Timeless Books

The Inner Life of Asanas
Swami Lalitananda in New York City

Join Inner Life of Asanas author Swami Lalitananda at Omega Institute's Being Yoga in New York City October 10-13, 2008.

Enjoy the opportunity to explore the Inner Life of Asanas with one of the world's most experienced Hidden Language Hatha Yoga teachers. Engage with the technique that aligns body, mind & spirit using meditation, Yoga postures, writing and reflection to connect you deeply with inspiration and healing.

Swami Lalitananda writes the "Hidden Language Hatha Yoga" column for the award-winning yoga magazine, ascent. She directs radha yoga & eatery, a space that embraces yoga, art, culture, and community in the downtown eastside of Vancouver, Canada. Swami Lalitananda has studied Swami Sivananda Radha's teachings for 30 years. She is dedicated to making yoga accessible and significant in everyday life and has taught Hidden Language Hatha Yoga since 1988. This unique approach stretches the body and opens the mind to psychological and spiritual insights.

Inside Outside Overlap
By Billy Mavreas

Drawn out of ascent magazine's comic strip feature "Tales from the Vase," this first graphic novel by Montreal artist Billy Mavreas recounts a hero's journey, from the hidden murk of the subconscious to the heights of potential and self - healing.

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The Glass Seed
By Eileen Delehanty Pearkes

From the heart of the mountains in British Columbia comes this uplifting memoir that delves into the nature of memory and the power of the human heart to heal.

The touching language of The Glass Seed reveals the influence of yoga, and an intensely personal approach to the politics of womanhood, from this emerging writer in the literary tradition of women's spiritual memoir.

Read more about The Glass Seed and Eileen's articles in ascent

Hatha Yoga
By Swami Sivananda Radha

Access the symbolism in Hatha Yoga.

Long considered essential reading for Hatha Yoga students and teachers, the revised 20th anniversary edition of Hatha Yoga: The Hidden Language presents 22 classical Hatha asanas with exploration into their symbolic natures. Swami Sivananda Radha explores the mythological meaning of each posture as she encourages the Hatha yogi to stretch beyond the physical.

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Light & Vibration
By Swami Sivananda Radha

Explore higher consciousness with Light and Vibration: Consciousness, Mysticism and the Culmination of Yoga. This book presents a living philosophy, an exciting exploration of higher consciousness that challenges spiritual preconceptions and stimulates deep reflection.

The Yoga of Healing
By Swami Sivananda Radha

The heart of yogic practices promises vast potential to heal body, mind and spirit, and that the resources to heal reside within the individual.

The Yoga of Healing explains how these powerfull practices can be brought alive in our daily pursuit of health, harmony and wellbeing.