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Introduction to Yoga

Public domain audiobook

Introduction to Yoga

by Annie Besant

English· 03:49:46· 38 chapters
Four lectures by Annie Besant to give an outline and better understanding of Yoga - Summary by Ritu Aarcee

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    Foreword

    01:38
  2. Chapter 2

    Lecture 1. The Nature of Yoga, The Meaning of the Universe

    04:22
  3. Chapter 3

    The Unfolding of Consciousness

    04:52
  4. Chapter 4

    The Oneness of the Self

    00:56
  5. Chapter 5

    The Quickening of the Process of Self-Unfoldment

    03:54
  6. Chapter 6

    Yoga is a Science

    05:37
  7. Chapter 7

    Man a Duality

    05:44
  8. Chapter 8

    States of Mind

    04:18
  9. Chapter 9

    Samadhi

    05:24
  10. Chapter 10

    The Literature of Yoga

    05:43
  11. Chapter 11

    Some Definitions

    04:38
  12. Chapter 12

    God Without and God Within

    02:33
  13. Chapter 13

    Changes of Consciousness and Vibrations of Matter

    05:12
  14. Chapter 14

    Mind

    01:52
  15. Chapter 15

    Stages of Mind

    05:29
  16. Chapter 16

    Inward and Outward-turned Consciousness

    02:32
  17. Chapter 17

    The Cloud

    03:17
  18. Chapter 18

    Lecture 2. Schools of Thought, Its Relation to Indian Philosophies

    33:07
  19. Chapter 19

    Mind

    05:02
  20. Chapter 20

    The Mental Body

    05:23
  21. Chapter 21

    Mind and Self

    06:00
  22. Chapter 22

    Lecture 3. Yoga as Science, Methods of Yoga

    05:01
  23. Chapter 23

    To the Self by the Self

    06:36
  24. Chapter 24

    To the Self through the Not-Self

    03:58
  25. Chapter 25

    Yoga and Morality

    08:14
  26. Chapter 26

    Composition of States of the Mind

    08:00
  27. Chapter 27

    Pleasure and Pain

    14:31
  28. Chapter 28

    Lecture 4. Yoga as Practice, Inhibition of States of Mind

    09:02
  29. Chapter 29

    Meditation with and without Seed

    09:22
  30. Chapter 30

    The Use of Mantras

    02:13
  31. Chapter 31

    Attention

    03:48
  32. Chapter 32

    Obstacles to Yoga

    02:04
  33. Chapter 33

    Capacities for Yoga

    08:46
  34. Chapter 34

    Forthgoing and Returning

    10:56
  35. Chapter 35

    Purification of Bodies

    05:10
  36. Chapter 36

    Dwellers on the Threshold

    08:58
  37. Chapter 37

    Preparation for Yoga

    02:06
  38. Chapter 38

    The End

    03:28