Inner Engineering: A Yogi's Guide to Joy

The practice of what is commonly known as hatha yoga is but one of eight branches of the body of knowledge that is yoga.Yoga is a sophisticated system of self-empowerment that is capable of harnessing and activating inner energies in such a way that your body and mind function at their optimal capacity.It is a means to create inner situations exactly the way you want them, turning you into the architect of your own joy.A yogi lives life in this expansive state, and in this transformative book Sadhguru tells the story of his own awakening from a boy with an unusual affinity for the natural world to a young daredevil who crossed the Indian continent on his motorcycle.He relates the moment of his enlightenment on a mountaintop in southern India, where time stood still and he emerged radically changed.As Sadhguru explains, the term guru means, "Dispeller of darkness, someone who opens the door for you.As a guru, I have no doctrine to teach, no philosophy to impart, no belief to propagate.