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Praise for Yoga for Transformation

In Yoga for Transformation, Gary Kraftsow writes elegantly about Yoga, a subject he knows well and loves. He expands our awareness from the narrow view of Yoga as posture to the broader and deeper understanding of Yoga as a whole system of health and self-awareness. I especially like the section on breathing.

Judith Hanson Lasater, Ph.D, physical therapist, Yoga teacher, and author of Living Your Yoga and Relax and Renew

Viniyoga is a highly intelligent approach to Yoga, and Gary Kraftsow is a very skillful communicator of this integrated approach. Yoga for Transformation is superb.

Georg Feuerstein, founder-president of Yoga Research and Education Center and author of The Shambhala Encyclopedia of Yoga

Comtemporary yogis are really just beginning the task of translating and interpreting the treasure-trove of teachings that lie buried in the Yoga traditions. We should all be enormously grateful for Gary Kraftsows clear-headed and practical approach to this task. Yoga for Transformation will certainly become an essential text for those of us willing to travel to the heart of this practical science of liberation.

Stephen Cope, senior scholar in residence, Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, author of Yoga and the Quest for the True Self

Addressing the heart in its physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects, Gary provides a detailed and comprehensive approach to the practice of Yoga, giving practitioners a variety of tools to help reach their highest potential.

Dean Ornish, M.D.

As Yoga has become increasingly popular in America as a form of exercise and stress management, many Americans are now eager to explore its potential for spiritual growth and personal healing. Gary Kraftsows Yoga for Transformation fulfills this need. Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned veteran of Yoga, this book will be a valuable aid in your practice.

Larry Dossey, author of Healing Beyond the Body and Healing Words

A skillful guide to unlocking the power of Yoga in your own body, mind, and life. All that is needed is for us to turn the key with joy, with love, and always in the form of practice, practice, practice.

Jon Kabat-Zinn, author of Full Catastrophe Living and Wherever You Go, There You Are

Praise for Yoga for Wellness

Gary Kraftsow... will inspire every Yoga enthusiast. I admire his ability to transmit ancient wisdom in the modern context.

T. K. V. Desikacher

Gary Kraftsow is one of Americas leading sources on Yoga therapy. He represents the best of the generation of people who went to India in the seventies to learn Yoga. Because of his mature understanding and experience, Yoga for Wellness is a treasure. It should be included on every Yoga practitioners bookshelf.

Swami Chetanananda, Abbot, Nityananda Institute, and author of Choose to Be Happy

Yoga for Wellness is a timely, splendid, and indespensible contribution to sound Hatha Yoga practice and to the burgeoning field of Yoga therapy.

Georg Feuerstein, Ph.D., President of The Yoga Research and Education Center and author of The Yoga Tradition

Gary has done a great service to the Yoga world by putting his understanding of Viniyoga on paper. There is so much valuable information within these pages. Read it and learn!

Erich Schiffmann, author of Yoga: The Spirit and Practice of Moving into Stillness

A profound and detailed guide to Yoga therapy and Yoga for healing. It contains one of the most sophisticated presentation of sana-s in print, showing how to adapt the Yoga poses to special individual health and energy requirements.

David Frawley, author of Yoga and Ayurveda and Ayurveda and the Mind

I highly recommend this fascinating, practical guide to the ancient art of Yoga.

Mitchell L. Gaynor, M.D., Director of the Strang Cancer Prevention Center and author of Sounds of Healing

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

GARY KRAFTSOWS interest in the spiritual dimension of life was awakened at a very young age. His connection to Yoga and the spiritual traditions of India was strengthened through his studies at Colgate University, where he graduated with honors. At the age of nineteen, he traveled to Madras to meet T. K. V. Desikachar and T. Krishnamacharya, initiating a link to Viniyoga that has become his lifelong dedication.

Gary has taught Yoga and has practiced Yoga therapy since 1976. In 1983 he completed a masters program in psychology and religion at the University of California, Santa Barbara, focusing his study on health as a paradigm for spiritual transformation. In 1988 Gary received the Viniyoga Special Diploma, recognizing his ability to train teachers and therapists in this lineage.

Garys twenty-eight-year relationship with this teaching lineage, and his deep knowledge of and respect for its precious roots, are the foundation for his unique ability to translate and communicate Yoga in a modern Western context as an educator, consultant, and therapist. Gary founded the American Viniyoga Institute, through which he offers in-depth training programs for teachers and therapists, as well as retreats and seminars in all aspects of Yoga. His first book, Yoga for Wellness: Healing with the Timeless Teachings of Viniyoga, continues to be discovered and appreciated by Yoga students and teachers, health professionals, and researchers from around the world.

A NOTE TO THE READER

The information in this book is not intended as a substitute for the advice of physicians or other qualified health professionals. It is not intended to be prescriptive with reference to any specific ailment or condition or to the general health of the reader, but, rather, descriptive of one approach to fostering health and wellness. The reader is advised to consult with his or her physician before undertaking any of the practices contained in this book. The reader should also continue to consult regularly with his or her physician in matters relating to his or her health, particularly in respect to any symptoms that may require diagnosis or medical treatment. Neither the author nor the publisher shall be liable or responsible for any loss, injury, or damage allegedly arising from the use of any information contained in this book.

For Mirka
In Memory of
the Venerable Lama Tenzin

Our good and true personal and spiritual friend

When I first met Gary in 1974 in Chennai, India, he was nineteen years old and a student at Colgate University. Gary took sana lessons as part of the India study program at the University. Somehow, his relation with me clicked, and in spite of the many options he hadhe was a very good student at Colgatehe chose to study Yoga and decided to become a Yoga teacher at a time when Yoga was hardly recognized in the West. We have met every year since then. He went through many obstacles, and the way he evolved step by step to become a good Yoga teacher is, for me, a testament to his conviction in the strength and value of Yoga. I am proud to be his friend.

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