The Inner Tradition of Yoga

“This book brilliantly reveals the profound underpinnings of yoga that are rarely taught or understood. Stone’s demonstration of the interdependence of theory, practice, and daily life makes yoga work on a level that will truly transform our minds and hearts, as well as our bodies.” —Richard Freeman, author of The Art of Vinyasa

“Michael Stone manages to seamlessly integrate traditional teachings with contemporary advances in the field—and so adds new dimensions of meaning to both.” —Richard Rosen, author of The Yoga of Breath

“Intense, poetic, wise, practical, intimate, and visionary—the mind-body connection has never been better explored or explained.” —Sharon Gannon, cofounder of Jivamukti Yoga

“Michael Stone details a practical and pragmatic psychology of yoga that can provide all practitioners a way to engage with the deepest transformative possibilities that yoga can offer. It is certainly what we need now.” —Frank Jude Boccio, author of Mindfulness Yoga

“This work is going to help deepen the practice of yoga in the West by presenting the mental disciplines of this ancient tradition in an accessible manner. Here is a pragmatic presentation of mental and spiritual training.” —Paul Grilley, author of Yin Yoga

“Few people on the planet have Michael’s gift to explore and explain in contemporary language the profound wisdom of yoga.” —Larry Payne, PhD, coauthor of Yoga for Dummies and Yoga Rx

“The Inner Tradition of Yoga has much to guide and inspire anyone on the road to insight.” —Chip Hartranft, author of The Yoga-Sūtra of Patañjali