Paul Bartholomew

Mystic Yoga Paul Bartholomew

Yoga has always had mystical and spiritual elements that current Yoga practice often overlooks in favour of a more postural emphasis. Mystic Yoga explains how a deep mystic spirituality characterised earliest Yoga practice, an understanding of which is of great value to Yoga practitioners who seek to expand their knowledge of this ancient science.
Yoga teachers can also deepen their knowledge of the different approaches to Yoga, including the Yogas of Lifestyle, Knowledge and Devotion, as well as how the Yogic tradition emerged as a synthesis of the nine principles schools of Indian Philosophy, including Buddhism.
The book also explores the relationship between India and Europe, in terms of colonialism, philosophy, and religion.
Ultimately, Yoga is a union between individual and higher consciousness - a mystic state that defies reason, logic and explanation.