Yoga Nidra, Yogic Trance

Healing of body and mind through yoga is gaining immense significance at present as a worldwide science of therapy. In this context, yoganidra, a selftherapy technique of yoga and tantra, is important as an effective means of regulating the mind. In this volume, Dr. Panda, a noted philosopher and psychologist, yogi and tantrist, delves into the principles and practices of yoganidra based on materials from the tantras and Patanjali Yoga in an attempt to explain its benefits with special reference to modern medicine.The book presents yoganidra as a scientific discipline that is a potent means to strengthen the bodys immune system and thus to prevent and cure diseases and to regulate ones life patterns. It examines in detail the theory of yoganidra, going into the Indian concept of mind and personality. It establishes the psychological basis of yoganidra by comparing hypnotic trance and yogic trance and Freudian and YogaVedanta psychologies. It then lucidly presents the techniques of yoganidra and deals with the applications of yoganidra with relation to curing of psychosomatic and other diseases of common occurrence and to solving current problems such as drugaddiction and stressinduced maladies.This wellconceived and thorough research work will prove useful to scholars of ancient Indian medical science and psychology, particularly those concerned with study of yoga visavis modern medical problems and systems. It will be of equal importance for the general readers owing to its interesting subject matter, simple style of presentation and easy adoption by the nonadepts.