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Shadow Yoga Chaya Yoga: The Principles of Hatha Yoga
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According to one of the forefathers of Hatha Yoga, twelfth-century poet-saint Allama Prabhudeva, "the body is nothing but layers of frozen shadows": the shadow of joy, the shadow of the intellect, the shadow of the mundane mind, the power principle, the gross structure, the luster of the skin, and the shadow of the ground.
"By considering the list of shadows," author Shandor Remete writes, "one can see how different people are stuck on different planes. Some are joy-hunters; some...power-mongers, while others are intellectuals and so on. There is nothing wrong with these kinds of behaviour, but by themselves they lead nowhere. However, if these shadows are correcly investigated with an open mind, then they can fuel the journey to enlightenment." Remete examines how each shadow acts as a "blockage of light", and reveals the physical exercises that practitioners may use to open up the body and enhance its flow of vitality.
Shadow Yoga also covers aspects of yogic training that are little understood in popular yoga literature, such as the role of the marma points (energy points in the body) and the influence of the zodiac. Such knowledge has been almost entirely lost in modern western schools of yoga, yet in India, it is considered essential for progress along a genuine contemplative path.
According to one of the forefathers of Hatha Yoga, twelfth-century poet-saint Allama Prabhudeva, "the body is nothing but layers of frozen shadows": the shadow of joy, the shadow of the intellect, the shadow of the mundane mind, the power principle, the gross structure, the luster of the skin, and the shadow of the ground.
"By considering the list of shadows," author Shandor Remete writes, "one can see how different people are stuck on different planes. Some are joy-hunters; some...power-mongers, while others are intellectuals and so on. There is nothing wrong with these kinds of behaviour, but by themselves they lead nowhere. However, if these shadows are correcly investigated with an open mind, then they can fuel the journey to enlightenment." Remete examines how each shadow acts as a "blockage of light", and reveals the physical exercises that practitioners may use to open up the body and enhance its flow of vitality.
Shadow Yoga also covers aspects of yogic training that are little understood in popular yoga literature, such as the role of the marma points (energy points in the body) and the influence of the zodiac. Such knowledge has been almost entirely lost in modern western schools of yoga, yet in India, it is considered essential for progress along a genuine contemplative path.
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