Andrew Harvey has studied with masters such as Thuksey Rinpoche and Father Bede Griffiths for more than thirty years. The author or editor of more than two dozen books, he lives in Chicago. Karuna Erickson directs the Heart Yoga Center. She lives in Nelson, British Columbia.
“This is an amazing book that will accelerate your journey to
God-consciousness.”
—Deepak Chopra, author of The Ultimate Happiness Prescription and
Reinventing the Body, Resurrecting the Soul
“Heart Yoga is a timely book. It can help us stay centered in
joyful peace as we are increasingly called to act and serve in the
world… the authors have given us a contemporary lens through which
to view and experience what yoga has always been: a
transformational practice… Heart Yoga guides us to be illumined yet
rooted.”
—Yoga Journal
“Longtime yoga teacher Karuna Erickson and scholar Andrew Harvey
offer a heart-centered approach that melds hatha yoga with
visualizations, poetry, and other practices from the world’s
mystical traditions... Those looking to infuse their practice with
a deeper sense of devotion will find Heart Yoga filled with
inspiration and beauty.”
—Yoga+Joyful Living Magazine
“What I appreciated most about the directions for the poses and
breathing was the imaginative correlation to connecting with our
inner spirit and the energies of the earth, sky, and vast world
around us. Each pose is explained, the intent, the goal clarified,
the purpose personified. This book reads as much like prose and
poem as it does invitation and instruction. It’s most definitely a
book one must experience to best appreciate it.”
—Laura Friedkin, San Francisco Book Review
“Heart Yoga: The Sacred Marriage of Yoga and Mysticism exquisitely
merges the poetry of the Divine with the power of Yoga with
inspired precision. Authors Andrew Harvey and Karuna Erickson have
accomplished the rigorous blending of heaven and earth, guaranteed
to inspire new and well-seasoned students of yoga. This book is a
magnificent accomplishment.”
—Caroline Myss, author of Entering the Castle and Anatomy of the
Spirit
"This profound, beautiful and pioneering book will ground the yoga
community in a deeper mystical understanding, taking the worldwide
yoga movement to a new level of inner empowerment and outer
effectiveness. Whether you're a beginning student or a lifelong
practitioner, Andrew Harvey and Karuna Erickson will deepen your
practice with this exalted and extremely practical book."
—Marianne Williamson, author of The Age of Miracles and The Healing
of America
“Yes! Andrew Harvey and Karuna Erickson have written an
inspirational and passionate guide recognizing modern-day yogis as
mystics on the mat. They invite us to experience our mats as
temples, our movements as embodied prayer, the world a divine
altar, and our actions as the tools for change. Heart Yoga
addresses how the awakening of the cosmic soul within the physical
form inspires us to align our individual hearts with the universal
call for action and service; the natural progression of yoga beyond
the body. This is a magnificent and timely book affirming that the
sacred practice of yoga is a journey of personal illumination,
universal recognition, mystical unification and the inevitable
understanding that it is love and action that can transform this
planet from one of fear and separation into one united by love,
truth and God.”
—Seane Corn, yoga teacher, Global Yoga Ambassador for Youth AIDS,
and co-visionary for the “Off the Mat, Into the World”
initiative
“Heart Yoga: The Sacred Marriage of Yoga and Mysticism is a potent
offering with the depth of living wisdom, kindled knowledge and
mystical insight that will ignite the inherent fire of yoga lovers
everywhere. The pages are infused with the direct passionate
experience and wisdom from two longtime love pilgrims and scholars
who are calling for and igniting the inner fire of the heart of
yoga with piercing insight and a living joy. I have made Andrew
Harvey's books a must-read in all our teacher trainings and this is
another sacred classic.”
—Shiva Rea, yogini, founder and leading teacher of Prana Flow Yoga
and Yoga Trance Dance™
“Karuna Erickson is delighting us with her authentic and intense
inquiry into spirit. Her yoga is inspiring.”
—Rodney Yee, yoga teacher and author of Moving Toward Balance: 8
Weeks of Yoga with Rodney Yee
“Reading Heart Yoga: The Sacred Marriage of Yoga and Mysticism was
a delicious revelation. Harvey and Erickson have blended the
powerful practicality of yoga poses with the transcendent power of
heart-opening spirituality in ways that are both inspiring and
practicable for everyday life. I recommend it heartily to all
students of yoga and self-transformation, as well as to those who
simply want to live more deeply, more richly and more happily.”
—Judith Hanson Lasater, PhD, PT, yoga teacher since 1971 and author
of A Year of Living Your Yoga
“As a longtime student and practitioner of yoga, I am filled with
respect for Heart Yoga: The Sacred Marriage of Yoga and Mysticism.
I particularly love this crystal-clear primer for practicing yoga
as a means of connecting the body, mind and spirit to all living
beings. The frequent references to beautiful writings from all
cultures and times make this book a rich and rewarding experience.
I am inspired to take my own practice deeper, and to realize
through it my own Spiritual Activism, of which Andrew Harvey and
Karuna Erickson have written so eloquently.”
—Ali McGraw, actor and yoga practitioner
“This book is a quiet but passionate revelation. It takes the yoga
community to a new level of process and empowerment. It invites all
spiritual seekers to an adventure of embodiment. While being
extremely ambitious and elevated, the book is also very lyrical,
clear and accessible. I believe that yoga is ready for the next
wave and this book is it.”
—Debbie Ford, author of The 21-Day Consciousness Cleanse: A
Breakthrough Program for Connecting with Your Soul's Deepest
Purpose, Why Good People Do Bad Things: How to Stop Being Your Own
Worst Enemy
“Here is a wonderful gift to the world of today, a helpful Yoga
container to develop fire in the heart, and beautiful meditations
to inspire the heart's passion for the Great Work, both inner and
the outer.”
—Paul H. Ray, coauthor of The Cultural Creatives: How 50 Million
People Are Changing the World
"In Heart Yoga, Andrew Harvey and Karuna Erickson deliver an
eloquent 'guidebook' to understanding and navigating the current
evolution of yoga. This book strikes a fine balance between the
transcendent powers of yoga, while providing understandable,
practical, and effective techniques. Andrew and Karuna draw from
vast experience, insight, and knowledge to provide a renewed sense
of reverence to practitioners wishing to make their practice more
sacred and inspired. Heart Yoga is perfectly timed to provide a
tool to take one's practice and mystical inquiry to a new level of
compassion, truth, and action in the world."
—Ally Bogard, director of yoga teacher training at Gaiatri Yoga
international yoga network www.gaiatri.com
“In Heart Yoga, Andrew and Karuna use practical teachings and
richly layered poems to remind us that through yoga it is possible
for anyone to become ‘embodied channels of illumined love, grace,
peace… and instruments of divine creativity and service in the
world.’”
—Spiritual Media Blog
“In combining [the authors’] wisdom and experience – they have made
magic!… This is a beautifully written and photographed workbook for
placing the practice of Heart Yoga into the life of the reader. It
also acts as a great reference book for yoga in general. Any
individual, from any background, with or without experience
practicing yoga would be able to work with the material presented
here in a safe, knowledgeable manner.”
—Bonnie Cehovet
“Heart Yoga marries, at the most passionate depth, the ancient
traditions of yoga with the wisdom of the mystical traditions
concerning the sacred heart and the divine light. [The authors’]
intention is to inspire the yoga community to become the crucible
for the divinization of the body and the birth of the divine human…
With detailed descriptions and photographs of fifty yoga poses and
their alchemical effects on the body and consciousness, Heart Yoga
presents yoga as a simple meditative practice that enables the
practitioner to dwell in the heart and experience the bliss of
union with the sacred power underlying all of life.”
—Branches of Light
“This book is a tender and compassionate invitation to yoga
practitioners to take their practice to the next level of direct
divine self-empowerment.”
—AZ Net News
“Thoughtful and enticing reading that can be applied easily in
one’s life, Heart Yoga is a must.”
—Midwest Book Review
“[Andrew Harvey and Karuna Erickson] have created a devotional
masterwork that brings together yoga practice and mystical
meditation. … Heart Yoga opens us to divine energy and sends us
into the world with an awakened love for all beings.”
—Spirituality & Practice
“[Heart Yoga] offers a unique transformative fusion of sacred
poetry and teachings from the world’s saints and mystics,
meditations from mystical traditions, and yoga postures and
sequences suitable for all levels to enable the reader to awaken
and experience the ‘Five Great Joys.’”
—YOGA Chicago
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