Place of Publication:  New Delhi
Publisher: D.K. Printworld (P) Ltd.
Edition: 1st ed.
Year of Publication: 2003
Physical Description: xxviii+324p., Figures; Glossary; Bibliography; Index; 23cm.
Book Format: Hardcover
Language: English


Transliteration Chart

Prologue

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

List of Figures

1.       Theory of Yoga-Nidra

The Original Myth of Yoga-Nidra

Seers’ Imitation

Hypnotic Trance

The Hidden Observer

Four States of the Self

Non-Discrete States

The Whirls of the Citta and their Restraint

What is Mind?

Consciousness

Virad or Mahat

The Evolution of Mind

The Psychic Centres in the Subtle Body

The Symbology of the Cakras

Systems Controlled by the Cakras

The Prana and the Sub-Pranas

Network of Rivers and Rivulets

Indian versus Freudian Depth Psychology

Personality in Indian Psychology

The Cause of Personality Difference

Personality Types in Western Psychology

The Sheaths: The Sites of Memory and Samskaras

Freudian Mind versus Yoga-Vedanta Mind

The Conscious and the Unconscious of Yoga-Vedanta

The Meaning of Karma in Yoga-Vedanta

Freudian Psychoanalysis

Critique of Psychoanalysis

The Psychological Basis of Yoga-Nidra

Technique for the Induction of the Yoga-Nidra State

Sankalpa (Resolve)

Nyasa as a Technique for the Shifting of Awareness

Prescriptions and Proscriptions for a Yogi

Asanas and Pranayamas Preliminary to Yoga-Nidra

2.       Practice of Yoga-Nidra

Steps Preparatory to Yoga-Nidra

Prana-Sancalana Kriya

Base Position

Asanas (Useful for Yoga-Nidra)

Shavasana (the Corpse Pose)

Padmasana (the Lotus Pose)

Siddhasana (the Accomplished Pose)

Svastikasana (the Auspicious Pose)

Sukhasana (the Easy or Comfortable Pose)

Sarvangasana (the Shoulder-Stand Pose)

Halasana (the Plough Pose)

Matsyasana (the Fish Pose)

Pashcimottanasana (the Back-Stretching Pose)

Bhujangasana (the Cobra or the Serpent Pose)

Shalabhasana (the Locust Pose)

Vajrasana (the Thunderbolt Pose)

Naukasana or Navasana (the Boat Pose)

Makarasana (the Crocodile Pose)

Surya Namaskara (Salutation to the Sun)

Pranamasana (the Prayer Pose)

Hasta Uttanasana (the Raised Arms Pose)

Padahastasana (the Hand to Foot Pose)

Ashva Sancalanasana (the Equestrian Pose)

Parvatasana (the Mountain Pose)

Ashtanga Namaskara (Salute with Eight Limbs)

Bhujangasana (the Serpent Pose)

Parvatasana (the Mountain Pose)

Ashva Sancalanasana (the Equestrian Pose)

Padahastasana (the Hand to Foot Pose)

Hasta Uttanasana (the Raised Arms Pose)

Pranamasana (the Prayer Pose)

Full Round of Surya Namaskara

Precautions

The Practice of Asanas in Order of Preference

Pranayama

Asanas for Pranayama

Mudras for Pranayama

Nasikagra or Nasagra-Mudra (Nose-Tip Mudra)

Cin-Mudra (Psychic Gesture of Consciousness)

Jnana-Mudra (Psychic Gesture of Knowledge)

Cinmaya-Mudra (Psychic Gesture of Pervading Consiousness)

Adi-Mudra (Primal Gesture)

Brahma-Mudra (Psychic Gesture of All-Pervading Consciousness)

Bhairva and Bhairavi-Mudra (Terrifying Gestures)

Prana-Vayu-Mudras (Vital Gestures)

Khecari or Nabho-Mudra (Tongue Lock)

Bandhas for Pranayama

Jalandhara Bandha (The Throat-Lock or the Chin-Lock)

Uddiyana Bandha (The Abdominal Retraction Lock)

Mula Bandha (The Perineum Retraction Lock)

Mahabandha or Bandha-Traya (The Triple Lock)

Nadi-Sodhana Pranayama

Kumbhaka-Rahita Variety

Kumbhaka-Sahita Variety

Nadi-Shodhana Pranayama with Antara Kumbhaka

Nadi-Shodhana Pranayama with Antara and Bahya Kumbhakas

Ujjayi Pranayama

Variety-1 (The Basic Form)

Variety-2 (With Ajajpa Japa)

Variety-3 (With Pranava Japa)

Variety-4 (With Jalandhara Bandha)

Variety-5 (With Khecari-Mudra and Jalandhara Bandha)

Variety-6 (With Antara Kumbhaka and Bahya Kumbhaka)

Yoga-Nidra

Preparation (Prastuti)

Relaxation (Shithilikarana)

Resolve (Sankalpa)

External Shifting of Consciousness (Bahirnyasa)

Internal Rotation of Consciousness (Antarnyasa)

Vishuddhi Cakra

Anahata Cakra

Manipura Cakra

Svadhishthana Cakra

Muladhara Cakra

Ajna Cakra

Mental Channel Purification through Reverse Counting (Saviloma Ganana Manasika Nadi-Sodhana)

Moving Visualization of Scenarios (Kalpanika Caladdrshya-Darshana)

Images of Faith, Reverence and Love

Familiar Trees

Familiar Flowers

Familiar Animals

Familiar Birds

Day and Night Scenario

Seasonal Scenario

Aquatic Scenario

Green Scenario

Worship and Death

Resolve (Sankalpa)

Finish (Samapti)

3.       Applications of Yoga-Nidra

Applications of Yoga-Nidra Categorized

Category-1:

Early Getting Up from the Bed

Loving Your Wife

To Build-up Courage during the Period of Bad days

To Develop Satisfaction (Santosa) in the Availing Conditions

To Surrender to God

To Develop Will Power

To Improve Ones Vitality

Category-2:

Giving up Addictions

To Abstain from Extra-Marital Sex Relation

To Switch Over from Non-Vegetarianism to Vegetarianism

To give up an Unconscious, Psychotic Behaviour

To Control Anger and Short-Temperedness

To Give up Cruelty and Violence

Not to Hate a Person

Not to Covet

To Shun Jealousy

Category-3:

Peptic Ulcer

Chronic Colitis

Psychosomatic Skin Disorders

Asthma

Thyrotoxicosis

Stress-Induced Organic Heart Diseases

Stress-Induced Functional Cardiac Disorders

Hypertension

Essential Hypertension - Secondary Hypertension - Ageing, Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension

Stress-Induced Cancer

Chronic Arthritis

Tension Headache

Mental Conflict

Category-4:

Decreased Secretion of Ovarian Hormones

Decreased Secretion of Insulin in Diabetes Mellitus

Osteoporosis

Alzeimer’s Disease

Insomnia

Control of Sleep by the Brain - Aetiology of Insomnia - Yoga Therapy for Insomnia

Category-5

Category-6:

Leucocytes in Blood

Immunity

Cell-Mediated Immunity - Antibody-Mediated (Humoral) Immunity - the Immune System - Yoga and Immunity

Category-7:

Multi-Dimensionality of Yoga-Nidra

4.       Addenda

The Tantric Nyasa

Bahirmatrika Nyasa

Rishyadinyasah (Nyasa for the Seera and Others)

Karanyasah (Nyasa on the Hands)

Hridayadishadanganyasah (Nyasa on the Six Organs - Heart, etc)

Matrikanyasa

Antarmatrika Nyasa

Rishyadinyasah

Karanyasah

Hridayadishadanganyasah

Matrikanyasah

Glossary (of Indic terms only)

Bibliography

Index