Triangle (Utthita Trikonasana), 32, 32, 71, 96, 126, 183
UCLA, 159
Udupa, Katil, xx, 166–71, 178, 183
Stress and Its Management by Yoga, 168
Ujjayi Pranayama (Victorious Breath), 83, 84, 87, 168, 206
unconscious, and creativity, 197–98, 201
universe, becoming one with, 18
University of California at Davis, 59–63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 70, 72, 74
University of Pennsylvania, 205–6
University of Wisconsin, 68, 69, 72
Urdhva Dhanurasana (Wheel or Upward Bow), 117, 117, 121, 126, 167, 183
Usatine, Richard, xx, 159–60
uterine prolapse, 147
Utthita Padangusthasana (Extended Hand to Big Toe), 124, 125
Utthita Parsvakonasana (Extended Side Angle), 30, 31, 126, 131
Utthita Trikonasana (Triangle pose), 32, 32, 71, 96, 126, 183
vagus nerve, 41–43
Vajrasana (Thunderbolt pose), 96, 110–11, 110
Valium, 99
Valsalva maneuver, 236n
vasodilation, 93
vegetarianism, 170–71
vertebral arteries, 113–14, 118, 119, 120–21, 127–28, 134
Victorious Breath (Ujjayi Pranayama), 83, 84, 87, 168, 206
vigilance, 88
Viniyoga, xxiii, 30, 133
Vinyasa yoga, xxiii, 30, 48, 50, 58, 64, 99, 134
Virabhadrasana (Warrior pose), 147–48, 147
vital capacity, 50–51
vital index, 50–51, 67
VO2 max (oxygen consumption), 53, 55, 56, 63, 68
Wade, Claude M., 18
Warrior (Virabhadrasana), 147–48, 147
Weber, Evelyn, 106, 107
weight, xxx, 96–98, 160
Weill Medical College, New York, 117
Weintraub, Amy, xx, 9, 79–80, 153, 216
Yoga for Depression, 79, 98, 102
Weizsäcker, Carl von, xx, 209–10
Wenger, 158
Wharton, David A., 22
Wheel or Upward Bow (Urdhva Dhanurasana), 117, 117, 121, 126, 167, 183
whiplash, 112
White, David Gordon, xx, 15, 26
Williams, Sharon, 142
Wise, Nan, xxi, 192–93
Wodeyar clan, 29–30
women:
and emotions, 79
in Gune’s ashram, 29
in research studies, 66, 67, 68, 183
and testosterone, 169–70, 172–73
yoga’s popularity with, 29, 33, 34
World Health Organization, 54
World War I, 197
World War II, 198
World Yoga Center, 69
X-Rated Exercises, 131
Yee, Rodney, 59
yoga:
adaptability of, 60
and aerobics, xxix, 49–50, 55–58, 60, 63, 68, 69, 72
author’s interest in, 5–9
benefits of, xxxi, 4–5, 39–41, 69, 73
big business of, 3–4, 66, 218
and brain studies, 99–100
calories burned in, 71, 74
celebrities practicing, 33, 107–8, 198–99
changing nature of students, 109
chronology, xxv–xxxi
classes of mass instruction, 29, 182
ecstatic union in, 15–16
evolution of, 39, 49, 73, 105, 215–22
and exercise, 5–6, 49, 55–57, 60, 63, 64–65, 67, 68
and feeling good, 57, 75, 77–78
and fitness, see fitness
flowing movements, 58
growth of, 2
health agenda of, 39–43, 72, 73, 215; see also healing
hot, 3, 47–48, 88, 99, 123–24, 181
and metabolism, 22, 37, 39–40
miraculous focus in, 17–18
and moods, see moods
yoga (cont.)
New Age approach to, 17
numbers of practitioners, 48, 127
in olden times, 14–18
physiological slowing in, 40
popularity of, 1–4, 29, 39
postural, 16, 58
premium lifestyle of, 3
and psychotherapy, 80
public image of, 103, 105, 154, 215, 218–19
and relaxation, see relaxation
research on, 6–9, 25, 39–44, 55–57, 59–63, 66–72
risk of injury, see injuries
status and cachet in, 109
teacher licensing, 149–53
teacher training, 128–29
therapeutic, see healing
warriors, 17
Yoga: A Scientific Evaluation (Behanan), xv, 83–84
Yoga Alliance, 134, 135, 151
Yoga and the Wisdom of Menopause (Francina), 150
YogaButt program, 65
Yoga Education Society (YES), 218
YogaFit, 50, 64–65
yoga foot drop, 111
Yoga for Arthritis (Fishman), 143
Yoga for Depression (Weintraub), 79, 98, 102
Yoga for Dummies (Feuerstein and Payne), 74, 156–59
Yoga Health Foundation, 2
Yoga in Modern India (Alter), 29
Yoga Journal, 3
and fitness, 64, 65, 69, 73, 74
and injuries, 109, 124–28, 132, 133
and licensing, 150
surveys by, 154
Yoga Loft of Bethlehem, 91
Yoga Magazine, 169
Yoga Makaranda (Honey of Yoga) (Krishnamacharya), 30–31
Yoga Mimansa, 25, 26, 28, 103, 175
yoga moms, 3
Yogananda, xxi, xvii
Autobiography of a Yoga, xvii–xxviii, 34
claims of full heart stoppage, 40
death of, 35, 43
Super Advanced Course, 34
Yogani, xxx, 186
yoga paradox, 177, 221
Yoga Rx (Payne and Usatine), 159–60
yogasm, 182
Yoga Spirit, 134
Yoga Sutras (Patanjali), xxv, 58
Yoga World, 132
Yogi, Punjab, xxi
Yogi, Ramandana, and live burial, 36
Yoni Tantra, xxvi
You Must Relax (Jacobson), 82
Zador, Veronica, 153
About the Author
WILLIAM J. BROAD has practiced yoga since 1970. A senior writer at The New York Times, he has written hundreds of front-page articles and won every major award in print and television during more than thirty years as a science journalist. With Times colleagues, he has twice won the Pulitzer Prize, as well as an Emmy and a duPont. He is the author or coauthor of seven books, including Germs: Biological Weapons and America’s Secret War (Simon & Schuster, 2001), a number one New York Times bestseller. He has three adult children and lives with his wife in the metropolitan New York area, where he enjoys doing Sun Salutations.
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