P.Y. Deshpande

The Authentic Yoga makes a fresh inquiry into the understanding of yoga as it is presented in Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. Why another book on this subject? Because no one has yet given a precise answer to the question 'What is Yoga?' The author argues that Patanjali indicates the answer in the very title of his original text Yoga Darsanam. That is, that Yoga is a Darsana - a way of approaching reality based on a unique method of enquiry into the nature and structure of life.

The Authentic Yoga makes a fresh inquiry into the understanding of yoga as it is presented in Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. Why another book on this subject? Because no one has yet given a precise answer to the question 'What is Yoga?' The author argues that Patanjali indicates the answer in the very title of his original text Yoga Darsanam. That is, that Yoga is a Darsana - a way of approaching reality based on a unique method of enquiry into the nature and structure of life.