Yoga Wise

Molly Chanson, MA, (Milwaukee, WI) has been practicing yoga for more than twenty-five years and completed her teacher training at the renowned Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Massachusetts. Molly is an educator, writer, and entrepreneur who taught writing and international English courses at Columbia College in Chicago for fourteen years. She also teaches a year-long yoga course online.

Contents

Disclaimer xv

Introduction 1

Practice 1: Cleansing (Saucha) 7

Practice 2: The Body 39

Practice 3: The Practice 71

Practice 4: Breath (Pranayama) 103

Practice 5: Presence (Pratyahara) 135

Practice 6: Rewriting Stories (Samskara) 167

Practice 7: Ungrasping (Aparigraha) 199

Practice 8: Surrender (Ishvara Pranidhana) 231

Practice 9: Walking through the Fire (Tapas) 259

Practice 10: Truth (Satya) 291

Practice 11: Unconditional Love 323

Practice 12: Transformation (Dharma) 355

Conclusion 389

Acknowledgments 391

Recommended Reading 393

Glossary of Sanskrit Terms 395

Bibliography 399