The Yogi's Sacred Year
Twelve festivals of the Indian year, their meaning, their texts and a practice for each one at home, with the calendar to fill in every year
Give your practice the shape of the Indian year: Makara Saṅkrānti, Śivarātri, Holī, the two Navarātris, Guru Pūrṇimā, Śrāvaṇa, Gaṇeśa, Dīpāvalī, Gītā Jayantī and more, each told with respect, with its verse in Sanskrit and our translation, a practice to do at home, its precautions and a journal page; plus how the lunar calendar works and a wall calendar to fill in every year.
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Inside the book
- How the Indian sacred calendar works: tithi, fortnights, months, pañcāṅga
- How to keep a festival as a yogi, Hindu or not
- Makara Saṅkrānti and Ratha Saptamī: the festivals of the sun
- Mahāśivarātri: a vigil in four watches
- Holī: the fire and the colours
- The two Navarātris, Rāma Navamī and Vijayādaśamī
- 21 June: the International Day of Yoga
- Guru Pūrṇimā: a day of gratitude to your teachers
- Śrāvaṇa: four Mondays of water
- Gaṇeśa Caturthī: the day of new beginnings
- Dīpāvalī: five days, five lights
- Gītā Jayantī: reading the Gita
- The monthly rhythm and the wall calendar of the year
Who it is for
- Practitioners who want a yearly rhythm beyond the daily practice
- Those who have lived in India or Rishikesh and want to keep its festivals at home
- Non-Hindu yogis who want to honour the festivals with respect, without appropriation
- Teachers who want to mark the year with their students: the International Day of Yoga, Guru Pūrṇimā, Gītā Jayantī
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Which language is it in?
This edition is in English. Yogide also publishes it in French.
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