Yoga for illness?

[Guest guest]

Is it true that this form of yoga clenses your body from illness?<br><br>and I

need the name of a good book about this form of yoga...

[Guest guest]

as may be clear from following the messages

posted here what you practice is no gaurantee of what

you get. maybe its more important how you practice.

maybe its a combination of what you practice and how

you practice. maybe you need to mix the constraints

of your karma in there too. many deep healings may

well have occured through this or that approach to

yoga. many have obvioulsy not. those of us lucky enough

to have known and studied with derek ireland would

hesitate to overstate the therapeutic claims some adhere

to the practice of ashtangavinyasayoga. but, was his

dying of cancer in the prime of his life after many

years of dedicated practice and commitment to studying

annualy with his guru, an indication of error or bad

karma? i think not.

[Guest guest]

I was just browsing your Godfrey's new book, and

it looks like a very satisfying read.<br><br>For

something that is called 15 minute Yoga, it was

surprisingly good.Especially the parts of the book not devoted

to asanas were invaluable.It provided a very strong

foundation for the practice of the asanas.<br><br>The book

is on Amazon, it's not an Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga book

and it is dedicated to Derek Ireland.

[Guest guest]

Perhaps Derek Ireland would have died of cancer

sooner if he hadn't practiced yoga; perhaps yoga

prolonged a life that could have been a great deal shorter

without it. I don't know how karma enters into it, but if

biology is indeed destiny, then can yoga give us a degree

of control over sickness and death? (Or does one

need to be able to stop one's heartbeat first?) Can

yoga allow us to change our destiny? Should we believe

in destiny at all? Stop me if this all sounds

idiotic. I'm still just a beginner and I was never a

brilliant student, despite the BA in (Western) philosophy.