Yoga of the Subtle Body: A Guide to the Physical and Energetic Anatomy of Yoga

the spine is the axis mundi, the channel through which the kuṇḍalinī, the primary biological force, is believed to reside. The midline of the body is relevant to the spinal cord, limbic brain, and autonomic nervous system.

The answer is never the answer. What’s really interesting is the mystery. If you seek the mystery instead of the answer, you’ll always be seeking. I’ve never seen anybody really find the answer—they think they have, so they stop thinking. But the job is to seek mystery, evoke mystery, plant a garden where strange plants grow and mysteries bloom. Th

The word chakra, like many words in the Sanskrit language, has multiple meanings. It can mean a winding river, a cycle of years, a snake, a circular flight of birds, a potter’s wheel, a prayer wheel, or an astronomical circle like the zodiac. In the body, the chakras are part of the imagined body: they have associations with geometric designs, anim