Agata Świerzowska, Yoga. The Path to Transcendence [Joga. Droga do transcendencji], Wydawnictwo WAM, Krakow 2009.

The book is a synthetic introduction to the basic concept of the yoga tradition. The book covers the following areas:

• In search of the origins of yoga - the Indus Valley civilisation.
• Yoga in the Vedas.
• The Upanishads - samsara and the ways of its abandonment.
• Bhagavad Gita - the yoga of action, knowledge and devotion.
• Patanjali's Yoga Sutras and so-called classical Indian yoga.
• The tantric tradition - hathayoga, kundalinijoga, nadajoga, mantrajoga.
• Masters of modern yoga (Swami Vivekananda, Aurobindo Goshe, Swami Kuvalayananda, Swami Sivananda, Tirumalai Krishnamacharya and his pupils).
• Christian Yoga.
• Yoga in Poland. Selected issues.

Key-words: yoga, Patanjali, Upanishads, Bhagavadgita, tantra, mantrayoga, Christian yoga