The Science of Yoga: The Risks and the Rewards (57 page)

Tibetan yoga of Tummo,
171

Tiwari, O. P.,
25

tonus, measurement of,
82

Török, Aurel von,
xx
,
23
–24,
45

Tracey, Kevin J.,
xx
,
42

Treatise on the Yoga Philosophy, A
(Paul),
xxvi
,
7
,
18
,
20
,
83

Triangle (
Utthita Trikonasana
),
32
,
32
,
71
,
96
,
126
,
183

UCLA,
159

Udupa, Katil,
xx
,
166
–71,
178
,
183

     
Stress and Its Management by Yoga,
168

Ujjayi Pranayama
(Victorious Breath),
83
,
84
,
87
,
168
,
206

unconscious, and creativity,
197
–98,
201

universe, becoming one with,
18

University of California at Davis,
59
–63,
64
,
65
,
66
,
67
,
70
,
72
,
74

University of Pennsylvania,
205
–6

University of Wisconsin,
68
,
69
,
72

Urdhva Dhanurasana
(Wheel or Upward Bow),
117
,
117
,
121
,
126
,
167
,
183

Usatine, Richard,
xx
,
159
–60

uterine prolapse,
147

Utthita Padangusthasana
(Extended Hand to Big Toe),
124
,
125

Utthita Parsvakonasana
(Extended Side Angle),
30
,
31
,
126
,
131

Utthita Trikonasana
(Triangle pose),
32
,
32
,
71
,
96
,
126
,
183

vagus nerve,
41
–43

Vajrasana
(Thunderbolt pose),
96
,
110
–11,
110

Valium,
99

Valsalva maneuver,
236
n

vasodilation,
93

vegetarianism,
170
–71

vertebral arteries,
113
–14,
118
,
119
,
120
–21,
127
–28,
134

Victorious Breath (
Ujjayi Pranayama
),
83
,
84
,
87
,
168
,
206

vigilance,
88

Viniyoga,
xxiii
,
30
,
133

Vinyasa yoga,
xxiii
,
30
,
48
,
50
,
58
,
64
,
99
,
134

Virabhadrasana
(Warrior pose),
147
–48,
147

vital capacity,
50
–51

vital index,
50
–51,
67

VO
₂
max (oxygen consumption),
53
,
55
,
56
,
63
,
68

Wade, Claude M.,
18

Warrior (
Virabhadrasana
),
147
–48,
147

Weber, Evelyn,
106
,
107

weight,
xxx
,
96
–98,
160

Weill Medical College, New York,
117

Weintraub, Amy,
xx
,
9
,
79
–80,
153
,
216

     
Yoga for Depression,
79
,
98
,
102

Weizsäcker, Carl von,
xx
,
209
–10

Wenger,
158

Wharton, David A.,
22

Wheel or Upward Bow (
Urdhva Dhanurasana
),
117
,
117
,
121
,
126
,
167
,
183

whiplash,
112

White, David Gordon,
xx
,
15
,
26

Williams, Sharon,
142

Wise, Nan,
xxi
,
192
–93

Wodeyar clan,
29
–30

women:

     and emotions,
79

     in Gune’s ashram,
29

     in research studies,
66
,
67
,
68
,
183

     and testosterone,
169
–70,
172
–73

     yoga’s popularity with,
29
,
33
,
34

World Health Organization,
54

World War I,
197

World War II,
198

World Yoga Center,
69

X-Rated Exercises,
131

Yee, Rodney,
59

yoga:

     adaptability of,
60

     and aerobics,
xxix
,
49
–50,
55
–58,
60
,
63
,
68
,
69
,
72

     author’s interest in,
5
–9

     benefits of,
xxxi
,
4
–5,
39
–41,
69
,
73

     big business of,
3
–4,
66
,
218

     and brain studies,
99
–100

     calories burned in,
71
,
74

     celebrities practicing,
33
,
107
–8,
198
–99

     changing nature of students,
109

     chronology,
xxv
–xxxi

     classes of mass instruction,
29
,
182

     ecstatic union in,
15
–16

     
evolution of,
39
,
49
,
73
,
105
,
215
–22

     and exercise,
5
–6,
49
,
55
–57,
60
,
63
,
64
–65,
67
,
68

     and feeling good,
57
,
75
,
77
–78

     and fitness,
see
fitness

     flowing movements,
58

     growth of,
2

     health agenda of,
39
–43,
72
,
73
,
215
;
see also
healing

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

     and metabolism,
22
,
37
,
39
–40

     miraculous focus in,
17
–18

     and moods,
see
moods

yoga (
cont.
)

     New Age approach to,
17

     numbers of practitioners,
48
,
127

     in olden times,
14
–18

     physiological slowing in,
40

     popularity of,
1
–4,
29
,
39

     postural,
16
,
58

     premium lifestyle of,
3

     and psychotherapy,
80

     public image of,
103
,
105
,
154
,
215
,
218
–19

     and relaxation,
see
relaxation

     research on,
6
–9,
25
,
39
–44,
55
–57,
59
–63,
66
–72

     risk of injury,
see
injuries

     status and cachet in,
109

     teacher licensing,
149
–53

     teacher training,
128
–29

     therapeutic,
see
healing

     warriors,
17

Yoga: A Scientific Evaluation
(Behanan),
xv
,
83
–84

Yoga Alliance,
134
,
135
,
151

Yoga and the Wisdom of Menopause
(Francina),
150

YogaButt program,
65

Yoga Education Society (YES),
218

YogaFit,
50
,
64
–65

yoga foot drop,
111

Yoga for Arthritis
(Fishman),
143

Yoga for Depression
(Weintraub),
79
,
98
,
102

Yoga for Dummies
(Feuerstein and Payne),
74,
156
–59

Yoga Health Foundation,
2

Yoga in Modern India
(Alter),
29

Yoga Journal,
3

     and fitness,
64
,
65
,
69
,
73
,
74

     and injuries,
109
,
124
–28,
132
,
133

     and licensing,
150

     surveys by,
154

Yoga Loft of Bethlehem,
91

Yoga Magazine,
169

Yoga Makaranda
(Honey of Yoga) (Krishnamacharya),
30
–31

Yoga Mimansa,
25
,
26
,
28
,
103
,
175

yoga moms,
3

Yogananda,
xxi
,
xvii

     
Autobiography of a Yoga
,
xvii
–xxviii,
34

     claims of full heart stoppage,
40

     death of,
35
,
43

     
Super Advanced Course,
34

Yogani,
xxx
,
186

yoga paradox,
177
,
221

Yoga Rx
(Payne and Usatine),
159
–60

yogasm,
182

Yoga Spirit,
134

Yoga Sutras
(Patanjali),
xxv
,
58

Yoga World,
132

Yogi, Punjab,
xxi

Yogi, Ramandana, and live burial,
36

Yoni Tantra,
xxvi

You Must Relax
(Jacobson),
82

Zador, Veronica,
153

WILLIAM J. BROAD
has practiced yoga since 1970. A senior writer at
The New York Times
, he has written hundreds of front-page articles and won every major award in print and television during more than thirty years as a science journalist.
With
Times
colleagues, he has twice won the Pulitzer Prize, as well as an Emmy and a duPont. He is the author or coauthor of seven books, including
Germs: Biological Weapons and America’s Secret War
(Simon & Schuster, 2001), a number one
New York Times
bestseller. He has three adult children and lives with his wife in the metropolitan New York area, where he enjoys doing Sun Salutations.

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