In YOGA OF HEART yoga instructor Mark Whitwell takes us back to the time when yoga was first developed and to the shamanic past of the Upanishads when yoga was practiced as a means of acknowledging enjoying and participating in the source of Life.

Whitwell explores the deeper tantric dimensions of hatha yoga - how yoga's purpose is to link the mind to the wonder of our own condition. He shows how hatha yoga is participation in life's polarities already in union - through the male surrender to the female principle.

YOGA OF HEART focuses especially on clearing the energy centers and meridians and fostering dynamic health.

Whitwell has enjoyed a life long relationship with the yoga teachings of T. Krishnamacharya, and with his son and primary disciple T.K.V. Desikachar, whose students have had a major impact on yoga in the West. Whitwell was editor and contributor to Desikachar’s classic book, The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice.