<p>This book is a compilation of knowledge acquired through several years deep study</p><p>and immersion into the esoteric and philosophical sides of Yoga. Yoga is of course a</p><p>full time activity when we understand it properly and it is one if the subjects that as</p><p>we study it reveals more and more to us, an endless study of our own true innermost</p><p>nature.</p><p>This book is aimed at Yoga Sadhaks practitioners who are embracing the yogic lifestyle</p><p>and who want to sincerely study Yoga at it roots and grow and evolve spiritually as</p><p>Human beings, evolving into higher thought and practices of Yoga.</p><p>The book takes us through the stages of Raja Yoga and Asht-anga Yoga, the eight yogic</p><p>steps to enlightenment and then includes many other concepts that are key foundation</p><p>knowledge the serious Yoga sadhaka should try to understand. The book completes</p><p>with some mantras that one can use for their own practice and a literal translation of</p><p>the Yoga Sutras ancient sanskrit scriptures codified by Yogamaharishi Patanajai. Each</p><p>Sutra is translated word for word to allow some of our own interpretation into the</p><p>sense these give us when put together into Sutras.</p><p>This book will I hope bring some reminder to Yoga Practitioners that the true practice</p><p>of Yoga is very much &lsquo;off the mat&rsquo; a modern phrase which in itself reveals how much</p><p>Yoga has come away from its roots as it had little to do with mats for a start! This</p><p>book and the lessons and stories within it I hope to inspire Yoga Sadhaks to keep in</p><p>touch with the roots and philosophical studies alongside the more widely practiced</p><p>Asana work, which should be only a small part of this great holistic science.</p>