TITLE: 'Heart and Science of Yoga'
by Leonard Perlmutter
ISBN: 0975-37528-8
ISBN 13: 978-0975-37528-0
Publisher: CARDINAL PUBLISHERS GROUP
I never heard of Mr. Perlmutter or his work except in a magazine advertisement and I make it a point to pay no attention to such advertising. However, browsing in a book shop, I picked the volume up off the shelf and read enthusiastic endorsements by Dean Ornish, M.D.; Dr. David Frawley; Mehmet Oz, M.D.; Lilias Folan; and others. Still suspect, I decided to take a chance. I flipped to the rear fly leaf where I examined the photograph of an unassuming yogi; a meditation teacher who had been studying yoga science for thirty years and obviously growing his beard for the same length of time. The author studied as a direct disciple of Shri Swami Rama of the Himalayas along with being degreed in political science, international relations, and attending the George Washington University School of Law. Finally, in 1996 Mr. Perlmutter founded the American Meditation Institute for Yoga Science and Philosophy in Averill Park, New York, and became an adjunct professor at the College of St. Rose in Albany, New York teaching yoga and meditation while continuing to give lectures, teach classes, and offer retreats at his institute. This is why I had not heard of Mr. Perlmutter – he simply hadn't the time to author a work covering in every detail an exacting applicable guide to the living transformative power of yoga, yet here it is.
'The Heart and Science of Yoga', by Leonard Perlmutter is an encyclopedic "how and why does it work" guide concerning all phases of yoga as a thoroughly consciousness transformative force for living a dynamic life. Most often publishers execute covers that oversell the applicable content of a book. However, I have studied Leonard Perlmutter's book from cover to cover and find it to exceed the dust jacket's claim of 'The Heart and Science of Yoga' being "A Blueprint for Peace, Happiness and Freedom from Fear."
The book is presented in twelve parts, each one delving chapter by chapter into the how and why of a specific aspect of yoga science and living philosophy. The prose is as clear as water bubbling up from a very deep well; without trying one's patience, and humble under the weight of its own wisdom, the book moves yoga ever fresh and forward easily into our daily living experience.
'The Heart and Science of Yoga' covers:
Yoga Philosophy
Yoga Science
Mantra Science
Meditation
Revisiting Our Roots
Deepening Your Practice
Power Of Breath
Power Of The Mind
Aurveda
Easy-Gentle Yoga
Pulling Things Together
Resources
As a yoga professional, I have found 'The Heart and Science of Yoga' by Leonard Perlmutter to be of inestimable value to my transformational psychotherapeutic yoga practice and I highly recommend it to yoga therapists and patients alike.