1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Dr. Vijayendra Pratap, a student of Swami Kuvalayananda, is the Founder/Director of SKY Foundation, President of the Yoga Research Society, Director of the Yoga program at the Jefferson-Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, and author of A Teacher’s Guide to Beginning Yoga, Yoga Vision, Secrets of Hatha Vidya, Stories Retold, Yoga of Gheranda, and Yoga of Goraksa. Dr. Pratap earned his Ph.D. from the Department of Applied Psychology, University of Bombay, and was a member of the Board of Editors of Yoga Mimamsa, the international quarterly of yoga research, from 1966 to 1990. He has presented papers and conducted workshops at various conferences and institutions including the World Conference of Scientific Yoga, New Delhi; the XXth International Congress of Psychology, Tokyo; the Biofeedback Research Society Conference, Colorado; the International Yoga and Meditation Congresses, Chicago; the Third World Congress of Yoga, Sao Paulo; the Pan American Commission for Yoga, Sao Paulo;&amp;nbsp; the Unity in Yoga Conference, Tamiment; the 19th Himalayan Institute Congress, Honesdale; the University of New Mexico School of Medicine; Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia; the lnstituto Psicosomatica E Yoga, Torino; the Yoga for Peace Conference, Jerusalem; and the Yoga Research Society Conferences (from 1975–present), Philadelphia. Watch the Video Podcast here. 0:00 Introduction 1:26 Scientific Study of Yoga – Swami Kuvalayananda 5:05 Swami Kuvalayananda’s Books and Message of Yoga 7:06 Brain Waves and Muscle Potentials While Sitting, Lying, and In Asana 8:37 Measuring God under hypnosis with Max Collie 11:38 Studying with Swamiji and noting his lectures 14:11 New Projects, A Call for Assistance 15:17 Hectic Journey to USA in 1971 to Spread Yoga 23:33 Swami Rama, and Extraordinary Swamis 28:36 Immortal Swamis Babaji, Devraha Baba 30:45 Sai Baba, Kundalini Shaktipat, Baba Muktananda 34:38 Lab Testing of a Mind-Reading Swami 40:44 Jesus in India, Sutras of Patanjali 55:34 Pranayama, Air Patterns, and the Brain 59:46 Congestion, Dairy in India vs. USA 1:03:00 Skyland, SKY Foundation, Yoga Research Society, 1:06:55 Garland of Letters Bookshop 1:12:51 40 years of Yoga Research Society and Medical Yoga Conferences 1:17:30 Everything from Nothing 1:18:56 Yoga’s Deeper Meanings LINKS: Sky Foundation Yoga Research Society Garland of Letters Brought to you by Tambuli Media Transformations with Mark V. Wiley https://sites.libsyn.com/477525 <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/28627928/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/163758528