The Science of Yoga: The Risks and the Rewards (55 page)

Krishnamacharya, Tirumalai,
89

     influence of,
xviii
,
xxvii
,
30
–31,
33
,
58
,
71
,
99
,
133

     longevity of,
43

     promotions of,
35
,
126
,
131

     
Yoga Makaranda,
30
–31

Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram (school),
155

Kumbhaka,
231
n

Kundalini: Psychosis or Transcendence?
(Sannella),
188

kundalini energy:

     and creativity,
195
–96,
208
–14

     Internet promotion of,
xxx

     Jung’s studies of,
xvii
,
xxvi
,
xxvii
,
187
,
188

     and sex,
xxvi
,
xxvi
,
xxvii
,
185
–89,
212

     and spiritual uplift,
xxix

Kundalini Yoga,
xxiii
,
48
,
77
,
99
,
133

Lavoisier, Antoine,
230
n

Let’s Move,
2

letting go,
81
–82

Levitate Yoga,
69

licensing,
149
–53

lie detectors,
176
–77

life expectancy,
43
–44,
220

Life at the Limits
(Wharton),
22

life suspension,
22

ligaments, injuries to,
123
–24

lightning strike,
208
–9

Light on Pranayama
(Iyengar),
86

Light on Yoga
(Iyengar),
xvii
,
xxvi
,
xxvii
,
37
–39,
199

     and Hatha yoga,
37
–39

     influence of,
137
,
219

     and injuries,
103
,
115
,
132
,
133

     and sex,
38
–39,
172

limbic system,
179
,
207
,
209

live burial,
xxvi
,
xxviii
,
13
–14,
18
,
20
–21,
22
–23,
36
–37,
220

Locust (
Salabhasana
),
37
,
38
,
96
,
168
,
183

LOHAS (Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability),
3

Lonavla Yoga Institute,
58

longevity,
43
–44

Lotus,
71

     Full Lotus,
133
,
167

Loyola Marymount, Los Angeles,
160
–61

Lululemon Athletica,
4

lungs, injuries to,
129
–30

Mcenter1ear, Dawn,
133

macula,
143

magic,
see
miracles

mantras,
88

Masters, William H.,
xviii
,
174
,
178
,
183

McCall, Timothy,
xviii
,
132
,
136

meditation,
205

memory, long-term,
209

Menninger Foundation,
201

Menuhin, Yehudi,
198
–99

metabolic chamber,
70

metabolism:

     and breathing,
22
,
50
,
90
,
158

     and homeostasis,
221

     hypermetabolism,
177

     hypometabolism,
96
,
158
,
177

     and moods,
96
–97

     reducing,
37

     research on,
39
–40,
96
–97,
221

     resting metabolic rate,
158

     and weight,
96
–98

Miles, Walter R.,
245
n

Millea, Holly,
123
,
133

Millennial Exposition, Budapest,
23

mindfulness,
108
,
205

Minvaleev, Rinad,
xviii
,
171

miracles:

     and health benefits,
40
–41

     investigations of,
22
–24,
34
,
35
–37,
42
–43

     samadhi,
17
–18

     stopping the heart,
35
,
40

     supplanting myths with scientific evidence,
45

Monroe, Marilyn,
33

moods,
77
–102

     and breathing,
83
–89

     and depression,
79
–80,
98
–100

     and emotions,
78
–79,
89
–90,
95
,
102

     and exercise,
100

     and freedom from care,
80

     and hormones,
169

     and inversions,
91
–95,
97
–98

     and metabolism,
96
–97

     and neurochemistry,
98
–100

     and relaxation,
81
–82,
84
,
90
,
95
–96,
101

     and stage fright,
101
–2

More University, California,
189
–90,
192

Morgentaler, Abraham,
Testosterone for Life,
166

Motilal, Agarwal,
233
n

Mountain (
Tadasana
),
146
,
146

muscles, healing,
141
,
145

muscle spasm,
139

music:

     improvisation,
204

     learning to play,
204

     and lightning strike,
208
–9

     and yoga,
198
–200,
219

Mysore, India,
29
–31,
33
,
58
,
59

mystic fire,
196

mysticism, 185–86

My Stroke of Insight
(Taylor),
204
–5

Nagler, Willibald,
xviii
,
116
–18,
119

Nair, P. Thankappan,
19

Namaste Institute for Holistic Studies, Maine,
152

Nash, John,
98

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System,
121
–22

National Institutes of Health (NIH),
xxix
,
6
,
70
,
219
–20

National Strength and Conditioning Association,
66

naturalism,
231
n

Navy, U.S.,
86

neck injuries,
xxvii
,
112
–19,
122
,
126
–28,
133
,
134
,
143

Nehru, Jawaharlal,
25

Nehru, Motilal,
234
n

Neo-Reichian massage,
201

Neotantra,
192

nerve damage,
110
–11

neuroendocrine system,
179

neurons,
112

neurotransmitters,
99
,
202
,
219

New Age,
17
,
105
,
229
n

Newberg, Andrew,
xviii
,
205
–6

New York, yoga study in,
69
–72

New York Times, The,
74

nitric oxide,
54

Novick, Linda,
The Painting Path,
200

nystagmus,
249
n

Obama, Michelle,
2
,
217

occipital lobe,
114
,
120

Olson, Mia,
200

Omega Institute,
105

One Taste,
192
–93

Orcenter1e, The
(Broad),
222

orgasm:

     diversity of,
193

     duration of,
190

     
la petite mort,
184
–85

     neurophysiology of,
190
–92

     research studies of,
183
–86,
190
–92

     spontaneous,
xxix
,
184
,
191

Ornish, Dean,
xviii
,
44
,
170

osteoporosis,
142
,
143

Owen, Liz,
100
–101

oxidative stress,
40

oxygen:

     and carbon dioxide,
85
,
86

     myth of,
85

     research studies of,
52
–53,
85
,
96

oxygen uptake,
52
,
53
,
67
,
157
–59

Oxygen Yoga,
89

Pacific Western University,
156

Padahastasana
(Hands to Feet),
71
,
71

Painting Path, The
(Novick),
200

parasympathetic system,
90
,
183
–84

Paschimottanasana
(Seated Forward Bend),
111
,
111
,
183

Passie, Torsten,
180

Patanjali,
xviii
,
16
,
93

     
Yoga Sutras
,
xxv
,
58

Patella, Rama Nina,
145
–46,
153

Paul, N. C.,
xviii
,
18
–22,
45

     background of,
19
–20

     on breathing,
21
–22,
85
,
157

     on health benefits,
39
,
166

     and live burial,
20
–21,
220

     
A Treatise on the Yoga Philosophy,
xxviii
,
7
,
18
,
20
,
83

Payne, Larry,
xviii
,
154
–61,
177

perineum,
16

personal appearance,
158

Peterson, Eugenie,
33

Philadelphia Orchestra,
198

Physiological Handbook for Teachers of Yogasana
(Robin),
91

Pinch, William,
17

pineal body,
179

pituitary gland,
179

Pizer, Ann,
74

Plath, Sylvia,
98

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

pneumothorax,
129
–30

poetry,
209

Pond, Dale,
xix
,
211
,
212
,
218

Pond, Paul,
xix
,
195
–96,
209
,
211
,
212
,
218

pons,
114
,
120

Porcari, John P.,
xix
,
68

poses,
see
asanas

Power Yoga,
xxiii
,
30
,
50
,
68
,
99
,
128

prana (energy),
18

pranayama (breathing),
21
,
28
,
51

     in classes,
181

     misstatements about,
157

     in research studies,
60

     
see also
breathing

prefrontal cortex,
179
,
206

President’s Council on Physical Fitness,
54

Preventive Cardiology,
62

Proceedings of the Royal Society of London,
207

Progressive Relaxation
(Jacobson),
xvii
,
82

proprioception,
203
–4

PubMed,
6
,
39
,
218

Pune, India,
31

quadriplegia,
131

quietude,
84
,
88
,
96
,
200
,
202
,
203

Quistgaard, Kaitlin,
125
,
154

Rama, Swami,
xix
,
xxviii
,
90
,
91
,
164
–65,
174
,
201

Ramakrishna,
xix
,
185
,
186

Ramaswami, Srivatsa,
99
,
235
n

Registered Yoga Therapist (RYT),
150
–52

relaxation,
68

     Corpse Pose (
Savasana
),
60
,
71
,
81
,
81
,
96
,
183
,
199
,
205

     and GABA,
99

     and healing,
139

     and inversion,
98

     letting go,
81
–82

     and moods,
81
–82,
84
,
90
,
95
–96,
101