Strength that begins inside.

Long before yoga meant a class and a mat, it meant training the whole person: a steadier mind, a truthful life, a breath that calms, and an attention that gathers. That older yoga still has much to teach anyone who feels pulled in too many directions.

Drawing on the Upanishads, the Yoga Sutras, the Bhagavad Gita and the classic hatha texts, these twelve short chapters build inner strength step by step, from the choices that steady a life to the seat, the breath, and the quiet witness behind your thoughts. No flexibility required: each chapter ends with a simple practice you can do anywhere.

Inside this book: • Watching the restless mind without being ruled by it • One small restraint that builds real willpower • The steady seat and the calming breath • Turning the senses inward, in five minutes • Acting fully without grasping at results

Volume 5 of The Quiet Wisdom Series. Also in the series: Buddhism for Inner Peace, Christian Mysticism for Inner Stillness, Sufism for the Heart, Taoism for Inner Balance, Zen for a Quiet Mind, Kabbalah for the Soul.