Swami Kripalu's Ladder of Yoga

A book for practicingYogalike Swami Kripalu did.Swami Kripalu (1913-81) was an Indian saint and social activist who experienced a profound energetic awakening in mid-life and spent his last four decades intensively practicing asana, pranayama, and meditation in a quest to scale theladder of yogato its highest rung. This is the first book to present his teachings onyogaand a host of related esoteric topics in a straightforward manner that enables them to be sensibly applied on the mat and cushion by todays practitioners.The book also traces the efforts of the author and a cadre of other Westerners sometimes effectively, other times not to progress along Swami Kripalus path ofyogathrough the type of systematic practice he valued so highly. Presented in contemporary language, these are potent teachings true to the roots of historicyogato bring its mysteries alive for todays students.