Jung on Yoga: Insights and Activities to Awaken with the Chakras

by Dario Nardi

What is consciousness, and how can we awaken? Inside, you will find a powerful compass, along with daily body-mind practices, to part the curtains around the theater of the world. Come unfold your potential!In 1932, renowned analyst Dr. Carl G. Jung gave four talks on the psychology of kundalini yoga. You may know Dr. Jung for his work with archetypes, ego, functions of personality, the shadow self, and other aspects of psyche. This book adds to those. It is a tour of his words and wisdom on the chakras, reorganized and couched in more everyday language and plentiful graphics for the benefit of all.What s inside? --Dr. Jung s insights on the ego, consciousness, and the unconscious --An introduction to kundalini yoga --The chakras, in Jung s own words -- Over fifty exercises for health, happiness, and holiness -- Science! Today s knowledge of the brain and larger nervous system illuminates the fact of body-mind connections -- Advice tailored to each of the Jungian functions of personality: Sensing, iNtuiting, Thinking, and Feeling -- Making use of what Jung called the Transcendent function -- How entheogens like ayahuasca can greatly aid awakening Jung's views contrast with most views of development today, which either reduce human beings to biological machines or seek to prop up the ego. Here, you will find ways to get energized, remove blinders, and let go of unpleasant tensions, false identifications, and excessive cares.Beyond Jung, this book highlights unique benefits of taking up yoga practice and the deep value of a traditional Eastern approach for ego diffusion.

Genres: Psychology, Spirituality

260 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 10, 2018

Reviews

[Jocelin Higgins · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dario fascinatingly weaves the ancient yoga principles with Carl Jung's philosophy to illuminate the reader to their increasing depth and by comparing both the similarities and complexities of the two and how these are relevant to your modern yoga practice.

[Anita Ashland · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very helpful distillation of Jung's views on kundalini yoga. Nardi provides activities and exercise you can do to work with these energies. Of greatest interest to me is the section on personality typology. He provides fresh descriptions and keywords for the 8 Jungian functions and shows how the functions are to the West what chakras are to the East.

I recommend pairing this book with Jungian analyst and psychiatrist Ashok Bedi's book Path to the Soul which also talks about the chakras in a Jungian context.

[Bernadette · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a super interesting read - with a surprisingly modern take considering how different society is compared to when Jung conducted his studies. I really loved how the author took all of his extensive research (including what must’ve been a deep dive into Jung’s work alone) and condensed it into something approachable, including even modern pop culture metaphors. The exercises were wonderful too.

[MariaReina · Rating 5 out of 5]

JUNG on YOGA

I read this book without stopping , I love it and I feel connected being fond of Yoga, a JUNG fan and a follower of Dario p

[Kathleen · Rating 3 out of 5]

DNF book. Very esoteric topic that was difficult to absorb. I’ll keep it for reference but couldn’t get through it all.

[Madison · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really interesting and insightful. Very good introduction to both Jung and Kundalini Yoga! Would for sure recommend this to beginners.