Yoga and Yogic Powers: Principles of Releasing Mental Powers Paperback - 2014

YOGI Gupta was born at Kanpur, United Provinces, North India, into an aristocratic and well-to-do family. As a youth he studied law, was admitted to the Bar, and practiced before one of the high courts of India. His legal career was dedicated to the service of humanity, but for the fulfillment of his mission on earth he took to the path of renunciation. After intense penance and mastering nine types of Yoga, with the divine blessings of his Guru (spiritual teacher), he lived the life of a wandering monk, helping people to achieve radiant health and spiritual development. Yogi Gupta was the founder and president of the Kailashananda Mission, situated on Manikoot Hills, Rishikesh, Himalayas, India, surrounded by the Himalayan peaks and on the banks of the holy river Ganges. The Yoga Health Sanatorium at the Mission in India, had accommodations to admit fifty patients and unlimited accommodations for out-patients. Yogi Gupta was the director in charge of this sanatorium, which was operated by his disciples and followers. Yogi Gupta developed a great following in the United States of America and other Western countries. His headquarters was in New York City. He was the director of Yogi Gupta New York Center, New York City, where he personally taught the occult and esoteric wisdom of the East and provided personal guidance to the disciples on the Path, besides holding regular lectures and classes in Yoga Postures, Deep Breathings, Relaxation, Meditation and Raja Yoga. Yogi Gupta is the author of the renowned book, YOGA AND LONG LIFE, a profusely illustrated handbook that presents all the important principles of Hatha Yoga, the Science of Living, practiced and perfected in India throughout the centuries. It has thirty-five full page illustrations of the author, including Postures for Beginners, Main Postures of Yoga, and Postures for Advanced Students. You can order the second edition of his book, YOGA AND LONG LIFE, from: Yogi Gupta Society, Inc. (yogiguptasociety.org) - PUB- LISHERS