Centering Down

In 1981 I wrote "Centering Down". It was my first attempt to describe - not the practice of Yoga itself - but the way how to practice. Centering Down became straight away a classic and is still in demand.

For many schools and practitioners it has become the basic book for practice. In it I describe the beginning and the evolution of what became the eight vital principles of practice. I conceived of these principles originally as eight, then they became five, then seven, and now they are back to being eight. This shows that evolution is ongoing, and that new truths are always explored and found.

Many people are now applying the vital principles, and thus I thought it opportune to give a short history in this revised edition of Centering Down, which you can find in the back of this book in the section 'On the origin of the vital principles of practice'. Further explanation can be found in 'Dancing the Body of Light'.