Age with spirit - Ambikananda Saraswati

In an age obsessed with the pursuit of eternal youth, it is easy to lose sight of our true selves and to allow the mind to become a slave to the body. Drawing on the wisdom of the ancients and her expertise in yoga, breathwork and meditation, Swami Ambikananda shows us how to open up to the power of the mind and retain our youthful vitality.

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For the first time in history, vast numbers of us are living past youth and adulthood and continuing on into old age. Yet old age is something that most of us regard with dread and often it is too tempting not to surrender to depression, apathy or even the surgeon's knife as time ticks by.

In this powerful book Swami Ambikananda shows us how ageing can - and should - be a deeply fulfilling experience.

She explains the five different waves of ageing that we must go through in order to get the most out of this spiritual adventure:
- Making the Unconscious Conscious
- Opening Up
- Staying in Touch
-Recreating Yourself
- Turning to Face the Other Way

In each of these waves she discusses the physical changes that we will go through, connects these changes to a different stage in our spiritual development, and suggests practical exercises to help us ride the wave with joy and confidence.
- Feel young forever with simple exercises
- Acknowledge past hurt - be it deeply buried or just under the surface - and move on
- Rediscover and follow your dreams
- Understand how and why your body needs to change
- Feel at one with yourself and the natural cycle of the world
- Flexible mind, flexible body: harness the power of your mind to keep your body young

This book has a practical, informative and spiritual approach that teaches us not to deny what is happening in our bodies, but to use it to arrive at a more complete view of ourselves and our relationship with the world.

Illustrated with line drawings throughout, this is a book to savour and treasure.