Teaching on ethics and social action
Michael Stone is a psychotherapist in private practice and a yoga teacher. He is also a leading lecturer on mindfulness meditation in clinical psychotherapy practice.
“Thought-provoking. Stone is unusually passionate and
sophisticated in his approach. The book needs to be digested
slowly, because in it Stone calls on us to change our minds and
lives. Fortunately, he not only provides guidance on this
path but also inspires us to follow it.”—Yoga Journal
“An essential read for anyone trying to seriously practice yoga
today.”—Yoga Magazine
“Yoga for a World Out of Balance provides guiding principles with a
holistic vision that sees beyond simple black-and-white into
today's more complex issues.”—Elephant Journal
“The world has been calling out for a book like this. Michael
Stone affirms the potential of yoga in our world, and the book is
necessary reading for anyone who is looking to do an engaged,
authentic practice with integrity, intelligence, and
sensitivity.”—It's All Yoga, Baby blog
“The careening horror of our environmental dissent has all of us
off balance. Michael Stone provides some excellent advice about how
to find a place on which to stand.”—Bill McKibben, author of Deep
Economy
“If up until now yoga has been something you do on a mat, this book
will lift you off your feet. I know of no book with such an
elevated, informed, and inspiring perspective on how yoga belongs
in our world and how the world belongs in our yoga.”—Chip
Hartranft, author and translator, The Yoga-Sutra of Patanjali
“Spiritual awakening and fruition do not come from fleeing our
suffering world but from opening up to it and being transformed by
that encounter. Michael Stone’s new book demonstrates clearly and
persuasively that social engagement is an essential part of genuine
yogic practice. His work continues to be at the cutting edge of
Western yoga.”—David Loy, author of Money, Sex, War, Karma
“The nurturing flow of life, extreme intelligence, beauty, and
perfect harmony are active in every one of us. Yoga was developed
in ancient wisdom culture to gently reveal what we already have.
Read this book.”—Mark Whitwell, author of Yoga of the Heart
“Reverence for life up-ends the typical narcissism of spiritual
literature; what we are offered here instead is a literate and
deeply devotional integration of individual practice and social
awareness. Yoga has always meant 'union,' but here in Michael
Stone’s world, the profound philosophy of yoga permeates the dying
earth and our living hearts with insights that are ancient,
scintillating, and incisive. This is not a rehash of prior
teachings, but a highly original uncloaking of the deepest meanings
that await us in our practice.”—Paul Hawken, author of Blessed
Unrest
“An important new work of great clarity that brilliantly explores
the core concern of human existence: the coming together of spirit
and action.”—Velcrow Ripper, director of the films Scared Sacred
and Fierce Light
“Michael Stone provides the clarity and direction that can result
in a yoga practice that is not limited to the time on the mat but
that moves out into the world and embraces it.”—Spirituality &
Health
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