Practical Mysticism at its Best A poetic and profoundly moving book, Living Love shares with us the heart and soul of yoga. Exploring yoga's ethics and practices for living in the world with deep spiritual and psychological insight, it helps us better relate to ourselves and the world around us, as well as to access the unitary wholeness of being, leading to greater happiness, mental balance, and spiritual depth. GLOBAL BOOK AWARDS WINNER SILVER MEDAL 2022 SELF-HEALING CATEGORY A WINNER OF COVR 2021 ICONIC BOOKS VISIONARY AWARDS The author, Maetreyii Ma Nolan, Ph.D., is a psychologist in private practice and an expert in yoga philosophy. Through years of meditative practice and her own personal connection to Source, as well as directing and teaching retreats, yoga teacher, yoga therapy and meditation training, and running her Ashram, she has gained profound insights and understanding that she shares in these deeply insightful writings. Delving into the first two limbs of the eight-fold path of yoga, given in Patanjali's classic Yoga Sutras, Living Love is a spiritual guidebook that can bring these foundational practices of yoga alive in your life, helping you to: Live in integrity Have compassion for yourself and others Heal emotional wounds, sadness, and anxiety Develop habits and behaviors that will support your well-being Lead a value-based life for spiritual awakening and self-realization Practical exercises are included at the end of the book to help you put it all into action. The practices of Yama and Niyama are yoga's method for purifying our minds by changing our attitudes and behaviors to allow more subtle spiritual awareness to awaken within us. We are constantly bombarded in life by various experiences that can be disruptive. Learning to cope with life's difficulties and live in equanimity, deepening our spiritual connection is the foundation of yoga. There is nothing in yoga more essential than these practices. "Kind, wise, and reflective of timeless truths, this yoga manual merits careful reading and rereading." - Kirkus Reviews "This is a great read...is one of those special books that will stay with you and bring you inevitably closer to lightness and joy." - Self-Publishing ReviewBe in the heart and soul of yoga! Let Living Love help you transform your relationship with the world around you and find your way to your spiritual truth! Maetreyii Ma Nolan Ph.D., the author, has many years of both personal meditative experience and an intuitive connection to Divine Source that gives her profound insights into these writings. She is a highly qualified teacher of meditation, spiritual wisdom, and yoga, as well as a clinical psychologist in private practice.