The psychology of yoga - Georg Feuerstein

How
the mind works according to the ancient yogic traditions, compared and
contrasted to the approaches of Western psychology-by one of the
greatest yoga scholars of our time.

Georg
Feuerstein begins the book by establishing the historical context of
modern Western psychology and its gradual encounter with Indian thought,
then follows this introduction with twenty-three chapters, each of
which presents a topic--generally a point of correspondence or
distinction--between Western and Eastern paradigms. These are grouped
into three general sections: Foundations, Mind and Beyond, and Mind In
Transition. The book concludes with a brief epilogue as well as three
appendices, adding depth to the discussion of the ancient yoga
traditions as well as an informative survey of yoga psychology
literature. The Psychology of Yoga is a feast of wisdom and lore,
assembled from a perspective possible only for one whose monumental
scholarship has been tempered and leavened by practice.