Magazine: Yoga Journal
Issue: September/October 1996

Title: Contents - Sept/Oct 1996

FEATURES

WHY PEOPLE DON'T HEAL

Caroline Myss, renowned medical intuitive and passionate teacher, talks about "woundology," forgiveness, and reading the human energy system. By Kristen Barendsen

THE GRANDE DAME OF YOGA

From Russia to India to China to Hollywood to Mexico to Argentina-at 95, Indra Devi continues to spread the message of yoga. By Audrey Youngman

THE POWER OF MUDRA

These precise hand gestures of ancient tradition can develop energy circuits in the body, channel breath and mind for healing, and deepen our meditation. By Richard C. Miller

HEALING FROM THE HIMALAYAS

Tibetan medicine uses herbs, jewels, diet, meditation, and mantra to restore balance and cure sickness. By Kate Roddick

DEPARTMENTS

FROM THE EDITOR

FROM OUR READERS

FOR BEGINNERS

Virabhadrasana I Hero Pose strengthens the legs, arms, and back and opens the chest to give us the stamina of a warrior. By Mara Carrico

SPECTRUM

News of Health & Conscious Living: Lawyers for Tibet; WomanSource Catalog; The Portable Practitioner; Ram Dass on Timothy Leary.

SELF-CARE

Keeping Children Healthy With herbal remedies and tender loving care, we can break the cycle of chronic undernourishment our children face today. By Karta Purkh Singh Khalsa

WORLD OF YOGA

Kundalini for mental health; yoga body work; asana flash cards; Yoga Journal's 1997 Yoga, Mind & Spirit Conference.

PRACTICE

Deep Listening For musician Pauline Oliveros, the sounds of daily life become a sonic meditation when shaped by awareness. By Debra Sykes

THE ARTS

The 23rd Adagio Cellist Vedran Smailovic braved snipers and falling shells in Sarajevo to play a haunting melody for the victims of war. By Brenda C. Miller

WELL-BEING

Ayurvedic Food Sadhanas By cooking with care and reverence, we discover that our food, our body, and nature are one entity. By Maya Tiwari

ASANA

Parshva Dhanurasana (Side Bow Pose) With the limbs strung tight like a bow, we build energy to shoot our arrow straight to the target. By Richard Rosen

PROFILE

One in Two Worlds American-born Sita Sharan practices the 4,000-year-old rituals of orthodox Hinduism. By Amy R. Kaplan

FOOD

Easy-No-Cook Favorites Recipes for those days when the prospect of cooking leaves you overwhelmingly underenthused. By Lorna J. Sass

MIXED MEDIA

In Search of the Cradle of Civilization; Sex Death Enlightenment; book, video, audio, and music reviews.

CENTERING

Endbeginnings The empty hole left by a sudden loss can sometimes become the occasion for life's next gift. By Rachel Naomi Remen

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