At a glance
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49 pages — concise but not slight
- By A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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Yoga beyond physical postures — the philosophy underneath the practice
- Explores self-realization and connection with the divine
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A natural entry point to classical yoga teaching
How to use it
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Read it in one sitting first, then again slowly. At 49 pages, that is an achievable plan.
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Read it before or after practice, not instead of it — the text assumes a body as well as a mind.
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Underline as you go. Short books get lent out and come back; your marks are the map back in.
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Use it as a gift for a mat-only practitioner. It is short enough that it actually gets read.
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Follow it with a longer text once the framework has landed.
✨ Temple Tip — short books deserve a second pass, not a shelf
A 49-page book has a particular hazard: it gets finished quickly and filed immediately, which is precisely the wrong response to a dense text. Leaving it out for a week and rereading it once more before it goes on the shelf costs almost nothing and roughly doubles what you keep.
Questions we get asked
How long is it?
49 pages.
Is this a book about yoga postures?
No. It explores the deeper dimensions of yoga beyond the physical postures — the philosophy and the aim behind the practice.
Who wrote it?
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
Who is it for?
Readers interested in classical yoga teaching and its transformative potential, including practitioners whose experience so far is mainly physical.
Do I need to have read the Bhagavad Gita first?
No, though the two sit well together and many readers move from one to the other.
About this edition: Cover art and printing details follow the current print run and may differ slightly from the photographs. Ships within 3 business days.
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