The Science of Yoga: The Risks and the Rewards (56 page)

     progressive muscle,
201

     and sex,
167
,
175
–76

Relaxation Response
(Benson),
95
,
177
,
200

Relief Is in the Stretch
(Fishman),
139

Renshaw, Perry F.,
100

research:

     experimental controls in,
55
–56,
71

     funding of,
xxix
,
219
–20

     peer-reviewed journals,
61
–62

     review articles in,
72

research studies:

     Boston,
98
–100,
202

     Cal/Davis,
59
–63,
64
,
65
,
66
,
67
,
70
,
72
,
74

     Columbia College,
134
–35,
143

     Czechoslovakia,
173
–75

     Duke,
55
–57,
64
,
67
,
73
,
75

     Hannover,
170

     New York,
69
–72

     NIH,
219
–20

     Royal Society,
207
–8

     Rutgers,
184
,
190

     Saint Petersburg,
171
–73

     Sperry,
203
–4

     Stanford,
176
–77,
221

     Tanglewood,
101
–2

     Texas,
66
–68,
72

     University of Pennsylvania,
205
–6

     Wisconsin,
68
,
69
,
72

respiration,
see
breathing

respiratory alkalosis,
86
,
87

resting metabolic rate,
158

revitalization,
169

rheumatoid arthritis,
42
–43

Robin, Mel,
xix
,
8
,
91
–95,
102
,
217
,
218

     and emotions,
200

     and injuries,
104
–5,
131

     and inversions,
91
–93,
97
–98,
132
,
133

     
Physiological Handbook for Teachers of Yogasana,
91

Rolfing,
201

Rosen, Richard,
132

rotator cuff,
140
–42

Russell, W. Ritchie,
xix
,
xxviii
,
112
–16,
119
,
120
,
128
,
134

Rutgers University,
184
,
190

Sacks, Oliver,
Musicophilia,
209

Sacred Paths
(Feuerstein),
45

Saint Petersburg State University,
171
–73

Salabhasana
(Locust pose),
37
,
38
,
96
,
168
,
183

samadhi (transcendent bliss),
17
–18,
177
,
178

Samata center, Los Angeles,
155

Sankalpah Yoga, New York,
105
–6

Sannella, Lee,
xix
,
xxix
,
187
–89

     
Kundalini: Psychosis or Transcendence?,
188

Sanskrit, poetry of,
17

Sarvangasana
(Shoulder Stand),
92

     
see also
Shoulder Stand

Satchidananda, Swami,
164

Savasana
(Corpse Pose),
81
,
81
,
205

     
see also
Corpse Pose

scapula,
140
–41

Science,
61

science:

     diffuse nature of,
217
–18

     as organized skepticism,
221
–22

     and red tape,
217

     and research,
see
research; research studies

     review articles in,
72
–73

     as systematized truth,
215

Science of Flexibility
(Alter),
121

Science of Orgasm, The
(Komisaruk),
190

Scudder, Rev. John,
188

Sears, Al,
171

Seated Forward Bend (
Paschimottanasana
),
111
,
111
,
183

Seated Forward Bend with Bent Leg (
Janu Sirsasana
),
206

Self-Realization Fellowship,
34
,
35

sensuality,
189

serenity,
84
,
89
,
98

sex,
163
–93

     and abdominal contractions,
174

     and autonomic stimulation,
176
,
177

     
Better Sex Through Yoga
(DVDs),
164

     continuous arousal in,
176
,
177

     and creativity,
206
–7,
208

     and Dostálek,
173
–75

     ecstasy of,
15
–16,
164
,
176
,
177
,
185

     extending the duration of lovemaking,
16
,
39

     and fast breathing,
xxx
,
xxxi
,
175
,
179
–81

     focus on,
37

     guru misconduct,
164
–65

     and hedonism,
189
–90

     and kundalini,
xxvi
,
xvii
,
185
–89,
212

     and
la petite mort,
184
–85

     Masters and Johnson on,
174
,
183

     and mysticism,
185
–86

     and Neotantra,
192

     and orgasm,
182
–86,
190
–93

     and pharmaceuticals,
166

     and relaxation,
167
,
175
–76

     research studies on,
167
–79,
182
–92

     status orgasmus,
183

     and sympathetic arousal,
176
–77,
183
–84

     and testosterone,
xxviii
,
166
,
168
–71,
172
–73,
179

     thinking off,
xxix
,
184
,
190
–92

     and Udupa,
166
–71

     and yoga paradox,
177
,
221

     and yogasm,
182

Shakti (goddess),
186

Shape,
65

Sharma, Vijai P.,
130

Shaw, Beth,
xix
,
65
,
74

Sheth, Pratap,
232
–33n

Shining Skull Breath (
Kapalbhati Pranayama
),
129
,
175
,
183

Shiva (god),
186

Shoulder Stand (
Sarvangasana
),
xvii
,
91
–93,
92
,
96
,
97

     and Gune,
26
,
29

     and injuries,
104
,
107
,
115
,
116
,
118
–19,
123
,
126
,
128
,
133
,
136

     and research studies,
26

     and sex,
168

siddhis (miracles),
35

Siegel, Lee,
23

Sinclair, Neil,
212
–13

     
The Spirit Flies Free,
213

Singh, Ranjit,
xix
,
xxvi
,
13
–14,
18

Sirsasana
(Headstand),
27

     
see also
Headstand

Sivananda, Swami,
xix
,
58
,
103

Sivananda yoga,
xxiii

skin conductance,
176
–77,
178

Slim Calm Sexy Yoga
(Stiles),
97
,
158

Small, Eric L.,
145

snake, coiled,
185
–86

Spectra Suites, The
(Jones),
210

Sperry, Roger,
203
–4

spinal stenosis,
136
,
144

Spinal Twist (
Ardha Matsyendrasana
),
167
,
167

spine, anti-aging therapies aimed at,
41

Spirit Flies Free: The Kundalini Poems
(Sinclair),
213

spirituality,
18
,
185

stage fright,
101
–2

Stiles, Tara,
xix
,
97
–98

     
Slim Calm Sexy Yoga,
97
,
158

Sting (rock star),
199
,
215

Stokowski, Leopold,
198
,
199

Streeter, Chris C.,
xx
,
98

stress:

     and healing,
142

     management of,
158
,
168

     and sex,
167
,
168
,
173

     and telomeres,
43
–44

     and weight,
98

Stress and Its Management by Yoga
(Udupa),
168

Stretch
(
New York Times
),
2

strokes:

     and basilar artery,
114
,
116
,
120

     and beauty-salon syndrome,
114
–16,
127

     and blood flow to the brain,
112
–16,
120

     and cryptogenic injuries,
116

     and vertebral arteries,
113
–14,
118
,
119
,
120
–21,
127
–28,
134

     and
Yoga Journal,
126

Sun Salutation (
Surya Namaskar
),
56–57
,
58
–59

     aerobic benefits of,
74

     and Krishnamacharya,
30

     in research studies,
60
–61,
63
,
64
,
66
–68,
70
,
71
,
72

     and sympathetic system,
94

supraspinatus,
141

survival, and adrenaline,
90

Surya Namaskar
(Sun Salutation),
56–57

     
see also
Sun Salutation

Swanson, Gloria,
33

Swatmarama, and
Hatha Yoga Pradipika
,
xxvi

Sweeney, Patrick,
129

sympathetic nervous system,
90
,
176
–77,
183
–84

Tadasana
(Mountain pose),
146
,
146

Taimni, I. K.,
4

Tanglewood,
101
–2

Tantra:

     and Ananda Marga,
176

     as ecstatic union,
15
–16

     emergence of,
xxv
,
171
,
174

     enlightenment in,
16
–17

     evolution of,
15
–16

     and Hatha yoga,
xxv
,
16
–17,
26
,
49

     and mysticism,
186

     Neotantra,
192

     and sex research,
xxix
,
177

     worst behaviors associated with,
15
–16

Tantric meditation,
xxix

Taoism,
185

Tatz, Schmuel,
105

Taylor, James,
98

Taylor, Jill Bolte,
xx
,
204
–5

Taylor, Patricia,
xx
,
190

Telles, Shirley,
xx
,
42

telomerase,
xxx
,
44

telomeres,
43
–44,
219

tendons,
140

testosterone,
xxviii
,
xxx
,
166
,
168
–71,
172
–73,
179

Testosterone for Life
(Morgentaler),
166

Texas State University,
66
–68,
72

thalamus,
114
,
120
,
205

Theosophist, The,
231
n

therapist, use of term,
150
–52

thinking off,
xxix
,
184
,
190
–92

thoracic outlet syndrome,
132

Thoreau, Henry David,
xxvi
,
80
,
99

Thunderbolt (
Vajrasana
),
96
,
110
–11,
110