Practical Yoga Psychology Paperback – October 20, 2006

I have read only the first seven chapters as of yet and I recommend this book wholeheartedly to every human being. This is the most true of psychology books on the entire being of we humans. I have taken psychology and sociology and philosophy in college but those classes and all of those psychology books, etc., pale in comparison with this more complete text on the human self.Not only does this book derive from a spiritual source but a scientific one. A more pure science than that of any western doctors or philosphers. Vivekananda writes about the Human from all aspects, The Good, The Bad and The Inbetween, noting that although humans do bad things or are of a lower vibrational standing, this does not make them inhuman or lost. We are creatures of adaptation and evolution. We can take steps via this wonderful and life giving world of yoga, but first we must look at ourselves, write down the wrong and move toward the light (not meaning what I think, you think this means) We can reach Yoga while still here and enjoy it.To get to the point, the book is superb. With this book, one can more fully understand the whole self ie. physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, etc., whether it is one self or the community at large. This is one of Bihar Scool of Yoga's pwerhouse books necessary for every ones library. Without the knowledge of change, how can we? At the rate we are going without it, world suffering can only be prolonged.... The book is well written and although it may be tough in a few spots since we must adapt out brains to this language, if you take your time, like I, you will get a grasp on it. Enjoy...

The western mind needs explanations that the "Practical Yoga Psychology" needs to be satisfied. If you have ever wanted to understand the energetic level of your being, this book will give you new meanings to the standard fare we are given. D. Rishi Vivekanada has managed to make the ideas of the koshas and of the chakras clear and exciting.It is not a book to race through: the concepts have to be understood and "tasted" at an existential level to truly bring us beyond the limitations of our daily mind. It has help me transcend the tethers of my old ideas and allowed fresh views to enter. Thank you for writing this nice work.

Interesting book and a new way of perceiving yoga! I recommend it.

I do not have a huge psychology background, but this book really makes psychology understandable and as a yogi, I love how it combines yogic philosophy with psychology. Very easy to read for anyone interested in yoga and/or psychology.

This is a must read for psyclogogists and practicians of yoga.

Excellent book!!!

A friend of mine sent me this book recently from abroad for my birthday... This book is really really great. Explanations are very clear and, although very concise for such a vast subject, very simple to understand. Congratulations and many thanks to the author !

Over a couple of days and nights I had absorbed and soaked the principles laid in this treatise from cover to cover. In short, the book felt "un-put-downable". What makes the read luminous, is the clarity with which Vivekananda describes ancient terms from Yoga, Samkhya and Tantra, that are being regurgitated constantly and (mis)appropriated incessantly by the new age gurus, rushing out their latest offering that hams together many of these ideas to suit the palate of the recently minted fans of "everything to do with yoga".He doesn't take much of our time, with short practical statements he makes subtle distinctions, to help the reader recognize the complex variations that birth the chakra-guna-kosha-antahkarana complex of each individual self. And then, he proceeds to elaborate on the possibility of maturing our particular state of self to the next "better" possibility...again using non-mystical vocabulary, very precisely as though laying out the most easy to access set of things the 21rst C. self can do"!A pure and wondrous book that would luminate the library of those who already have a remarkable collections of the texts from the Satyananda Yoga School. In short I would recommend it as a must read for the serious practitioner of classical Yoga, interesting in getting to the essence of Yoga's promise for divinizing our human potential.