Letters from the Yoga Masters: Teachings Revealed through Correspondence from Paramhansa Yogananda, Ramana Maharshi, Swami Sivananda, and Others

Letters from the Yoga Masters by Marion Mugs McConnell is an extraordinary presentation on yoga built around extracts from private letters, written by Paramahansa Yogananda, Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh, Ramana Maharshi and many other respected teachers, as correspondence to Dr. Hari Dickman, founder of the Latvian Yoga Society in the 1930s. McConnell offers clear instruction and enjoyable reading supported by rare original writings from these revered yoga masters.Among the reasons this book is intriguing and inspiring, are the following:• The personalized correspondence provides insights into the importance these masters applied to specific teachings & practices. Many quoted excerpts plus images of many of these letters are included.• McConnell’s presentation on a range of important yogic techniques and principles, as explained in many of the 750+ letters, is rich with instructional materials of value to both beginner and advanced students of yoga. Incorporating her depth of experience, McConnell’s attentiveness to including quoted excerpts from these master’s letters, which corroborate or in some cases contrast a specific teaching point, was done with great scholarship, myriad citations, and integrity. This approach adds great substance and depth to the topics presented.• Although this is only a small portion of the book, the acknowledgement of Hari Dickman as an advanced yogi, by these renowned masters creates a broader spiritual context for the extraordinary and inspiring story of Hari’s personal perseverance, as a teacher, a translator of yoga writings, and practitioner of yoga, through the extreme historical times in Eastern Europe in the years before and during WWII. A context exemplified by Paramahansa Yogananda’s essential multi-year support which enabled Hari and his wife’s immigration to the United States.• In her efforts to preserve and share these precious letters, Marion Mugs McConnell has done a great service which honors her teacher and provides a substantial contribution to the continued promotion of the great original teachings of these highly regarded yoga masters.This very informative enjoyable book is a treasure for beginner and advanced yoga students as well as a valuable reference for yoga teachers.

Wonderful book! So grateful for all of Mugs hard work in bringing this valuable, historical information together for today's yoga world!

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Spectacular work, definitely worth reading.