One Simple Thing: The Science of Yoga for Life Transformation - Enhance Mind, Body & Spirit | Perfect for Home Practice, Stress Relief & Wellness Journey
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Yoga was created as a science for liberation, but in modern times it is used by many to improve physical and mental health, helping us become more productive at work, more caring in relationships, more responsible contributors to society, and better inhabitants of this planet. If yoga does accomplish all that―as many practitioners report―how exactly does yoga do it? How does yoga work? Believe it or not, the answers lie in how the human body and mind function. Eddie Stern’s One Simple Thing: A New Look at the Science of Yoga and How It Can Transform Your Life explains from both a yogic and a scientific perspective how the human nervous system is wired. It describes the mechanics taking place beneath the surface of our bodies and shows how we can consciously use yogic practices to direct and change our lives in positive ways. Drawing on modern neuroscience, ancient wisdom, and decades of practice and teaching, Eddie Stern reveals how what we do―from diet to chanting, from postures to meditation, from ethical practices to breathing techniques―affects who we become, and how a steady routine of activities and attitudes can transform our bodies, our brain functions, our emotions, and our experience of life.
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Like many others, yoga has changed my life; it's the only thing that I have that is a 100% return on investment. And like many others who feel the same, I really had no idea why it was so - why does yoga work?Over the years I have kept up with Eddie's podcasts, lectures, etc, and am now reading One Simple Thing for the second time; this time making annotations and spending a little bit more time in each chapter.Eddie does a great job of eliminating the interference that can get in the way of experiencing yoga in the West. Early on in the book, he helps us to frame Yoga as a contemplative practice and begins to steadily build a foundation of understanding through his practical, real-life, modern day interpretations that cut through the opaque and mysterious nature of yogic treatises and elements of the practice.Where Eddie's text really opens up for the reader is when it all comes together in the last chapter: where East and West meet on the neuroscience piece. Using accessible language, he presents his learnings from meeting with subject matter experts in their fields and makes sense of it for us at the right level of information; blending his own personal experience with scientific research. Merging the invisible and the visible worlds. If that's not enough to ponder the question of, "why am I here?" then I don't know what will.One suggestion I have is to listen to some of his recent podcasts between reading the book. This may help enrich your understanding of some of the pieces that may be new to you (the 8 Limbs of Ashtanga yoga, the Yoga Sutras, Sanskrit in general, etc). Further to that, he does spend time talking about the book and can help reinforce some points for you.Slowly, layer by layer, Eddie helps us broaden our perspectives to understand more about how having a practice (yoga, meditation, practicing kindness, etc) can help us discover our purpose in this complex and demanding world.
