The Science of Yoga: The Risks and the Rewards (54 page)

     ashram of,
xxvii
,
24
–25,
26
,
29
,
30
,
33
,
35
–37,
58
,
83
,
158
,
173
,
218
,
219

     background of,
25
–26

     and breathing,
52
–53,
85

     exaggerations of,
28
,
41

     as fund-raiser,
28
–29

     influence of,
29
,
31
,
33
,
58
,
83
,
93
,
98
,
166
,
216
,
218

     investigations instituted by,
xxvii
,
28

     and live burials,
xxviii
,
36
–37

     promotions of,
29

     slow, tranquil yoga of,
49
–50

     and vital index,
51

     
Yoga Mimansa,
103
,
175

gupha (cave),
21
–22

Hagins, Marshall,
xvii
,
70
,
72

Halasana
(Plow),
126
,
126
,
136
,
168
,
183

Hands to Feet (
Padahastasana
),
71
,
71

Hannover Medical University, Germany,
170

Hanus, Steven H.,
xvii
,
118
–19

Hard Tail clothing,
3

Hatha yoga,
xxiii
,
33
,
94

     and breathing,
52
–53

     evolution of,
5
,
49

     globalization of,
5
,
33
,
34

     and
Light on Yoga,
37
–39

     New Age approach to,
17

     and poses,
58
,
96
,
131

     and research,
41
,
63
,
68
,
99
,
134
,
170
,
173

     and Tantra,
xxv
,
16
–17,
26
,
49

Hatha Yoga Pradipika
(Swatmarama),
xxvi

     health claims in,
17
–18,
34
,
41

     and postural (Hatha) yoga,
16

     and sex,
163
,
172
,
173
,
175

Hauser, Gayelord,
198

Headstand (
Sirsasana
),
xxvii
,
27

     and fight-or-flight response,
91

     and healing,
38
,
141
–42

     and injuries,
104
–5,
107
,
119
–20,
126
,
131
–33,
136

     in research studies,
26
–28,
70

     and sex,
168

Head to Knee (
Janu Sirsasana
),
206
,
206

healing,
137
–61

     and abdomen,
147
–48

     and bones,
142
,
143

     and Fishman,
137
–50,
153
,
161

     and inversions,
38
,
141
–42

     and joints,
140
–43

     and medical licensure,
149
–50,
154

     and muscles,
141
,
145

     of the neck,
143

     and nerves,
145

     and Payne,
154
–61

     and realignment,
146

     and relaxation,
139

     of the spine,
144

     and stretching,
139
,
142
,
143

     and weight management,
160

     and
Yoga for Dummies,
157
–59

     and
Yoga Rx,
159
–60

     and yoga therapist credentials,
150
–53,
154
–57,
160
–61

health care:

     costs of,
220

     global crisis in,
217

HealthCentral.com,
74
–75

Health
magazine,
133

heart:

     effects of yoga on,
59
,
94
–95

     size of,
52
,
53

heart disease,
40
,
54
,
59
–60

hedonism,
189
–90

hemoglobin,
85

hibernation,
22

Hill, Archibald V.,
51
–53

Hinduism,
185

Hindu nationalism,
24
,
25
,
26
,
29
,
39

hippocampus,
209

Holotropic Breathwork,
201

homeostasis,
221

homunculus,
175

hormones,
167
–69

Horner’s syndrome,
118
,
119

Hotel Management and Operations,
74

hot yoga,
3
,
47
–48,
50
,
88
,
99
,
123
–24,
181

Hu, Frank,
54

Human Sexual Response
(Masters and Johnson),
178

humerus,
140

hypermetabolism,
177

hypersexuality,
221

hypertension,
xxxi
,
40
,
92
,
219

hyperventilation,
86
–87,
178
,
180
–81

hypometabolism,
96
,
158
,
177

hypothalamus,
114
,
179
,
205

immune system,
42

incest,
16

India:

     independence of,
33

     maharajahs of,
28
–29

inflammation,
42

injuries,
103
–36

     and age,
130
–31

     to the back,
134

     beauty-salon syndrome,
114
–16,
127

     and Black,
105
–9,
135
–36

     to the brain,
111
–16,
119
–21,
126
,
127
,
134

     cryptogenic,
116

     and death,
127
–28

     and Hanus,
118
–19

     Horner’s syndrome,
118
,
119

     and inexperienced teachers,
104
,
109
,
135
,
153

     and inversions,
104
–5,
107
,
116
,
118
–20,
123
,
126
,
128
,
131
–33,
136

     to joints,
122
,
134

     to ligaments,
123
–24

     to the lungs,
129
–30

     media stories of,
122
–24,
130

     and Nagler,
116
–18,
119

     to the neck,
xxviii
,
112
–19,
122
,
126
–28,
133
,
134
,
143

     nerve damage,
110
–11

     and rapid breathing,
129
–30,
178

     and redesign of poses,
131
–33

     and Robin,
104
–5,
131

     safety first,
104
,
105
,
107
,
124
,
128
,
131

     silence/denial about,
103
,
104
,
106
,
108
,
109
,
130

     surveys of,
104
,
105
,
109
–12,
121
–22,
133
–35,
143

     teacher training regulations,
128
–29,
135

     thoracic outlet syndrome,
132

     at vacation venues,
104

     and weakness,
107

     whiplash,
112

     X-Rated Exercises,
131

     and
Yoga Journal,
109
,
124
–28,
132
,
133

     zero evidence of,
127

insanity,
213

inspiration,
196
–200

Institute for Consciousness Research,
196
,
210
–13

International Association of Yoga Centenarians,
215

International Association of Yoga Therapists,
134
,
151
,
153
,
154
,
156
,
157
,
160

International Journal of Yoga Therapy,
130
,
134
,
151

inversions,
27
–28,
27
,
29

     and blood pressure,
91
–92,
95

     and healing,
38
,
141
–42

     and injuries,
104
–5,
107
,
116
,
118
–20,
123
,
126
,
128
,
131
–33,
136

     and metabolism,
97
–98

     and moods,
91
–95,
97
–98

Isvari (goddess),
186

Iyengar, B. K.S.,
xvii
,
31
–33,
90
,
161
,
235
n

     on destiny,
165

     and Fishman,
137
,
139
,
140
,
141

     influence of,
137
,
199
,
216

     and injuries,
115
,
116
,
118
,
126
,
133

     
Light on Pranayama,
86

     
Light on Yoga
,
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,
37
–39,
103
,
115
,
132
,
133
,
137
,
172
,
199
,
219

     and New Age yoga,
229
n

     on sexual retentive power,
39

Iyengar yoga,
xxiii
,
5
,
48
,
94

     and inversions,
91
,
105

Iyengar yoga (
cont.
)

     and research studies,
99
,
100
,
134
,
206

     and teacher training,
135

Jacobson, Edmund,
xvii
,
xxvii
,
81
–82,
84
,
141

James, William,
81

Janu Sirsasana
(Head to Knee),
206
,
206

Jesus of Nazareth,
17

jogging,
54

Johnson, Virginia E.,
xvii
,
174
,
178
,
183

joints:

     and arthritis,
42
–43,
132
,
143

     and healing,
140
–43

     injuries to,
122
,
134

Jois, K. Pattabhi,
xvii
,
58
–59,
99
,
103
,
235
n

Jones, Franklin,
The Spectra Suites,
210

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research,
66

Jung, Carl Gustav,
199
,
221

     on the dangers of yoga,
10
,
187

     and kundalini,
xvii
,
xxvii
,
187
,
188

     on the unconscious,
197

     on yoga’s calming qualities,
197
–98

Kali Yuga,
216

Kanphata yogis,
14
–15

Kapalbhati,
131
,
158
,
175
,
182
,
183

Kapalbhati Pranayama
(Shining Skull Breath),
129
,
175
,
183

Kennedy, John F.,
117

Kepner, John,
151
–52,
153

Keynes, John Maynard,
51

Keynes, Margaret Neville,
51

Khalsa, Sat Bir,
xvii
,
77
–78,
80
,
101
–2,
218

Komisaruk, Barry,
xvii
,
190
–92

     
The Science of Orgasm,
190

Kripalu center, Massachusetts,
1
–2,
79
–80,
101
–2,
129
,
165
,
216

Kripalu yoga,
xxiii
,
99
,
133
,
134

Krishna, Gopi,
xviii
,
195
,
209
–10,
211
,
212
,
213