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Copyright © 2006 by Gregor Maehle

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The material in this book is intended for education. Please consult a qualified health care practitioner before beginning any exercise program and learn yoga under personal supervision. This book is not a substitute for medical advice or instruction from a qualified yoga teacher. No expressed or implied guarantee as to the effects of the use of the recommendations can be given nor liability taken.

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Originally published in Australia by Kaivalya Publications in 2006.

Text design and typography by Allan Watson

Photography by Adrian Kat

Illustrations by Steve Dance

Front cover photograph: Gregor Maehle and Monica Gauci performing Kaundinyasana, a posture dedicated to the sage Kaundinya, author of the commentary on Lakulisha’s Pashupata Sutra; back cover photograph: Gregor Maehle and Monica Gauci performing Yoga Mudra.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Maehle, Gregor.

Ashtanga yoga: practice and philosophy: a comprehensive description of the primary series of ashtanga yoga and an authentic explanation of the Yoga sutra of Patanjali / Gregor Maehle.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-57731-606-0 (pbk.: alk. paper)

1. Astanga yoga. 2. Patañjali. Yogasutra. I. Title.

RA781.68.M34 2007

613.7’046—dc22

2007022806

First New World Library edition, September 2007

ISBN-10: 1-57731-606-1

ISBN-13: 978-157731-606-0

Printed in Canada on partially recycled, acid-free paper

New World Library is a proud member of the Green Press Initiative.

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