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Enhance your yoga practice with this all-new expanded edition of the ultimate guide to the stories behind the most beloved poses of all time. Many yoga practitioners explore the benefits of yoga through its poses, but did you know that the magic and mystery of yoga lie within the power of yogic mythology? Myths of the Asanas was the first book to collect and retell the ancient tales of yogic myth to a modern audience, and has since become a beloved resource for yoga practitioners and instructors the world over. This expanded edition contains nine unheard stories about some of the yoga world's most beloved poses.   The myths behind yoga’s spiritual tradition have the power to help students of all levels realize their full potential. Understanding the subtle whimsy and power of the child while in child’s pose gives us permission to recall forgotten dreams and find the power to manifest them now. Learning of the disabilities of the great sage Astavakra while attempting his arm-balance pose encourages us to understand how powerful we are when we recognize the strength that lies beyond any perceived limitations. Marveling at the monkey-god Hanuman’s devotion to his best friend, Ram, keeps us in alignment with our integrity during the hanumanasana splits pose as we dig deeply to discover the source of spiritual strength within ourselves. 

In this exciting rendition of the renowned classic, Krishna Dharma retells this epic as a fast-paced novel, but fully retains the majestic mood of the original. As the divinely beautiful Draupadi rose from the fire, a voice rang out from the heavens foretelling a terrible destiny. "She will cause the destruction of countless warriors." And so begins one of the most fabulous stories of all time. Mahabharata plunges readers into a wondrous and ancient world of romance and adventure. A powerful and moving tale, it recounts the history of the five heroic Pandava brothers and their celestial wife. Cheated of their kingdom and sent into exile by their envious cousins, they set off on a fascinating journey on which they encounter mystical sages, mighty kings, and a host of gods and demons. Profound spiritual themes underlie the enthralling narrative, making it one of the world's most revered texts. Culminating in an apocalyptic war, Mahabharata is a masterpiece of suspense, intrigue, and illuminating wisdom.

This guided journal encourages the cultivation of mindfulness and general well-being amid a busy modern lifestyle.Self-Care: A Day and Night Reflection Journal offers a space to commit to your self-care routine with intention and dedication-helping you develop positive thinking, overcome challenging and stressful experiences and negative emotions, and cultivate a general sense of well-being and a healthy lifestyle. This 90-day journal gives you a path to creating a habit of regular self-care that you can carry with you throughout your life. Immersed in your busy day-to-day activities, it's easy to forget to focus on the present and what's most important. This journal provides a place to record your thoughts and activities and consider how they affect your emotional and physical health. The journal is intended for those who want to foster deep reflection as well as for those who simply want to take better care of themselves. Having filled the journal with positive thoughts and routines, you will end up with a personal trove of wonderful reflections, which can be a source of positive inspiration at any time. Filled with delicate illustrations, this 90-day journal will help you integrate self-care and deep reflection into your life. Its 184 lined, acid-free pages made from archival paper take both pen and pencil nicely.

Celebrate the majesty of America’s National Parks all year long with this beautiful 12-month wall calendar. With a breathtaking image highlighting a different U.S. national park for every month of the year, let this stunning calendar inspire you to embrace the majesty of the outdoors in 2024.Revel in the beauty of the U.S. National Parks this year by using this 12-month wall calendar with captivating imagery from some of America’s most treasured natural wonders. A contemporary take on the famous W.P.A. posters of the 1930s, each month of the calendar features original artwork from the popular Fifty-Nine Parks print series which showcases artists’ one-of-a-kind illustrative tributes to these natural wonders. STUNNING LANDSCAPES: Featuring snowy mountains, nighttime stars, roaring waterfalls, mysterious caverns, and more, this calendar showcases the immense variety of natural beauty that can be found across the U.S. FILLED WITH FACTS: Along with eye-catching artwork of a national park, each month’s spread includes a brief description of the park, highlighting its location and unique features INCLUDES MOST VISITED PARKS: Some of America’s most beloved national parks and those rated in the Top Ten Most Visited by the National Park Service are featured: Great Smoky Mountains, Grand Canyon, Rocky Mountain, Zion, Yosemite, Grand Teton, and Olympia FLORA & FAUNA: Artwork illustrates the unique native plants and animals that call these parks home GIFT FOR NATURE LOVERS: This gorgeous calendar makes a thoughtful Christmas gift for any outdoor enthusiast in your life COMPLETE YOUR COLLECTION: Fifty-Nine Parks’ gorgeous artwork of the U.S. National Parks is also featured in The Art of the National Parks coffee table book, The Art of the National Parks Coloring Book, and The Art of the National Parks Park-Lover’s Journal

Despite its popularity in Eastern cultures, and though Eastern and Western scholars alike recognize it as a literary masterpiece, the Ramayana is unknown to most in the West. This edition gives English-speaking readers the best opportunity yet to discover and enjoy this ancient classic.The Ramayana, perhaps the world's oldest literature, is both a spellbinding adventure and a work of profound philosophy, offering answers to life's deepest questions. It tells of another time when gods and heroes walked among us, facing supernatural forces of evil and receiving guidance from powerful mystics and sages. Revered throughout the ages for its moral and spiritual wisdom, the beautiful and uplifting tale of romance and high adventure recounts the odyssey of Rama, a great king of ancient India. Rama, along with his virtuous, courageous wife Sita and faithful brother Lakshmana, is exiled to the forest for fourteen years. There, Sita is abducted by the powerful demon Ravana. With his brother and a fantastic army of supernatural creatures, Rama embarks on a perilous quest to find his beloved Sita.

This collection of beautifully illustrated affirmations from artist Tarn Ellis is a love letter to the soul, inspiring and empowering women of all ages to blossom into their full potential.You Are Home is a love letter to your soul, inspiring and empowering you to blossom into your full potential. The breathtaking illustrations and words of wisdom from artist Tarn Ellis will uplift and energize you, moving you to live a more loving, peaceful, and connected life. Read it cover to cover, flip to any page for instant inspiration, or display it on a coffee table or altar, open to your favorite affirmation. This beautiful book will teach you how to work your magic. To manifest your dreams. To bloom. INSPIRING: Brimming with beautiful, full-color illustrations, this book makes the perfect gift for Mother’s Day, graduations, birthdays, promotions, or any meaningful occasion. INCLUSIVE: Tarn’s evocative illustrations depict women of all colors, shapes, and sizes. INVENTIVE: Can be read cover to cover, flipped to any page for instant inspiration, or displayed on a coffee table or altar, open to a favorite affirmation. EMPOWERING: Gives readers permission to be who they already are, but also encourages them to blossom into their full potential, through messages of reassurance, acceptance, and loving kindness. RESONANT: Themes include appreciating the small things, finding comfort in community, receiving the wisdom of the natural world, cultivating self-care, and manifesting dreams.

Turn your pain into power. Part inspirational memoir, part practical guide, Hiking Your Feelings offers a toolkit to unpack your “trauma pack” and step into the best version of yourself.Join wellness advocate and wilderness guide Sydney Williams as she shares her healing journey from eating and drinking her feelings to hiking her feelings. When Sydney unexpectedly found herself diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, while grappling with grief and unresolved trauma built up over a decade, she set out on a quest to turn her pain into power. Two hikes across Catalina Island and eighty miles later, she learned to disconnect from distractions and reconnect with herself, all through the power of nature. Now, she’s encouraging others to get outside and blaze their own trail to self-love, turning buried traumas into healthy coping mechanisms. With affirmations, prompts, and reflection exercises throughout—all presented from Sydney’s supportive and self-effacing perspective—Hiking Your Feelings offers a toolkit to unpack your “trauma pack” and step into the best version of yourself. INSPIRATIONAL & INSIGHTFUL: Follow Sydney as she reflects on her own journey from buried traumas and poor body image to acceptance, healthy coping mechanisms, and self-love. RELATABLE & UNIVERSAL: Touches on themes and problems that many struggle with, including grief and loss, sexual assault, poor body image, career stress, and the stigma of diabetes, all presented from Sydney’s supportive and self-effacing perspective. HEALING POWER OF NATURE: Discover how getting outside—even just for a walk around the block—can help you tune into your body better. HIKE YOUR OWN HIKE: Learn to love yourself as you are now. Go from eating, drinking, working, or spending your feelings to hiking your feelings. UNPACK YOUR TRAUMA PACK: Identify new activities and rituals that will allow you to choose love over fear and lift the invisible weight from your shoulders. PROMPTS, ACTIVITIES & EXERCISES: Apply the lessons Sydney has learned to your own life, through thoughtful tasks at the end of each chapter.

In this in-depth, engaging guide to the Mahabharata, Hindu Studies scholar Nicholas Sutton explores the central messages of the work's core narratives and passages of instruction, demonstrating how the questions the text poses are as relevant today as they were to those who composed this mighty treatise on human existence. The Mahabharata is a truly vast work of early Sanskrit literature that reflects on a wide range of issues which have concerned people throughout different epochs. Within the context of Indian culture, the significance of the Mahabharata cannot be overstated, as its themes, characters, narratives, and preoccupations have reverberated across the region for centuries. It is well-known that the whole of the epic is structured around a central narrative that tells of an ancient conflict between two branches of the same royal house, the Pandavas and Kauravas. Yet it is also a clearly didactic work that addresses the fundamental meaning of human existence. In Light on the Mahabharata: A Guide to India's Great Epic, Nicholas Sutton examines the multi-faceted manner in which the Mahabharata does this, elucidating the diverse and multi-layered answers the text offers to the many questions it raises. Sutton's book explores why the main characters behave in the manner that they do, the vision of life that motivates them, and the extent to which they are able to prioritise enlightened wisdom over narrow self-interest. Unravelling the Sanskrit epic's myriad lines of reflection, Light on the Mahabharata demonstrates that the questions the work poses and the range of answers it suggests are as relevant in the present day as they were in remote antiquity. OXFORD CENTRE SERIES: The Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies Publishing Series offers authoritative yet accessible introductions to a wide range of subjects in Hindu Studies. Each book in the series aims to present its subject matter in a form that is engaging and readily comprehensible to persons of all backgrounds - academic or otherwise - without compromising scholarly rigour. The series thus bridges the divide between academic and popular writing by preserving and utilising the best elements of both. Other books in the series include The Bhagavad Gita: A New Translation and Study Guide; The Hindu Temple and Its Sacred Landscape; and Women in the Hindu World. EXPERT AUTHOR: Nicholas Sutton has spent the four decades studying, teaching, and writing on the Mahabharata. Sutton is the Director of the Continuing Education Department of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, an academy for the study of Hindu cultures, societies, philosophies, religions, and languages. He received his PhD from Lancaster University, writing his doctoral dissertation on the Mahabharata, and currently writes and tutors online courses on Hindu religious traditions. EDUCATION AID: This book serves as a comprehensive resource for both classwork and independent study of Hinduism. With the integration of discussion questions, suggested further readings, and glossary of Sanskrit terms, Light on the Mahabharata offers an accessible introduction to this enduring Sanskrit epic.

The Life of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu offers a brief history of the 15th-century Vedic spiritual revolutionary, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, who expounded Bhakti yoga, popularized the chanting of Hare Krishna, and is an incarnation of Lord Krishna.In this abridged biography of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Swami B. B. Bodhayan informs how Sri Krsna appeared in the form of Lord Chaitanya to deliver all fallen souls by distributing His love without discrimination. He taught his devotees how to surrender by His own example and how surrender is the soul of devotional practice. Many scriptures describe Lord Chaitanya as non-different from Lord Krsna; although Lord Chaitanya is Krsna Himself, He took the role of being His own devotee to deliver the people of the world. To spread the chanting of the holy name of the Supreme Lord, which will ultimately give us the taste of divine love, Lord Chaitanya took the renounced order (sannyasa). Thus, He gave the order to everyone to spread His name: Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare. We have seen Lord Chaitanya, Himself, preach and inspire people to chant the Hare Krsna mahamantra. But personally, He did not give initiation. He also did not establish any temples. He taught us to spread sankirtana without having any ulterior motives. Our spiritual lineage all follow in the footsteps of Lord Chaitanya. If anyone follows the principle of “first preserve then propagate,” then one shall definitely be delivered from this material world.

With essays, reflection prompts, and tips from award-winning poet and mindfulness teacher James Crews, learn how to integrate the life-changing practice of kindness into your own routine.Kindness Will Save the World inspires reflection on one’s own life, how to find the positive in little moments, and how to radiate kindness to those around you. Read one of the 100 uplifting essays each morning or night and gain inspiration for the new day ahead. With journaling prompts throughout and highlighted Kindness Practices, you are provided the tools to integrate the life-changing practice of kindness into your own life. BITE-SIZE WISDOM: At one to three pages in length each, the stories are heartfelt and thought-provoking, yet brief enough to quickly read during breakfast, on the train, or before bed 100 INSIGHTFUL ESSAYS: In Kindness Will Save the World, you’ll find dozens of inspirational stories highlighting compassion, all captured with a poet’s grace LESSONS FOR LIFE: With writing prompts and simple practices to integrate daily, Kindness Will Save the World will inspire you to lead a kindness-centered lifestyle, enriching your own life and the lives of those around you INSPIRATIONAL GIFT: With a beautiful cover and bite-sized wisdom stories, Kindness Will Save the World is an inspirational gift for anyone in search of hope and light in the world, from new graduates to new parents AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR: James Crews is an award-winning poet and writer. His work has been awarded the Prairie Schooner Prize and Cowles Prize. He has also been featured in The New York Times Magazine, The New Republic, Ploughshares, and The Sun Magazine KINDNESS IS SELF-CARE: Kindness has been linked to improved mood, release of feel-good hormones, and better relationships

The Hindu Temple and Its Sacred Landscape explores Hinduism as it was practised in temples across the Indian subcontinent throughout history, highlighting the temple’s significance as a marker of cultural identity.The Hindu Temple and Its Sacred Landscape illustrates how careful attention to the Hindu temple, its social history, and cultural landscape allows us to better appreciate how Hinduism has been practised and lived throughout history. The Hindu temple was not merely a place of worship or a static indicator of royal generosity but an institution that involved the active participation of the community for its establishment, maintenance, and survival. Rather than studying temples as isolated structures, The Hindu Temple and Its Sacred Landscape thus suggests that we need to examine them in the context of their social base and the sacred microcosms of which they form a part. Through a combination of textual study, archaeological evidence, and insights from contemporary anthropology, the book explores the diverse ways in which devotees, patrons, and visitors have engaged with temples, shrines, and their wider surroundings. Drawing attention to the vibrancy of the Hindu temple in different locales, The Hindu Temple and Its Sacred Landscape traces the ways in which Hindu notions of sanctity and sacredness were defined and redefined throughout history through the diversity of temple audiences, deities, and rituals. The book thus allows us to form a more accurate picture of Hindu religious life in the past and the central role the temple has played in consolidating Hindu identity. EXPERT ANALYSIS: Author Himanshu Prabha Ray provides authoritative analysis of the Hindu temple, drawing on her expertise as an award-winning Sanskrit scholar, historian, and archeologist. SUPPLEMENTAL STUDY: The Hindu Temple and Its Sacred Landscape provides a breadth of educational knowledge as a supplement to both academic coursework and the independent study of Hinduism. With the integration of discussion questions, suggested further reading, a glossary of key terms, and images throughout, The Hindu Temple and Its Sacred Landscape offers an accessible introduction to studying the history and significance of Hindu temples. EXPLORE THE SERIES: The Hindu Temple and Its Sacred Landscape expands the collection of academic texts developed by the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies. The Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies Publishing Series offers authoritative yet accessible introductions to a wide range of subjects in Hindu Studies. Each book in the series aims to present its subject matter in a form that is engaging and readily comprehensible to persons of all backgrounds – academic or otherwise – without compromising scholarly rigour. The series thus bridges the divide between academic and popular writing by preserving and utilising the best elements of both. Women in the Hindu World and The Bhagavad Gita: A New Translation and Study Guide are also available in the series.

Find your way to happiness with this pocket-sized collection of meditations and wisdom.Whether you’re well versed in the art of finding joy in everyday moments, or could use a little help finding your bliss, this gorgeously presented and highly giftable book is filled with cheer and inspiration, featuring over 150 moments of wit and wisdom from writers, speakers, and leaders ranging from the Buddha to Maya Angelou to George Takei. The tiny book is intended for those who want to foster deep reflection on the multifaced nature of joy as well as for those who simply want a little help seeing the best in every day.

This guided journal provides a space for you to mindfully record and reflect on your daily meditation practice.Meditation: A Day and Night Reflection Journal helps you recognize the benefits of your meditation practice by recording your thought patterns, reflecting on your feelings, and tracking how meditation affects your mood and life. Each page of the journal includes a space where you can reflect on your thoughts, mood, and meditative experience. This 90-day journal will help you create and track a daily meditation habit. Having filled the journal with insights, you will end up with a personal trove that can be a source of positive inspiration at any time. The journal features delicate designs inspired by the theme of meditation. Its 184 lined, acid-free pages made from archival paper take both pen and pencil nicely, and the back pocket proves perfect for holding mementos.

World-renowned recording artist Krishna Das gives readers a rare treat: commentary, instruction, and two audio CDs exploring the classic Hindu poem Hanuman Chalisa.Krishna Das is known for his ability to transport music lovers to other worlds with the eloquence of his deep hypnotic voice. This new edition of Flow of Grace offers an updated book and CDs specially created to deepen our understanding of one of the most revered pieces of Hindu literature, the Hanuman Chalisa. Forty lyrical verses give praise to Hanuman, the monkey god known as the pinnacle of bhakti (devotion) and the remover of fears and obstacles. It is said that just by reciting these powerful Sanskrit words, you will gain great strength and confidence and be filled with divine energy. In this book and CD set, Krishna Das explores:   The correct pronunciation and translation of each of the forty transformative verses How to invoke Hanuman’s grace and healing The power of kirtan (sacred chant), chaupai (Hindi poetry), and more   Flow of Grace also includes two recorded CDs of Krishna Das chanting all forty verses of the Hanuman Chalisa so listeners can chant along and experience the healing powers of this great work.  

A comprehensive yoga asana guide, with over 800 unique poses performed by renowned practitioner Yogrishi Vishvketu. *Also appeared in October Buyer's Notes*

This collection of sublime discourses delivered between 1997 and 2000 in the US, Europe and India encapsulate insightful analogies and lucid commentary on the essence of the divine teachings of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and the saints of ancient India. Compelling topics include: the words of Vamsi das Babaji; a humorous description of Krishna's illusory potency; the questions between Yamaraj and Yudhistira Maharaj in the Mahabharata; new insights into the Bhagavad Gita; the holy life of Ambarisha Maharaj and an unforgettable explanation of the inner meaning of Janmastami.

The second book in the Gopal trilogy, Miraculous Gopal sets the stage for some amazing adventures. When the village of Vrindavan is inundated with torrential rains sent by Indra, the furious King of Heaven, Gopal displays his divinity by lifting Govardhan Hill and saving the cows and all of the inhabitants of Vrindavan.