to useallof yoga’s teachings to cultivate the spark of the divine that dwells within each of us.Foreword by Christine Day
Note to Our Readers
INTRODUCTION: Work and the Yogic Path
ONE: Beginner’s Mind: The Power and the Promise
TWO: The First Limb: Universal Morality
The Yamas
NON-VIOLENCE (AHIMSA)
NON-LYING (SATYA)
NON-STEALING (ASTEYA)
NON-SQUANDERING OF VITAL ENERGIES (BRAHMACHARYA)
NON-GREED (APARIGRAHA)
THREE: The Second Limb: Personal Code of Conduct
The Niyamas
PURITY (SAUCHA)
CONTENTMENT (SANTOSHA)
DISCIPLINE (TAPAS)
SELF-STUDY (SVADHYAYA)
SURRENDER (ISHVARA-PRANIDHANA)
FOUR: The Third Limb: Postures (Asana)
FIVE: The Fourth Limb: Breath Control (Pranayama)
Pranayama Techniques
SIX: The Fifth Limb: Withdrawal of the Senses (Pratyahara)
SEVEN: The Sixth Limb: Focus (Dharana)
EIGHT: The Seventh Limb: Meditation (Dhyana)
NINE: The Eighth Limb: Absorption (Samadhi)
CONCLUSION: Finding Your Way
Glossary of Terms
Resources
Acknowledgments
Index
About the Authors
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