Bechsgaard and McCann’s book can serve as a reference for anyone who cares deeply about what self-development truly is. As people in the “west” are increasingly exposed to the eastern teachings and the inner journey, psychologists will be called upon to help in the access to the inner journey. Iyengar is a must-read for clinical psychologists, transpersonal therapists, and anyone in the helping, healing, and growth-potential profession who is interested in their own development and higher states of consciousness or that of their clients. “Yoga and Alignment: From the Upanishads to B.K.S. Professor of Psychology, University of Southern California Reading Religion, Moreover, this book would be a delightful addition to clinical or health psychology students, or anyone interested in understanding how eight-limbed yoga can contribute to improved well-being, better interpersonal relationships and a better society.”
Any student of yoga or contemplative studies will welcome the opportunity to see the larger system of yoga-what is essentially a concentration form of meditation-explained in this lovely book.
Both Bechsgaard and McCann have the gifts of education in both Western and Eastern thought, and have skillfully made these ancient Eastern concepts accessible to the Western mind. Aiming to convey the meaning of the ancient concept of alignment in modern language, the authors lead the reader on a journey from the foundational aspects of the yamas and niyamas to the physical (āsana) and breath (pranāyāma) practices, making the journey away from the senses (pratyāhāra) and inward to focused mental states of concentration (dhāraṇā) and eventually meditation (dhyāna) and absorption (samādhi). Jung, William James, and others, as well as contemporary research in psychology and mental health, Yoga and Alignment provides a concise, yet comprehensive, overview of the eight-limbed path of what could be called Patanjali Yoga. Combining teachings from ancient Eastern texts (Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita, and Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras) with Western psychologists C.G. “This beautifully written book brings the ancient wisdom of classical yoga and meditation into a contemporary psychological perspective.
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