Yoga through the Ages: A Distillation of Major Texts of the Yoga Traditions

Yoga is an infinitely complex landscape of intersecting lineages, traditions, and streams of wisdom. Yoga Through the Ages dips into several of the major texts of these traditions and distills their essential teachings, drawing out the elements that are of particular relevance to a student, teacher, or practitioner of yoga today.

I first visited India in 2000 as part of a university study abroad program. It was September, the end of summer before the monsoon, and it was hot. Jet-lagged and h...