From the publisher
Finally, a book that emphasizes the sacred love teaching woven throughout the Bhagavad Gita and Yoga Sutra texts! Drawing from the ancient bhakti tradition they have belonged to for decades, authors Catherine Ghosh and Braja Sorensen invite the reader to broaden their definition of yoga according to one of the best-kept secrets of the Bhagavad Gita: that although it is set in a war zone, at its core the Gita is essentially a book on love, and yoga is the process through which we connect with, and participate in, that love. Yoga in the Gita offers readers two very different yet complimentary voices presenting the same ancient approaches to self-development from both Krishna and Patanjali in practical, philosophically insightful and entertaining ways. With the first part of the book focusing exclusively on the way Krishna defines yoga in the Gita, and the second half drawing bhakti parallels between Krishna's teachings and Patanjali's, the authors offer a captivating and inspiring way for readers to appreciate the rich elements that make up a serious yoga lifestyle. In this first contemporary book on yoga written by women to have emerged from the bhakti tradition, yoga practice takes on a whole new dimension: one that includes everything from our relationship with ourselves, with our bodies, and with others, to the relationship we have with the environment and the divine.
About the author
Catherine Ghosh is an artist, writer, mother and editor of Journey of the Heart: An Anthology of Spiritual Poetry by Women (2014) and Where Journeys Meet: The Voice of Women's Poetry (2015) She has been an active practitioner and student in the Bhakti Yoga tradition since 1986, studying under Damodar Goswami of Jagannatha Puri, India, and later trained in Svarupa-asanas at Master Yoga Academy in California, with Swami Nirmalananda Saraswati. Catherine is co-founder of The Secret Yoga Institute, together with her life partner, Graham M. Schweig, and develops teaching materials for yoga workshops and has served as a contributing editor for Integral Yoga Magazine (2009-13.) She is passionate about inspiring women to share their spiritual insights and honor their valuable voices, and does so through a women's spiritual poetry community she founded in 2012. Her forthcoming books are Bhakti Blossoms: A Contemporary Collection of Vaishnavi Poetry, and Poetry as a Spiritual Practice: Embracing the Awakened Woman. A lover of nature, Catherine divides her time between her two homes in Florida and Virginia, delighting in painting, quilting, and writing poetry, among other artistic activities. www.catherineghosh.com Braja Sorensen is a writer, author, poet, photographer, bhakti-yogini, cook, and cow lover, hailing from the beaches of Australia. She has lived in on the banks of the sacred Ganges River in Mayapur, West Bengal, since the turn of the century. Braja has practiced bhakti and astanga-yoga since the '80s, the former in the Vaishnava tradition, the latter in the Iyengar tradition. Her published works include Lost & Found in India (2013); Mad & Divine (2015); and Tryst: Ghazals of Love (2016). Her first novel, Of Noble Blood, is due in late 2016, and her first novella, Kavita: Search for Transcendence, will also be released at the same time. Braja has other published works in the Vaishnava genre-18 Days: Sri Panca-tattva's Mayapur-lila (2004), and India & Beyond: Plane Reading for Part-time Babajis (2012). Braja also worked for some years on Nava-vraja-mahima (Lal Publishing, 2013) authored by Sivarama Swami: a nine-volume treatise on the sacred land of India presented through the Vaishnava perspective of pastime, pilgrimage, and philosophy. Her award-winning poetry has been published in the UK and Australia, and she served as Managing Editor for several years for Mayapur Magazine and Mayapur Journal. Connect with Braja via her website www.brajasorensen.com.
