This index provides multiple links for topics covered in the Advanced Yoga Practices lessons. The main techniques are listed first, in the order given in the lessons, followed by many related topics listed in alphabetical order for easy reference. Use the "back button" to return to this topic index from any lesson link selected here.

Short descriptions of many practices and experiences can be found in the Glossary of Sanskrit Terms.

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Advanced Yoga Practices (main techniques):      
       Desire/Bhakti - 12, 67, 68, 69, 88, 93, 109, 112, 120, 165, 187,
                  214, 220, 221, T19, 240, 246, T37, 252, 282, 335, 337, 338,
                  339, 340, 341, 342, 344, 347, 348, 349, 358, 360, T69
       Meditation - 13, 14-37, 59, 79, 106, 115, 116, 117, 157, 158, 159,
                  160, 176, 180, 186, 188, 190, 195, 196, 232, 244, 282, 298,
                  355, 358, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371, 372, 373, 375
       Spinal Breathing Pranayama - 39, 41, 42-53, 69, 96, 135, 156, 160,
                  182, 200, 206, 229, 239, 241, 288, 378, 381
       Mulabandha/Asvini - 55, 64, 91, 105, 119, 130, 156, T71
       Sambhavi Mudra - 56, 65, 91, 131, 169, 174, 189, 190, 212      
       Asanas - 69, 71, 80, 107, 145, 147, 149, 183, 216, 239, 285, 300
       Siddhasana - 33, 75, 127, 128, 156, 174, 177, T16, T28, 235, T66
       Yoni Mudra Kumbhaka - 91, 94, 95, 99, 144, 204, 281, 288
       Uddiyana/Nauli/Navi Kriya - 91, 129, 139, 275, 316
       Kechari Mudra - 91, 108, 114, 192, 197, 205, 212, T34, T35,
                  223, 224, 229, 237, 271, 284, T61
       Chin Pump (Dynamic Jalandhara) - 139, 140, 143, 144, 281
       Samyama - 76, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 176, 184, 221,
                  243, 264, 269, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 317, 351, 353, 359, 374
       Spinal Bastrika Pranayama - 171, 172, 173
       Targeted Bastrika Pranayama - 198, 199
       Self-Inquiry - 283, 302, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330,
                  331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 349, 350, 351, 353, 354, 356, 357,
                  359, 361, 362, 375, 376, 380
       Service (Karma Yoga) - 98, 120, 166, 228, 264, 277, 344, 345, 346, 347,
                  348, 363
       Self-Pacing - 38, 81, 99, 102, 104, 105, 107, 120, 144, 145, 160,
                  168, 172, 173, 182, 203, 216, 217, 219, 226, 231, 244
                  247, 250, 252, 332, 341, 355, 367, T72, 378
       Summary of Principles and Practices - 204

Related Topics (listed alphabetically):
Addiction - 10, T38, T39, 272, 308
Advaita-Vedanta (non-duality) - 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328,
              329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353,
              356, 357, 361, 362, 376
Adyashanti - 332
Ajna - 56, 77, 188, 189, 198, 199, 201, 212, 277     
Akasha - 150, 151, 152
Albert Einstein - 13, 246
Alcohol and Tobacco - 29, 307      
Allah - 67
Amaroli (urine therapy) - T32, T40, 310, 319, T63
Astral Projection - 264
Astrology/Jyotish (influence of the stars) - 93, 103, 146, 343
Atheists and Agnostics - 20      
Automatic Yoga (and movements) - 104, 183, 202, 203, 210, 218,
               T35, 224, 232
Ayurveda - 69, 90, 200, 304

Basti (yogic enema) - 314
Beatles - 67, 93, 253
Bhagavad Gita - 74, 253, 330
Bible - 13, 47, 113, 126, 151
Bliss - 16, 35, 85, 113, 143, 331, 382     
Bob Dylan - 93
Book List - 253
Brahmacharya - 101, T9
Brahma Sutras - 350     
Breath Meditation - 367
Breath Suspension - 45, 46, 51, 52, 62, 91, 106, 144, 167, 175   
Buddha - 20, 134
Byron Katie - 349, 350

Caduceus - 89, 90      
Carl Jung - 134
Celibacy - 101, T9   
Chakras - 21, 47, 73, 77, 206, 220, T61    
Chanting - 37, 59, 186, 377
Children and Yoga - 256
Chiropractic - 104
Connectedness of Yoga - 104, 149, 150, 169, 178, 180, 183, 185,
                191, 204, 212, 252
Cosmic Samyama - 299, 317
Crown Opening (avoiding premature) - 69, 77, 125, 181, 188, 199,
                201, 208, 230, 273, 277, 287

Daily Practices      
       Establishing - 58, 86, 147, 148, 187      
       Maintaining - 102, 148, 187
       Expanding - 148, 193
       Compressing - 18, 50, 209
Darshan - 332
Dhauti (intesinal wash) - 315
Death (yogic) - 286, 376
Deepak Chopra - 69, 253
Destiny - 103      
Devotion - 12, 67, 68, 88, 109, 112, 338, 339, 340, 341      
Dharma - 178      
Diet - 30, 69, 167, 200, 216, 220, 304, 305, 306, 309, 310, 311, 312
Digestion - 51, 133, 304, 310   
Divine Love - 110, 113, 138, 143, 182, 345, T67, T71
Divine Union - 69, 113, 169  
Doshas (Ayurveda: vatta, pitta & kapha) - 69, 200
Drugs - 29, 307

Eckhart Tolle - 332, 355
Ecstasy - 64, 66, 78, 95, 113, 138, 143, 203, 235, 258, 284, 331, 382
Ecstatic Bliss - 78, 113, 120, 139, 143, 169, 235, 331, 382   
Ecstatic Confessions (by Martin Buber) - T22, 258
Ecstatic Conductivity - 64, 65, 143, 169, 170, 191, 198, 212, T35, 252, 331,
              T68, T71, 378, 379
Ecstatic Radiance - 42, 44, 90, 139, 152, 331, T71, 379
Eight Limbs of Yoga - 149, 151, 153, 156, 176, 243, 253, 330, 342
Emerson - 253
Energy Blockages - 104, 134, 171, 194, 198, 235, 288, 372
Energy/Chakra Healing - 73, 77, 104, 124
Enlightenment Milestones - 35, 85, 100, 120, 138, 274, 297, 318, 333, 357, 363,
              382
Esoteric/Secret Yoga - 93, 105, 108, 189, 201, 214, 253

Fasting (and fasting effect) - 310
Fear - 259, 373
Fifth Dimension - 36      
Free Will - 103

Gandhi - 347
Global Mediations (synchronized) - 332
Glossary of Sanskrit Terms - here
Gopi Krishna (kundalini excesses) - 73, 99, 181, 188, 208, 253, 381
Granthis (the three knots) - 276
Grieving Process - 68
Group Practice - 37
Guided Meditations - 37
Guru in you - 57, 72, 214, 260

Hatha Yoga - 71, 130, 136, 145
Hatha Yoga Pradipika - 71, 253
Health - 24, 25, 30, 48, 73, 194, 200, 220, T32, 253, 305, 306
Heart Breathing - 220, 221
Henry Ford - 93
Hindustan Times Articles (2) - 141
Holy Ghost - 71

Ida and Pingala - 89, 90, 381
Inner Sensuality - 53, 121, 126, 169, 221, 222
Inner Silence (Stillness) - 13, 35, 36, 85, 109, 157, 203, 273, 302, 318, 321,
               358, 375
Integration of Practices - 10, 19, 136, 149, 204
Intellect - 11, 126, 134, 157, 176, 182, 185, 207, 283
Intelligence/Genius - 246
Ishta (chosen ideal) - 67, 68, 112, 220, 221, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342
Issac Newton - 13
Iyengar - 253

Jalandhara - 91, 143
Jala Neti (nasal wash) - 313
Jesus - 12, 16, 20, 25, 31, 34, 35, 37, 54, 56, 67, 92, 94, 131, 132,
               134, 164, 184, 221, 243, 253, T69
Jnana Yoga (yoga of knowledge) - 185, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327,
               328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 350, 351, 353,
               356, 357, 361, 362, 376

Kapalbhati - 316
Karma - 79, 85, 98, 103, 132, 144, 153, 158, 171, 184, 198, 201,
               220, 252, 298, 343, 344, 346, 347
Ken Wilber - 355
Kirtan - 377
Krishna - 67, 94, 134
Krishnamurti - 84, 157
Kriya Yoga - 136, 181, 206, 239, 253, 273
Kumbhaka - 91, 139, 140, 144, 191, T33, 229, 378, 379
Kundalini - 54, 63, 64, 69, 83, 85, 91, 94, 113, 125, 129, 135, 149, 169,
               170, 191, 199, 200, 201, 208, 216, 253, 261, 280, 287, 297, 304,                318, 320, 331, T70, 378, 379, 381

Lahiri Mahasaya - 201, 206, T19, 258
Lao Tsu - 134
Lester Levenson (Release/Sedona Method) - 349, 350
Levitation - 137, 150, 151, 155
Liberation - 92, 120, 200, 330, 351, 363
Lotus Feet - 135
LSD - 29, 307

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi - 93, 253
Mala Beads - 86
Mantra      
       I AM (AYAM) - 13, 59, 79, 188, 195, 244
       Location - 21, 27, 188, 368, 370
       Language and Meaning - 13, 115, 117, 188
       Enhancements - 116, 186, 188-add, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371, 375
       Alternate Enhancements - 369, 371
       Design - 188, 369
       Sensitivity - 365, 366, 367
Mantra Yoga - 136, 239
Marijuana - 29, 307
Marriage and Yoga - 98, T66
Martin Luther King - 347
Massage - 104
Micro-Movements (whole-body mudra) - 91, 129, 143, 212, T34, 275
Mohammed - 94
Moses - 94
Mother Teresa of Calcutta - 67, 347
Mozart - 13, 246
Muktananda - 153, 253

Nada Yoga (yoga of sound) - 377
Nadis (subtle nerves) - 77, 118, 121, 125
Nadi Shodana (alternate nostril breathing) - 41 (addition), 256, 381
Narayanananda - 253
Nasal Wash (jala neti) - 313
Natural Principles - 58, 149, 204  
Navi Kriya - 275    
Nectar (amrita and nectar cycle) - 51, 133, 137, 304, T62, 379
Neo-Advaita - 356
Nervous System - 15, 24, 25, 39, 94, 107, 134, 138, 143, 149, 204,
             208     
New Age - 93, 146, 149, 165, 253, 332, 365  
Nisargadatta Maharaj - 331, 332, 349, 350, 361
Norman Paulsen - 92, 206, 253

OM (AUM) - 59, 121, 186, 188, 244, 283
Osho (Rajneesh) - 136, T21, 253

Padmasana - 127      
Paramahansa Yogananda - 92, 93, 146, 253, T67, 378
Pay it Forward - 166      
Perspiration - 49, 182      
Physical Fitness - 80, 147  
Pineal and Pituitary - 65, 125, 189, 288      
Pleasure - 10, 43, 55, 56, 64, 66, 78, 113, 163, 169, 191      
Prana (life force) - 39, 47, 51, 71, 97, 113, 139, 146, 167, 182, 378
Pratyahara - 121, 126, 149, 320, 359      
Prayer - 150, 301, 302, 317
Pure Bliss Consciousness - 13, 35, 36, 85, 122, 138, 143, 157, 163,
               213, 273     
Purification and Opening - 94, 104, 134, 138, 145, 168, 171, 175, 194,
               182, 184, 203, 207, 251, 298, 378

Raja/Ashtanga Yoga - 136, 149, 248
Ramacharaka - 253
Ramakrishna - 67, 84, 108, T2, 253, 258, 260, T69
Ramana Maharshi - 126, 349, 350, T69, 361
Reiki - 104, 125
Reincarnation - 74 , 185, 201, 262, 376
Relational Self-Inquiry - 325, 328, 356
Religion - 11, 67, 132, 221, 233, 253
Restlessness - 15, 213    
Retreats - 148, 193, 250   
Romantic Love - 66, 98, 110, T19    
Rumi - 134, T19, T22, 258

Sai Baba - 181
Samadhi - 146, 149, 150, 157, 176, 248, 264
Saint Francis of Assisi - T22, 258
Saint John of the Cross - T19, T22, 258
Saint Theresa of Avila - 258, T69
Satsang (keeping spiritual company) - 332
Satyananda - 253
Scenery (visions, energy experiences, etc.) - 37, 81, 90, 92, 94, 170,
               175, 179, 180, 185, 201, 204, 224, 225, 382
Science and Yoga - 19, 93, 182, 248
Sensitivity to Meditation - 160, 200, 218, 365, 366, 367, 373
Sex and Yoga - 54, 55, 66, 69, 97, 98, 101, 105, 174, 177      
Shaktipat - 146, 181, 253, 332
Shankara - T4, 253, T67, 350
Shatkarmas - 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 379
Shiva and Shakti - 69, 113, 125, 138, 143, 157, 169, T45     
Siddhis/Powers - 76, 149, 150, 155, 164, 167, 176, 184, 210, 243, 264, 303,                  317, 320
Sigmund Freud - T10
Sin - 132, 252, 344  
Sivananda - 253
Skepicism - 134, 180, 182      
Sleep - 17, 157, 158, 213, 251    
Solar Centering Enhancement - 368, 370, 374
Spinal Nerve (Sushumna) - 44, 52, 64, 90, 96, 143, 189, 206, 229      
Spiritual Anatomy - 47, 89, 90, 92      
Sri Yantra - 92, 169, T25      
Star and Circle Vision - 92, 179
Suffering - 321
Sufi (whirling dervishes) - 143, 253
Sutras - 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155     
Swami Rama - 253

Tai Chi - 69, 80, 104
Tantra (mature students only, please)      
       What is Tantra? - T1, 66, 97, T65
       Holdback Method - T4, T43, T67
       Blocking Method - T5, T43
       Brahmacharya - T9, 101, T69
       Sexual Healing and Equality - T10, T42, T50, T64, T73
       Pornography - T38, T39
       Homosexuality - T39
       Vigyan Bhairav Tantra (112 practices) - T21, 136
       Count Method - T23
       Sri Vidya - T25, 169
       Advanced Siddhasana - T28, 177
       Vajroli Mudra - T30, T46, T60, T62, T63, T68
       Kechari Secret Spot - T34, T61
       Family Values - T66
       Neo-Tantra -  T65
       Sex and Kundalini - 54, T70     
Taoism - 20, 51, 157, T32
Tapas (intensity) - 67, 149
Teaching Yoga (by everyone) - 255, 256, 257
Teddy Roosevelt - 55
Theosophy - 253
Third Eye - 56, 65, 91, 92, 131, 169, 189, 198, 199, 206, 212      
Thomas Edison - 93, 246
Thoreau - 253
Time Management in Practices - 18, 50, 86, 181, 193, 209      
Traditions - 19, 93, 165, 221, 253
Transcendental Meditation - 246, 253
Trataka - 316
Turiya - 157      
Twelve Step Programs - T38, T39, 308, T64
Twice a day (practices) - 13, 148, 209, 244  

Ujjayi (with epiglottis) - 41
Unity - 333, 336, 375
Upanishads - 253, 350     

Vedanta (advaita/non-duality) - 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328,
              329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 350, 351, 352, 353,
              356, 357, 361, 362
Vivekananda - 93, 248, 253

Western Psychology - 134
Whole Body Mudra - 212, 275 
Witnessing - 109, 122, 138, 157, 203, 213, 250, 318, 321, 333, 350, 357, 372,
              375   
Woodroffe, Sir John - 253
World Peace - 34, 37, 93, 146
Worship - 67, 112, 220
Wright Brothers - 53, 93

Yama and Niyama - 149, 150, 185, 228, 253
Yoga (what is it?) - 11
Yoga Nidra (yogic sleep) - 213, 250, 299, 317
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali - 10, 76, 149, 153, 176, 184, 243, 253, 330
Yuga - 93
Yukteswar - 146, T67