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In this remarkable book about yoga, William Broad, a lifelong practitioner, shows us that unusual states are essential to a concealed world of risk and pay back that sits beneath clouds of misconception, superstition, and hype.Five years in the making, The Science of Yoga exercises draws on more than a century of painstaking research to present the first impartial analysis of a practice thousands of years old. It celebrates what's real and shows what's illusory, identifies what's uplifting and beneficial and what's flaky and dangerous-and why. Broad illuminates how yoga can lift moods and inspire creativeness. He exposes techniques that can cripple and get rid of. As knowledge often will, this groundbreaking booklet also reveals mysteries. It reveals a remarkable body of data that boosts questions about whether humans have latent features for entering areas of suspended animation and unremitting intimate bliss.The Science of Yoga exercises needs us on the riveting travel of unknown yoga that runs from old archives in Calcutta to the planet capitals of medical research, from storied ashrams to spotless laboratories, from sweaty yoga studios with professional teachers to the comfortable offices of yoga healers. Broad unveils a burgeoning global industry that appeals to not only wondering researchers but true believers and charismatic hustlers. In the end, he shatters common myths, lays out sudden benefits, and will be offering a compelling eye-sight of how the historic practice can be better.
