Yoga: The Technology of Ecstasy

by Georg Feuerstein

Feuerstein, a well-known columnist for the Yoga Journal, offers the most complete, clear and comprehensive book ever written on Yoga.

344 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1989

About the author

Georg A. Feuerstein was an Indologist and, according to his associate Ken Wilber, among the foremost Westerns scholar-practitioners of yoga. After doing his postgraduate research at Durham University in England, he moved to the United States, eventually settling in Canada with his wife and sometime co-author Brenda.

Reviews

[Anthony · Rating 3 out of 5]

A complete history of yoga stretching back to the dawn of history, and going up to roughly the 18th century or so. This is a pretty academic book, about the philosophical roots of yoga not necessarily the stuff you hear about in a modern yoga class. It is a convoluted and confusing history, and I found the writing fairly confusing as well. At times very dry, at other times a bit corny, such as when the author repeatedly made claims about quantum physics backing up different new agey claims.

For the most part however, as good a guide to the ancient roots of yoga as any.