Dervish Yoga Book
Dervish Yoga for Health and Longevity details the Seven Major Arkanas of Samadeva Gestural Euphony, and also includes chapters on meditation, relaxation, and a special exercise for sexual health. Clearly explained and illustrated by many detailed photographs, the exercises can be easily learned in just 10 minutes a day. Practicing Dervish Yoga brings innumerable benefits: improved health, greater flexibility and coordination, inner calm, a clearer mind, a deeper relationship with our body, and a feeling of harmony within ourselves and with the world around us. It is addressed to anyone of any age -- from beginners with no previous experience in movement techniques, to alternative health practitioners and people in the helping professions, to seasoned instructors of yoga, tai chi, qi gong, dance, or other methods who want to acquire new experience and enrich their area of expertise; it is also for people who want to further their inner development, come into a closer relationship with their body, or simply free themselves from stress.
The book also includes chapters on "The Harmonization of the Chakras," "Practical Tips for Optimizing Your Health," "From Catharsis to Consciousness: Rediscovering the Connection between Body and Spirit," "Samadeva and Quantum Physics: Where Science Meets Wisdom," and the incredible story of the origins of Dervish Yoga describing Idris Lahore's first meeting with the Sufi sheikh of a secluded Dervish brotherhood in Kafiristan, where he was to learn the ancient movements that form the basis of Samadeva Gestural Euphony.
About the authors:
IDRIS LAHORE has been immersed in both Eastern and Western cultures and spiritual traditions since his childhood. Over the course of his extensive travels and studies throughout the world - from China, Tibet, and India to Arabia, Persia, Palestine, and Egypt - he acquired a profound knowledge of the heart of these traditions and a subtle understanding of the human psyche. The author of many books translated into several languages, Idris Lahore has introduced Samadeva, the therapeutic art of the dervishes, to the West.
ENNEA TESS GRIFFITH has practiced many psycho-corporal techniques since her earliest youth, including such eastern techniques as yoga, tai chi chuan, and qi gong and western techniques such as stretching, eurythmy, and Bothmer gymnastics. Trained in the healing techniques of the dervishes by Idris Lahore for over a decade, Ennea Tess Griffith has been working to make the ancient knowledge and practical methods of the dervishes accessible to the West. With Idris Lahore, she developed the nine branches of Samadeva taught at the Free University of Samadeva, of which she is the founder, directing many of the University’s seminars and courses. She teaches several introductory and advanced courses, particularly in Dervish Yoga (Samadeva Gestural Euphony), Lou Yong Zhi Neng, Meridian Energetic Techniques, and Family and Systemic Constellations.
EMMA THYLOCH was trained by Idris Lahore in the psycho-corporal techniques of the dervishes, which she has taught for eleven years. Co-founder of the Free University of Samadeva, she teaches courses and seminars in Dervish Yoga, Nadi Yoga, and Gurdjieff Dances and Movements. In addition, she organizes classes and workshops throughout Europe. Emma Thyloch also teaches training courses in Euphonic and Energetic Massage, one of the nine branches of Samadeva.
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