The present book `Guidelines for Yogic Practices` is a handbook which should work as a self-instructor to the beginners of Yoga practices. The book adequately describes many Hathayogic practices such as Asanas, Pranayamas, Bandhas, Mudras, Kriyas and Meditation to help an initiate to gain ground in the subject. Each technique of Asana, Pranayama etc. has been presented with proper sequence with a view to understanding practice in an easy and smooth manner. Moreover, principles of each group of practice have also been lucidly placed to provide sufficient conceptual clarity to a practitioner.
The guideline for yogic practices is in the form of a yarn made out of the cotton balls. Our yogic savants have left us a legacy of yoga- Shastra based on their experiments making a man psycho-physiologically balanced by influencing the internal secretions, toning up the musculature and attaining mental poise. This system is better and more effective than any other in vogue today. With the most practical outlook swami kuvalayanandji dexterously gave the old yogic practices a new dimension by providing scientific explanation and bringing the practices within the reach of common man. We have continued the thread of his yogic tradition in the book. The important stages of the practices have been illustrated to give their semi-slow motion continuity. The basic information, provided in the book, gives every man capability of reaching the acme of psycho-physical fitness required in modern times. The book forms a thread that may be termed as 'applied science'-of the old & the new -based on 'yogic practices'.