Sports Yoga
By Joe Barks and E.J. Muller

There is no way I could have played as long as I did without yoga," says Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, not retired after an extraordinary 20 years in pro basketball. Many consider Abdul-Jabbar to be the greatest center, maybe the greatest player, in basketball history. "My friends and teammates think I made a deal with the devil. But it was yoga that made my training complete," he says...

Yoga: A Vehicle for Global Healing
by Bikram Choudhury and Emmy S. Cleaves

As we are nearing the end of the 20th century we find humanity suffering from many ills: stress, substance abuse, overweight, chronic illness and AIDS. Many of these problems have their roots in the separation of body from mind. This fragmentation of the human being sends many on a futile search for health, peace of mind and spirituality...

Physics and Vedanta: So Much in Common
by Dr. Mani Bhaumik, Teacher Training Guest Lecturer

The ancient Vedantic concepts that we all cut our spiritual teeth on are a part of the grand reconciliation now going on between science and religion. We find these concepts embodied in the extensive literature starting with the four Vedas and their subsequent elaborations in the Upanishads. The recurring theme of these perceptions is that, underlying all physical reality, there is one abstract entity, Brahman, with the quality of consciousness. Having created the universe, Brahman remains present everywhere today, administering basic aspects of everything in our cosmos....