Yoga And Psychotherapy: The Evolution of Consciousness

So many things you can learn from this, even it you are a psychologist, therapist, yoga'ist. The best part is with Swami Rama around, you dont have to worry if the subject will drift apart, he will not allow it. Even though his co-author is more a trained psychologist (& meditator), but it all & inevitably falls in place when you have a strong & invincible anchorite (co-traveller or leader) in Sw. Rama, so a v. interesting & composite mixture /marriage /amalgamation of philosophy & pshchology, such a mix as is rare to find; atleast I have never come across such a inter-disciplinary mix which is wholesome & suave at the same time.

Very good.

Good

This book provides so much of what I needed to know, and is written in clear language that even I could understand.

a must read for anyone who is serious about yoga, a real eye opener on so many levels and aspects of hatha yoga and beyond the physical and subtler counterparts

This is a classic book on the subject. I can't recommend it highly enough. this one was a Christmas gift for my son who is a psychologist and he is enjoying it immensely. It is full of useful and informative subjects and is a great contribution to the field. I highly recommend it.

It's easy to get overwhelmed in the study of the structure of consciousness. We can start with the symbolic and highly poetic images from the Bhagavad Gita and Rumi. We can plunge into the esoteric, nearly impenetrable treatises on the arcane aspects of yoga and meditation with all the chakras and sheaths and such. We can lose ourselves in the wealth of western psychological advice about self-actualization, avoiding neurotic behavior, and disciplining our self-talk. We can vicariously sit in on those immensely profound conversations with Krishnamurti, trying to learn from his cool, intellectual analysis of the real and the unreal. But the question remains. How can these wildly divergent sources of help be woven together into a comprehensible whole? One way is to get two swamis and a western-trained medical doctor together to create a blended presentation of all these traditions. That is exactly what this book provides. The authors describe how they worked through their own confusion, often staying up all night in the process. The result is "a comprehensive theory of personal evolution which incorporates the best of both systems [east and west]." I thank them for overcoming their confusion because the book helps me overcome mine. This book is dense and challenging, but it rewards the hard work of anyone who studies it diligently. I recommend it highly.