{"id":17965,"date":"2019-06-01T01:10:50","date_gmt":"2019-06-01T06:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=21425"},"modified":"2019-05-27T12:20:22","modified_gmt":"2019-05-27T17:20:22","slug":"book-review-the-practice-of-nada-yoga-by-baird-hersey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2019\/06\/01\/book-review-the-practice-of-nada-yoga-by-baird-hersey\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review \u2013 The Practice of Nada Yoga: Meditation on the Inner Sacred Sound by Baird Hersey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Book Review<\/strong>
The Practice of Nada Yoga<\/strong>
Meditation on the Inner Sacred Sound<\/strong><\/em>
by Baird Hersey<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\nMr.\nHersey has written a clear, concise explanation of the yoga of\n*listening*. The basics are all here. He begins at the beginning –\nwhat is Nada Yoga?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThere\nis a section on each of the four levels of sound: how to find inner\nsounds, how to quiet surrounding sounds, quieting the mind and adding\nvisual focus, i.e. sights and colors. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nEach\nsection includes guidelines and simple meditations to get started. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moving on to the *basic* nada meditation, he includes both simple, and more complex instructions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The author then goes to a section on *additives*, other practices that can be combined with the nada meditation, such as the “bhandas” (physical locking of the body), mantra (chanting), pranayama (breath), visual focus and grounding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThe\nbook comes to an end with chapters introducing the reader to asana\n(posture), complete with illustrations, pranayama, the 8 limbs of\nyoga and the chakras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nEach\nchapter is prefaced by beautiful and insightful quotes from various \nsources. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nIf\nanyone is looking for a beautiful meditative daily practice, this\nbook could be your companion on that journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Practice of Nada Yoga: Meditation on the Inner Sacred Sound on Amazon<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About\nthe Author:<\/strong>\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Susan Morgaine<\/strong>\u00a0is a Daughter of the Goddess, Witch, Writer,\u00a0Teacher, Healer,\u00a0and\u00a0Yogini.\u00a0She is a monthly columnist with\u00a0PaganPages.org<\/a>\u00a0Her writings can be found in The Girl God Anthologies,\u00a0\u201cWhatever Works: Feminists of Faith Speak\u201d\u00a0and\u00a0\u201cJesus, Mohammed and the Goddess\u201d, as well as Mago Publications\u00a0\u201cShe Rises, Volume 2, and \u201cCelebrating Seasons of the Goddess\u201d. She has also been published in\u00a0Jareeda<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0SageWoman<\/a>\u00a0magazines.\u00a0She is a Certified Women\u2019s Empowerment Coach\/Facilitator through\u00a0She is the author of \u201cMy Name is Isis<\/a>\u201d, one in the series of the \u201cMy Name Is\u2026\u2026\u2026\u201d children\u2019s books published by The Girl God Publications.\u00a0A Woman International, founded by Patricia Lynn Reilly. She has long been involved in Goddess Spirituality and Feminism, teaching classes and workshops, including Priestessing Red Tents within MA and RI. She is entering her 20th year teaching Kundalini Yoga and Meditation, being a Certified instructor through the Kundalini Research Institute, as well as being a Reiki Master. She is a member of the Sisterhood of Avalon. She can be found at\u00a0https:\/\/mysticalshores.wordpress.com\/\u00a0<\/a>and her email is\u00a0MysticalShores@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My Name is Isis: The Egyptian Goddess on Amazon<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Book Review The Practice of Nada Yoga Meditation on the Inner Sacred Sound by Baird Hersey Mr. Hersey has written a clear, concise explanation of the yoga of *listening*. The basics are all here. He begins at the beginning – what is Nada Yoga? There is a section on each of the four levels of sound: how to find inner sounds, how to quiet surrounding sounds, quieting the mind and adding visual focus, i.e. sights and colors. Each section includes guidelines and simple meditations to get started. Moving on to the *basic* nada meditation, he includes both simple, and more complex instructions. The author then goes to a section on *additives*, other practices that can be combined with the nada meditation, such as the “bhandas” (physical locking of the body), mantra (chanting), pranayama (breath), visual focus and grounding. The book comes to an end with chapters introducing the reader to asana (posture), complete with illustrations, pranayama, the 8 limbs of yoga and the chakras. Each chapter is prefaced by beautiful and insightful quotes from various sources. If anyone is looking for a beautiful meditative daily practice, this book could be your companion on that journey. The Practice of Nada Yoga: Meditation on the Inner Sacred Sound on Amazon *** About the Author: Susan Morgaine\u00a0is a Daughter of the Goddess, Witch, Writer,\u00a0Teacher, Healer,\u00a0and\u00a0Yogini.\u00a0She is a monthly columnist with\u00a0PaganPages.org\u00a0Her writings can be found in The Girl God Anthologies,\u00a0\u201cWhatever Works: Feminists of Faith Speak\u201d\u00a0and\u00a0\u201cJesus, Mohammed and the Goddess\u201d, as well as Mago Publications\u00a0\u201cShe Rises, Volume 2, and \u201cCelebrating Seasons of the Goddess\u201d. She has also been published in\u00a0Jareeda\u00a0and\u00a0SageWoman\u00a0magazines.\u00a0She is a Certified Women\u2019s Empowerment Coach\/Facilitator through\u00a0She is the author of \u201cMy Name is Isis\u201d, one in the series of the \u201cMy Name Is\u2026\u2026\u2026\u201d children\u2019s books published by The Girl God Publications.\u00a0A Woman International, founded by Patricia Lynn Reilly. She has long been involved in Goddess Spirituality and Feminism, teaching classes and workshops, including Priestessing Red Tents within MA and RI. She is entering her 20th year teaching Kundalini Yoga and Meditation, being a Certified instructor through the Kundalini Research Institute, as well as being a Reiki Master. She is a member of the Sisterhood of Avalon. She can be found at\u00a0https:\/\/mysticalshores.wordpress.com\/\u00a0and her email is\u00a0MysticalShores@gmail.com My Name is Isis: The Egyptian Goddess on Amazon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":212,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/212"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17965\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}