From the Body to the Overself. Dewar Adair

our modern world, we quickly come to the conclusion that hatha yoga raises more questions than it provides answers, and as a practicable spiritual discipline is rather unsuitable for a person of the 21st century.

      But this does not necessarily mean that the hathayogic practices, done in moderation, must completely disappear from our spiritual discipline. It is more important that these practices, especially the body and breath work, serve the original purpose, namely, to open the body from within as a preparation for meditation. We can also draw on the insights of Western pioneers such as Wilhelm Reich, Gerda Boysen and Paul Brunton to complement and deepen our spiritual practice.

      But before we turn to the subject of practice and these pioneers, it is worthwhile to give a brief overview of spirituality from a yogic perspective, so that we can better understand the overall context in which our physical practice takes place.

      “The most valuable metaphysical fruit of the quantum theory is its finding that the processes of the universe which occur in space and time, emanate from what is fundamentally not in space and time.”

      Paul Brunton