The Secret Power of Yoga: A Woman's Guide to the Heart and Spirit of the Yoga Sutras

A journey thru the sutras -- SAMADHI PADA: Union with the divine self. Humble beginnings -- We are all divine -- Rays of consciousness -- Practice and remember -- Bhakti yoga: cultivating the yoga of devotion -- The four locks and four keys: sustaining equanimity -- Samadhi: merging with the divine consciousness -- SADHANA PADA: Cultivation of spiritual practice. Kriya yoga: the venerable threefold path -- The Kleshas: dissolving the veils -- Karma and karma yoga: as you sow, so shall you reap -- Jnana Yoga: the yoga of intuitive wisdom -- Asthaanga yoga: the eight-faceted path -- Yama: reflection of our true nature -- Niyama; evolution toward harmony -- Hatha yoga: harmonizing body, breath, and senses -- VIBHUTI PADA: The divine manifestation of power. Antara Yoga: the inner quest -- KAIVALYA PADA: Supreme liberation -- Continuing a lifelong study of yoga sutras -- The yoga sutras heartfully expressed.;Yoga is well known for its power to create a healthy body, but few realize the emotional and spiritual benefits. In 'The Secret Power of Yoga', world-renowned Yoga expert Nischala Joy Devi interprets Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, the principles at the basis of Yoga practice, from a heaert-centered, intuitive, feminine perspective, resulting in the first translation intended for women.