TOPICS

Sun_Salutations

Sun_Salutations

SEE ALSO

AUTH

BOOKS

Amrita_Gita

IN CHAPTERS TITLE

1.01_-_Hatha_Yoga

IN CHAPTERS CLASSNAME

IN CHAPTERS TEXT

0_1961-05-19

0_1962-07-04

1.01_-_Hatha_Yoga

1.02_-_The_Eternal_Law

1.03_-_Meeting_the_Master_-_Meeting_with_others

1.04_-_THE_APPEARANCE_OF_ANOMALY_-_CHALLENGE_TO_THE_SHARED_MAP

1.04_-_The_Silent_Mind

1.05_-_Adam_Kadmon

1.06_-_Raja_Yoga

1.08_-_Independence_from_the_Physical

1.17_-_The_Transformation

1.200-1.224_Talks

1.240_-_Talks_2

1.300_-_1.400_Talks

1.439

1.49_-_Thelemic_Morality

1.550_-_1.600_Talks

1929-04-21_-_Visions,_seeing_and_interpretation_-_Dreams_and_dreaml_and_-_Dreamless_sleep_-_Visions_and_formulation_-_Surrender,_passive_and_of_the_will_-_Meditation_and_progress_-_Entering_the_spiritual_life,_a_plunge_into_the_Divine

2.01_-_On_Books

2.03_-_On_Medicine

2.13_-_On_Psychology

2.14_-_On_Movements

2.18_-_January_1939

2.25_-_List_of_Topics_in_Each_Talk

3.2.4_-_Sex

BOOK_I._--_PART_I._COSMIC_EVOLUTION

Liber_111_-_The_Book_of_Wisdom_-_LIBER_ALEPH_VEL_CXI

Talks_026-050

Talks_176-200

Talks_600-652

Talks_With_Sri_Aurobindo_1

The_Act_of_Creation_text

PRIMARY CLASS

injunction

physical

subject

SIMILAR TITLES

Hatha Yoga

TERMS STARTING WITH

Hatha Yoga ::: A branch of yoga that emphasizes physical postures (asanas) and mastery over the physical body as the primary route to balancing the mind and spirit. This is the primary variant of Yoga encountered in the West.

Hatha Yoga ::: Depends on this perception and experience that the vital forces and functions to which our life is normally subjected and whose ordinary operations seem set and indispensable, can be mastered and the operations changed or suspended with results that would otherwise be impossible.
   Ref: CWSA Vol. 23-24, Page: 7

Hatha Yoga (Sanskrit) Haṭha-yoga A lower form of yoga practice which uses physical means for purposes of self-development, teaching that it is possible to attain to a certain grade of psychomental abstraction and to develop some of the lower vital-astral powers, by means of a set of physical exercises and postures, by the regulation of the breath, or by certain other psychophysical methods. These methods are to be neither recommended nor followed, for they are exceedingly dangerous except when practiced in minor degree under the supervision of a teacher, and above everything else in full coordination with the higher forms of yoga.

hatha yoga :::. a form of yoga involving difficult bodily postures and breathing techniques

HATHA YOGA. ::: Depends on this perception and experience that the vital forces and functions to which our life is normally subjected and whose ordinary operations seem set and indis- pensable, can be mastered and the operations changed or sus- pended with results that would otherwise be impossible.

Hatha yoga practices can be exceedingly dangerous to sanity and health. Being of nonphysical nature on one side, they can adversely affect the mind, and in extreme cases even dislodge the mind from its normal and proper seat, producing insanity. Being of a physical nature also, they interfere with the proper pranic circulations in the body; the pranas when left alone are usually productive of health, and when disturbed by attempted meddling produce disease.


TERMS ANYWHERE

Abhyasa-yoga (Sanskrit) Abhyāsa-yoga [from abhi towards + the verbal root as to be, exist + yoga union from the verbal root yuj to join, yoke] Sometimes erroneously abhyasana. Repeated practice and application of yoga, meditation, or recollection; the effort of the mind to attain an unmodified condition of perfect serenity and quiet. One of the eight disciplines or requirements of yoga: persistent concentration of attention. When accompanied with physical postures, it is a form of hatha yoga, and practiced without the spiritual training of raja yoga, it has its dangers. As a system of mental concentration directed to impersonal, altruistic ends, it is beneficial. Krishna (BG 12:9-10) points out that abhyasa-yoga is not only useful for training in one life but, if performed for the sake of the Supreme, is likely to leave permanent helpful impulses in the soul which will aid it in future incarnations and lead it ultimately to union (yoga) with the divine.

Asana ::: A pose or posture as used in meditation or in a mind-body practice like Hatha Yoga.

Asana(Sanskrit) ::: A word derived from the verbal root as, signifying "to sit quietly." Asana, therefore,technically signifies one of the peculiar postures adopted by Hindu ascetics, mostly of the hatha yogaschool. Five of these postures are usually enumerated, but nearly ninety have been noted by students ofthe subject. A great deal of quasi-magical and mystical literature may be found devoted to these variouspostures and collateral topics, and their supposed or actual psychological value when assumed bydevotees; but, as a matter of fact, a great deal of this writing is superficial and has very little indeed to dowith the actual occult and esoteric training of genuine occultists. One is instinctively reminded of otherquasi-mystical practices, as, for instance, certain genuflections or postures followed in the worship of theChristian Church, to which particular values are sometimes ascribed by fanatic devotees.Providing that the position of the body be comfortable so that the mind is least distracted, genuinemeditation and spiritual and actual introspection can be readily and successfully attained by any earneststudent without the slightest attention being paid to these various postures. A man sitting quietly in hisarmchair, or lying in his bed at night, or sitting or lying on the grass in a forest, can more readily enterthe inner worlds than by adopting and following any one or more of these various asanas, which at thebest are physiological aids of relatively small value. (See also Samadhi)

Bandha ::: A body lock. A contraction of a specific area in the physical-etheric body that is an important part Hatha Yoga and other practices involving the development of the mind, body, and breath. There are three bandha: Mula Bandha ("Root Lock"), Uddiyana Bandha ("Abdomen Lock"), and Jalandhara Bandha ("Chin Lock") that work in concert in rhythmic breathing practices to become Maha Bandha ("Great Lock"). Mastering the bandhas is a key component of certain etheric and alchemical practices as well as great for the overall health of the mind and body, but is not something that will be covered extensively on this site. There are many other resources to learn about them as well as other physical techniques involving the breath and body.

Bandha: Bondage; tie or knot; a certain class of exerci in Hatha Yoga.

Hatha Yoga ::: A branch of yoga that emphasizes physical postures (asanas) and mastery over the physical body as the primary route to balancing the mind and spirit. This is the primary variant of Yoga encountered in the West.

Hatha Yoga ::: Depends on this perception and experience that the vital forces and functions to which our life is normally subjected and whose ordinary operations seem set and indispensable, can be mastered and the operations changed or suspended with results that would otherwise be impossible.
   Ref: CWSA Vol. 23-24, Page: 7

Hatha Yoga (Sanskrit) Haṭha-yoga A lower form of yoga practice which uses physical means for purposes of self-development, teaching that it is possible to attain to a certain grade of psychomental abstraction and to develop some of the lower vital-astral powers, by means of a set of physical exercises and postures, by the regulation of the breath, or by certain other psychophysical methods. These methods are to be neither recommended nor followed, for they are exceedingly dangerous except when practiced in minor degree under the supervision of a teacher, and above everything else in full coordination with the higher forms of yoga.

Breathing Exercises. See HATHA YOGA; PRANAYAMA

Breath In the astral-vital organisms of living beings the breath is called prana, which also means “life.” This is not limited to the respiratory functions, but includes what physiologists might call nerve currents operating in all parts of the body, of which the pulmonary diastole and systole is only a particular manifestation. Hatha yoga deals with the study and use of these functions, but before such aspects of the lower knowledge can be profitably or even safely used, the learner must have acquired self-mastery, stability, and disinterestedness of motive.

Dhauti: The exercise for cleaning the stomach in Hatha Yoga.

Esoterically these life-currents are each the manifestation of the corresponding human principle and element. The various forms of hatha yoga emphasize ways of directing or exercising these vital airs.

hatha yoga :::. a form of yoga involving difficult bodily postures and breathing techniques

HATHA YOGA. ::: Depends on this perception and experience that the vital forces and functions to which our life is normally subjected and whose ordinary operations seem set and indis- pensable, can be mastered and the operations changed or sus- pended with results that would otherwise be impossible.

Hatha yoga practices can be exceedingly dangerous to sanity and health. Being of nonphysical nature on one side, they can adversely affect the mind, and in extreme cases even dislodge the mind from its normal and proper seat, producing insanity. Being of a physical nature also, they interfere with the proper pranic circulations in the body; the pranas when left alone are usually productive of health, and when disturbed by attempted meddling produce disease.

In a more common, western concept yoga often is used, meaning hatha yoga, a form of yoga that consists of a system of practices to gain control over the mind and (predominantly) the body.

Kalavinka (Sanskrit) Kalaviṅka An allegorical, sweet-voice bird of immortality, representing one of the noblest elements in the human constitution, the higher ego. Its voice is heard at a certain stage of dhyana in genuine yoga practice which is entirely spiritual-intellectual combined with rigid psychic control, and has naught to do with hatha yoga.

Kumbhaka(Sanskrit) ::: An extremely dangerous practice belonging to the hatha yoga system. It consists in retainingthe breath by shutting the mouth and holding the nostrils closed with the fingers of the right hand. Allthese breathing exercises of whatever kind are attended with the utmost physiological danger to thosewho attempt to practice them, unless under the skilled guidance of a genuine Adept; and their practice isvirtually forbidden, at least in the first few degrees, to all chelas of genuinely occult or esoteric schools.Indeed, except in rare instances, and for extraordinary reasons, the chela of a true Master of Wisdom willhave no need to practice these hatha yoga exercises, for the whole purpose of esoteric training is toevolve forth the faculties and powers of the inner divinity, and not to gain minor and often misleadingpowers of small range which are occasionally acquired by following the hatha yoga physiologic andphysical practices.

Kumbhaka (Sanskrit) Kumbhaka An extremely dangerous practice belonging to the hatha yoga system, consisting in retaining the breath by shutting the mouth and holding the nostrils closed with the fingers of the right hand. Such breathing exercises are attended with the utmost physiological danger unless practiced under the guidance of a genuine adept.

Manduka Yoga (Sanskrit) Maṇḍūka-yoga [from maṇḍūka frog] A “particular kind of abstract meditation in which an ascetic sits motionless like a frog” (Monier-Williams). However, all true yoga practice involves complete mental abstraction from exterior concerns and the outer environment, so that all yogis, while practicing yoga sit motionless “like a frog.” It is not a particularly high kind of yoga, in any case, for true spiritual yoga is the yoga of the inner man, implying intense intellectual and spiritual concentration on affairs and subjects of spiritual character, and need not necessarily involve any sitting in yoga whatsoever. The true disciple may be doing his master’s business and going about in pursuit of his duties from day to day, and yet be practicing this spiritual yoga without a moment’s intermission. All forms of yoga practice which involve postures, sittings or similar things in which the physical body is active or inactive, technically belong to one of the various kinds of hatha yoga and are to be discouraged.

Mudra: A certain class of exercises in Hatha Yoga; symbols shown in hands during worship.

Nabhichakra: Manipurachakra; the third lotus at the navel, according to Hatha Yoga.

Nature and kept within the narrow bounds of her normal ope- rations. Id the ancient tradition of Hatha Yoga it has always been supposed that this conquest could be pushed so far even as to conquer to a great extent the force of gravitation. By various subsidiary but elaborate processes the Hatha Yogin next contrives to keep the body free from all impurities and the ner- vous system unclogged for those exercises of respiration which are his most important instruments. These are called prana- yama, the control of the breath or vital power ; for breathing is the chief physical functioning of the vital forces. Prdnayaina, for the Hatha Yogin, serves a double purpose. First, it completes the perfection of the body. The vitality is liberated from many of the ordinary necessities of physical Nature ; robust health, prolonged youth, often an extraordinary longevity arc attained.

Neti: Hatha Yogic Kriya for cleansing the nostrils, by passing a thread through the nostrils; one of the six Kriyas or preliminary purificatory exercises in Hatha Yoga.

One phase of hatha yoga is the pranayama (suppression of the breath), interference with the normal and healthy respiration of the body; a practice which can readily produce tuberculosis of the lungs. It is breathing deeply, healthfully, and as often as common sense suggests, that brings benefits to the body because bringing about a better oxygenation of the blood and therefore a better physical tone. In very rare circumstances only, where a chela has advanced relatively far mentally and spiritually, but has still an unfortunate and heavy physical karma as yet not worked out, it may possibly be proper, under the guidance of a genuine teacher, to use the hatha yoga methods in a limited degree, but only under the teacher’s own eye. For this reason hatha yoga books are occasionally mentioned in theosophical literature — the Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali, for example, is a hatha yoga scripture, but one of the highest type. But generally, hatha yoga practices are injurious and therefore unwise, for they distract the attention from things of the spirit and direct it to the lower parts of the constitution.

Patanjala (Sanskrit) Pātañjala The Yoga philosophy of Patanjali, which is classed as the fourth of the six schools or darsanas of Hindu philosophy. Patanjali’s Yoga Aphorisms contains many excellent precepts and much excellent advice, although a hatha yoga work, by reason of its reference to physical processes. When carefully studied, it brings about no evil consequences, but it should not be studied apart from the other elements of Patanjali’s philosophic work.

Plotinus was opposed to theurgy, and Porphyry says that it can but cleanse the lower or psychic portion and make it capable of perceiving lower beings, such as spirits, angels, and gods; it is powerless to purify the noetic or manasic (intellectual) principle. But Porphyry was persuaded by his master Iamblichus to concede the value of theurgy under certain limitations. Porphyry’s views highlight the difference between raja yoga and hatha yoga. In the case of such a person as Iamblichus, practices might be quite safe which would be fraught with nothing but harm in the hands of another or without the help of such a teacher. For once the barriers are down a way is opened for communion with all kinds of undesirable entities, against which the experimenter will not know how to protect himself.

Puraka (Sanskrit) Pūraka [from the verbal root pṛ to fill] Inhaling; one of the practices used in hatha yoga for the regulation of the breath. In puraka, the right nostril is closed with the forefinger and then the breath is drawn up through the left nostril; and then the left nostril is closed and the air drawn up through the right nostril. Unless such practices are conducted under direct supervision of an adept, the breath control practices of puraka, kumbhaka, and rechaka are very dangerous to the health and disturb the mental balance, often causing insanity, and hence cannot be recommended.

Rechaka(Recaka, Sanskrit) ::: One of the practices used in the hatha yoga system for the regulation of the breath.The breath is expelled or expired from one of the nostrils while the other nostril is held closed with thefinger, and then the operation isrepeated with the other nostril. These operations, as observed under Kumbhaka, are extremely dangerousto health and mental balance, and cannot be encouraged. Indeed, they should be unequivocallydiscouraged.

Savasana ::: Transliterated as "Corpse Pose". An asana (especially in Hatha Yoga) of relaxation in which the practitioner lies down on their back, arms and legs loosely spread, and attempts to let go and experience themselves fully and profoundly.

Shat-karma: Cleaning processes in Hatha Yoga, viz., Neti, Dhauti, Nauli, Basti, Kapalabhati and Trataka.

Siddhasana (Sanskrit) Siddhāsana [from siddha perfected + āsana seat] The sitting position for attaining siddhis (spiritual powers) in hatha yoga theory; a sedent posture in religious meditation, where the left heel is placed under the body and the right heel in front of it, the sight is fixed between the eyebrows, and the mind is directed on the syllable Om.

Sodhana: Cleansing, by the six processes or Shatkarmas, (the first part of Hatha Yoga).

Svadhisthana: The second of the six Chakras according to Hatha Yoga.

Svastikasana (Sanskrit) Svastikāsana [from svastika the four-footed cross + āsana sitting in a posture] A particular mode of sitting practiced in hatha yoga, in which the toes are placed in the inner hollow of the knees; “the second of the four principal postures of the eighty-four prescribed in Hatha Yoga practices” (TG 315).

There are several types of yoga such as karma yoga, hatha yoga, bhakti yoga, raja yoga, and jnana yoga. “Similar religious aspirations or practices likewise exist in Occidental countries, as, for instance, what is called ‘Salvation by Works,’ somewhat equivalent to the Hindu Karma-Yoga, or, again, ‘Salvation by Faith — or Love,’ somewhat similar to the Hindu Bhakti-Yoga; while both Orient and Occident have, each one, its various forms of ascetic practices which may be grouped under the term Hatha-Yoga.

The various forms of yoga from the standpoint of theosophy when properly understood are not distinct, separable means of attaining union with the god within; and it is a divergence of the attention into one or several of these forms to the exclusion of others that has brought about so much mental confusion and lack of success even in those who are more or less skilled. Every one of these forms of yoga, with the probable exception of the lower forms of hatha yoga, should be practiced concurrently by the one who has set his heart and mind upon spiritual success. Thus one should carefully watch and control his acts, acting and working unselfishly; he should live so that his daily customs distract attention as little as possible away from the spiritual purpose; his heart coincidentally should be filled with devotion and love for all things; and he should cultivate, all at the same time, his will, his capacity for self-sacrifice and self-devotion to a noble cause, and his ability to stand firm and undaunted in the face of difficulties whatever they may be; and, finally, in addition and perhaps most importantly, he should do everything in his power to cultivate his intuition and intellectual faculties, exercising not merely his ratiocinative mind, but the higher intuitive and nobly intellectual parts. Combining all these he is following the chela path and is using all the forms of yoga in the proper way. Yet the chela will never obtain his objective if his practice of yoga is followed for his own individual advancement. He will never reach higher than the superior planes of the astral world even in consciousness; but when his whole being follows this yoga as thus outlined with a desire to lay his life and all he is on the altar of service to the world, he is then indeed on the path.

The weakness of Hatha Yoga is that its laborious and difficult processes make so great a demand on the time and energy and impose so complete a severance from the ordinary life of men that the utilisation of its results for the life of the world becomes either impracticable or is extraordinarily restricted. The physical results, increased vitality, prolonged youth, health, longevity are of small avail if they must be held by us as misers of ourselves apart from the common life for their own sake, not utilised, not thrown into the common sura of the world’s activity. Hatha

Trataka: Steady gazing; the process of fixing the gaze on a small dot, point, etc. In Hatha Yoga, the Yogi gazes without winking at some minute object until tears flow profusely from his eyes; by this the celestial vision is acquired.

TTie chief processes of Hatha Yoga are itsana and pranayama.

Unfortunately, however, physical practices of various kinds seem to be particularly attractive to the average person because apparently within the sphere of easy performance. One does not know the dangers lurking there; but actually, to achieve even the minor results that come from perfect performance, greater effort and larger difficulties have to be encountered than in raising one’s eyes to the nobler forms of yoga. It is always safe and indeed requisite for a disciple to practice the higher branches of yoga: jnana yoga, raja yoga, bhakti yoga, and karma yoga, which means the yoga of unselfish action in daily life. Consequently, when considered apart from the nobler forms of yoga there is not a particle of spirituality in all these hatha yoga practices.

Vayudharana: Concentration on a particular vital air; one of the five modes of concentration in Hatha Yoga.

Yoga(Sanskrit) ::: Literally "union," "conjunction," etc. In India it is the technical name for one of the sixDarsanas or schools of philosophy, and its foundation is ascribed to the sage Patanjali. The name Yogaitself describes the objective of this school, the attaining of union or at-one-ness with the divine-spiritualessence within a man. The yoga practices when properly understood through the instructions of genuineteachers -- who, by the way, never announce themselves as public lecturers or through books oradvertisements -- are supposed to induce certain ecstatic states leading to a clear perception of universaltruths, and the highest of these states is called samadhi.There are a number of minor forms of yoga practice and training such as the karma yoga, hatha yoga,bhakti yoga, raja yoga, jnana yoga, etc. Similar religious aspirations or practices likewise exist inOccidental countries, as, for instance, what is called salvation by works, somewhat equivalent to theHindu karma yoga or, again, salvation by faith -- or love, somewhat similar to the Hindu bhakti yoga;while both Orient and Occident have, each one, its various forms of ascetic practices which may begrouped under the term hatha yoga.No system of yoga should ever be practiced unless under the direct teaching of one who knows thedangers of meddling with the psychomental apparatus of the human constitution, for dangers lurk atevery step, and the meddler in these things is likely to bring disaster upon himself, both in matters ofhealth and as regards sane mental equilibrium. The higher branches of yoga, however, such as the rajayoga and jnana yoga, implying strict spiritual and intellectual discipline combined with a fervid love forall beings, are perfectly safe. It is, however, the ascetic practices, etc., and the teachings that go withthem, wherein lies the danger to the unwary, and they should be carefully avoided.

YOGA The original yoga methods were elaborated by
&

KEYS (10k)


NEW FULL DB (2.4M)

   2 Sadhguru
   2 Rajashree Choudhury
   2 Darren Main

*** WISDOM TROVE ***

1:Hatha Yoga teaches us to use the body as the bow, asana as the arrow, and the soul the target. ~ b-k-s-iyengar, @wisdomtrove

*** NEWFULLDB 2.4M ***

1:(hatha yoga) it connotes in the West; it refers ~ Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa,

2:Hatha Yoga teaches us to use the body as the bow, asana as the arrow, and the soul the target. ~ B K S Iyengar,

3:All forms of yoga involve occult assumptions, even hatha yoga, which is often presented as a merely physical discipline. ~ Douglas Groothuis,

4:The care of the body, under the intelligent control of the mind, is an important branch of yogi philosophy, and is known as ‘Hatha Yoga,’ ” Ramacharaka writes. ~ Michelle Goldberg,

5:What's the benefit of hatha yoga? Physical. What do you need to do hatha yoga? Physical body. That's it. Breathing and spirit is a part of any sport. So that's why hatha yoga can be a sport. ~ Rajashree Choudhury,

6:People should be talking about "yoga asanas" as a competive sport. Because there are many forms of yoga. The most common two forms are hatha yoga and raja yoga. That's mostly what people understand. ~ Rajashree Choudhury,

7:Hatha yoga is a powerful tool for self-transformation. It asks us to bring our attention to our breath, which helps us to still the fluctuations of the mind and be more present in the unfolding of each moment. ~ Cyndi Lee,

8:A lot of people trash their subtle physical body with psychedelic drugs. While they do certainly give you experiences in altered levels of attention, you pay a price for it. They definitely screw up the subtle physical. Hatha Yoga can be good for that. ~ Frederick Lenz,

9:It takes courage and intelligence, you know, to do the stages of Yoga right, and to start with this Hatha Yoga… It’s just you and nothing but you, standing in one spot frozen like a statue with no place to go for help or excuse or scapegoat except inward. ~ Bikram Choudhury,

10:For ourselves, we cling to the principles of "Hatha Yoga," which teaches the doctrine of preserving health by right living and right thinking, and we regard all forms of healing as things made necessary only by Man's ignorance and disobedience of Natural laws. ~ William Walker Atkinson,

11:Like other animals, humans have the inherent ability to heal and find balance. We don’t need books, or teachers, or fancy diets. The answers we seek are encoded in our cells. While we have this innate ability to heal, purification is usually a prerequisite. That is why we do hatha yoga. ~ Darren Main,

12:Pike closed his eyes, and filled his lungs, then pushed with his diaphragm. He breathed deep again. Pranayamic breathing from the hatha yoga. Pike lost himself in a cool forest glade, dappled by sunlight filtered through lime green leaves. When he breathed, he smelled moss and sumac. His pulse slowed. He grew calm. He centered. Pike ~ Robert Crais,

13:Hatha yoga is a way of working with the body, a way of disciplining, purifying, and preparing it for higher levels of energy and for greater possibilities. Hatha yoga is not exercise. It is, instead, about understanding the mechanics of the body, creating a certain atmosphere, and then using physical postures to channel or drive your energy in specific directions. This is the aim of the various asanas, or postures. That kind of posture that allows you to access your higher nature is a yogasana. It is the science of aligning your inner geometry with the cosmic geometry. ~ Sadhguru,

14:It has been said that the body is the temple of the spirit and the mind is the altar within that temple. When we practice hatha yoga we allow ourselves to come fully into the temple of the body—not simply as a tourist wishing to admire the fine architecture, but as a seeker on a pilgrimage of deep devotion and reverence. Meditation is the devotional practice of placing on the altar of the mind that which is sacred, holy, and revered. Just as you would not place garbage on the altar of a great temple, meditation allows a yogi to place on the altar of her mind that which is noble, pure, and free from attachment. ~ Darren Main,

15:The adepts of certain forms of yoga affirm that most of the techniques appropriate to other ages are impracticable in the age in which we live, in which life is too short to bring them to fulfillment. The methods they propose as most suitable for the modem age can only be taught secretly, since they sometimes contradict religious and ethical concepts and taboos which are inherited from past times but whose value few individuals are mentally free to challenge. [...] Yoga is often spoken of as though it were a system of exercises, physical culture for the mind and body. This is true to a certain extent in the preliminary stages connected with Hatha yoga. Although it is absolutely unnecessary to utilize this training to attain the highest forms of realization, it is such a great aid, such a useful preparation, that there seems no advantage to be had in neglecting it. ~ Alain Dani lou,

16:Sadhana Sit in any comfortable posture, with your spine erect, and if necessary, supported. Remain still. Allow your attention to slowly grow still as well. Do this for five to seven minutes a day. You will notice that your breath will slow down. What is the significance of slowing down the human breath? Is it just some respiratory yogic acrobatics? No, it is not. A human being breathes twelve to fifteen times per minute, normally. If your breath settles down to twelve, you will know the ways of the earth’s atmosphere (i.e., you will become meteorologically sensitive). If it reduces to nine, you will know the language of the other creatures on this planet. If it reduces to six, you will know the very language of the earth. If it reduces to three, you will know the language of the source of creation. This is not about increasing your aerobic capacity. Nor is it about forcefully depriving yourself of breath. A combination of hatha yoga and an advanced yogic practice called the kriya, will gradually increase your lung capacity, but above all, will help you achieve a certain alignment, a certain ease, so that your system evolves to a state of stability where there is no static, no crackle; it just perceives everything. ~ Sadhguru,

17:p.cm. Includes indexes.ISBN-13: 978-0-7360-6278-7 (soft cover) ISBN-10: 0-7360-6278-5 (soft cover) 1. Hatha yoga.2. Human anatomy.I.Title.RA781.7. K356 2007 613.7’046--dc22 2007010050 ISBN-10: 0-7360-6278-5 (print) ISBN-13: 978-0-7360-6278-7 (print) ISBN-10: 0-7360-8218-2 (Adobe PDF) ISBN-13: 978-0-7360-8218-1 (Adobe PDF) Copyright © 2007 by The Breathe Trust All rights reserved. Except for use in a review, the reproduction or utilization of this work in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including xerography, photocopying, and recording, and in any information storage and retrieval system, is forbidden without the written permission of the publisher. Acquisitions Editor: Martin Barnard Developmental Editor: Leigh Keylock Assistant Editor: Christine Horger Copyeditor: Patsy Fortney Proofreader: Kathy Bennett Graphic Designer: Fred Starbird Graphic Artist: Tara Welsch Original Cover Designer: Lydia Mann Cover Revisions: Keith Blomberg Art Manager: Kelly Hendren Project Photographer: Lydia Mann Illustrator (cover and interior): Sharon Ellis Printer: United Graphics Human Kinetics books are available at special discounts for bulk purchase. Special editions or book excerpts ~ Anonymous,

18:12 Many uninformed persons speak of yoga as Hatha Yoga or consider yoga to be “magic,” dark mysterious rites for attaining spectacular powers. When scholars, however, speak of yoga they mean the system expounded in Yoga Sutras (also known as Patanjali’s Aphorisms): Raja (“royal”) Yoga. The treatise embodies philosophic concepts of such grandeur as to have inspired commentaries by some of India’s greatest thinkers, including the illumined master Sadasivendra. Like the other five orthodox (Vedas-based) philosophical systems, Yoga Sutras considers the “magic” of moral purity (the “ten commandments” of yama and niyama) to be the indispensable preliminary for sound philosophical investigation. This personal demand, not insisted on in the West, has bestowed lasting vitality on the six Indian disciplines. The cosmic order (rita) that upholds the universe is not different from the moral order that rules man’s destiny. He who is unwilling to observe the universal moral precepts is not seriously determined to pursue truth. Section III of Yoga Sutras mentions various yogic miraculous powers (vibhutis and siddhis). True knowledge is always power. The path of yoga is divided into four stages, each with its vibhuti expression. Achieving a certain power, the yogi knows that he has successfully passed the tests of one of the four stages. Emergence of the characteristic powers is evidence of the scientific structure of the yoga system, wherein delusive imaginations about one’s “spiritual progress” are banished; proof is required! Patanjali warns the devotee that unity with Spirit should be the sole goal, not the possession of vibhutis — the merely incidental flowers along the sacred path. May the Eternal Giver be sought, not His phenomenal gifts! God does not reveal Himself to a seeker who is satisfied with any lesser attainment. The striving yogi is therefore careful not to exercise his phenomenal powers, lest they arouse false pride and distract him from entering the ultimate state of Kaivalya. When the yogi has reached his Infinite Goal, he exercises the vibhutis, or refrains from exercising them, just as he pleases. All his actions, miraculous or otherwise, are then performed without karmic involvement. The iron filings of karma are attracted only where a magnet of the personal ego still exists. ~ Paramahansa Yogananda,

   15 Integral Yoga
   2 Yoga
   1 Psychology
   1 Occultism


   7 A B Purani
   6 Satprem
   3 The Mother
   3 Sri Ramana Maharshi
   2 Swami Sivananda Saraswati
   2 Sri Aurobindo


   7 Talks
   7 Evening Talks With Sri Aurobindo
   4 Sri Aurobindo or the Adventure of Consciousness
   2 Amrita Gita

0 1961-05-19, #Agenda Vol 02, #The Mother, #Integral Yoga    There are successive curves, each second of which would have to be noted down; and in the course of one of these curves, something is suddenly found. For example, at the beginning of The Yoga of Self-Perfection, Sri Aurobindo reviews other yogas, beginning with Hatha Yoga. I had just translated this when I remembered Sri Aurobindo saying that Hatha Yoga was very effective but that it amounted to spending your whole life training your body, which is an enormous time and effort spent on something not essentially very interesting. Then I looked at it and said to myself, But after all, (I was looking at life as it is, as people ordinarily live it) one spends at least 90% of ones life merely to PRESERVE ones body, to keep it going! All this attention and concentration on an instrument which is put to hardly any use. Anyway, I was looking at it with that attitude, when suddenly all the cells of my body responded, in such a spontaneous and WARM way. How to say it? Something so so moving. They told me, But its the Lord who is looking after Himself in us! Each one was saying: But its the Lord who is looking after Himself in us!    It was truly lovely. Then I gave my reason a good poke: How stupid can you be! You always forget the essential.

0 1962-07-04, #Agenda Vol 03, #The Mother, #Integral Yoga    People say, He has lost consciousness. They made this assumption in N.S.s case because there were no vital signs and the consciousness in the body was reduced to a minimum; there was still some left (because it did react!), but it was a bare minimum, without much reacting powerhe wasnt an accomplished yogi, after all, only an apprentice yogi. It would have been entirely different, for instance, and far more serious, for someone who had practiced Hatha Yoga. But I mean to say that N.S. was here beside me, fully conscious, and could have moved on to another mode of manifestation without having to go through the throes of death thats not at all indispensable! Such is my experience, and I find it very important, tremendously important.    Besides, this is the first time it has happened. All those (like I.B., for example) who were hurled violently out of their bodies through an accident have, after a time, become conscious again the consciousness gathers itself back together. But N.S.s consciousness never scattered, he never lost consciousness.

1.01 - Hatha Yoga, #Amrita Gita, #Swami Sivananda Saraswati, #Hinduism   object:1.01 - Hatha Yoga   class:chapter   --   2. Hatha Yoga concerns with the body and the Prana. It helps to control the body and the Prana, through Asanas and Pranayama.   3. Hatha Yoga itself is not the goal. Meditation helps you to attain Samadhi or Superconscious State.   4. The practice of Hatha Yoga awakens the Kundalini Sakti that lies dormant in the Muladhara Chakra.   5. There are Six Chakras or lotuses in the body. They are Muladhara (near the anus), Svadhisthana (midway between Muladhara and Manipura which is in the navel). Anahata Chakra in the heart, Vishuddha in the neck and Ajna in the space between the two eyebrows and Sahasrara or the thousand-petalled lotus (Chakra) in the crown of the head.   --   14. Be moderate in eating and sleeping. Then alone can you have success in Hatha Yoga.   15. Be regular in your practice. Regularity is of paramount importance.   --   20. Dhauti (cleansing of stomach with a piece of cloth), Basti (drawing up of water through anus), Neti (cleansing of nostrils with the help of a thread), Nauli (manipulation of the abdominal muscles), Trataka (gazing on an object), Kapalabhati (a kind of Pranayama)are the Shad Kriyas of Hatha Yoga.   21. Sirshasana is the king of all Asanas. It streng thens the brain and the brain-centres and improves memory, and helps Brahmacharya.   --   THUS ENDS Hatha Yoga

1.02 - The Eternal Law, #Sri Aurobindo or the Adventure of Consciousness, #Satprem, #Integral Yoga   Depending on the level we choose, we undertake one kind of yoga or another: Hatha Yoga, raja yoga, mantra yoga, and many others,   countless others, like so many stages of our effort. We won't discuss here the great value of these methods, or the remarkable intermediate results they can lead to; we will examine only their goal, their final destination. The truth is, this "poise above" seems to have no relation with real life whatsoever; first, because all these disciplines are extremely demanding, requiring hours and hours of work every day, if not complete solitude; secondly, because their ultimate result is a state of trance or yogic ecstasy, samadhi, perfect equilibrium, ineffable bliss, in which one's awareness of the world is dissolved, annihilated.

1.03 - Meeting the Master - Meeting with others, #Evening Talks With Sri Aurobindo, #unset, #Zen    Raghunath P. Thakar, a Brahmin from Virpur near Rajkot, came on 1 January to see Sri Aurobindo. He had been to some saint at Rupal (near Kalol), had practised Raja Yoga, also some Hatha Yoga, and met Nathuram Sharma in Kathiawad. The appointment was given for today.    Sri Aurobindo: What is the aim of the Yoga you want to practise, that is to say, what do you expect from this Yoga?   --    In the meantime it was brought to Sri Aurobindo's notice that this man had tried to practise Hatha Yoga without a Guru and had begun with Khechari Mudra, Trataka and Uddiyana accompanied by Kapalabhati Pranayama and ended by being sick. Raghunath was all along thinking that Sri Aurobindo was a great Hathayogi, because he meditated with open eyes and was able to do Utthapana, levitation.    Disciple: Raghunath says that he has made up his mind.

1.04 - THE APPEARANCE OF ANOMALY - CHALLENGE TO THE SHARED MAP, #Maps of Meaning, #Jordan Peterson, #Psychology   spirits). According to the adepts of Hatha Yoga:   ...the feet, firmly placed on the ground, correspond to the roots of the tree, its foundation and source of

1.04 - The Silent Mind, #Sri Aurobindo or the Adventure of Consciousness, #Satprem, #Integral Yoga   the asanas of Hatha Yoga, the concentrations of raja yoga, the breathing exercises of pranayama, etc. aim at arousing that ascending Force; they can be dangerous and cause profound perturbations, which make the presence and protection of an enlightened Master indispensable. We will return to this later. The difference in the direction of the current, ascending vs. descending,   has to do with a difference in goals which cannot be overemphasized.

1.06 - Raja Yoga, #Amrita Gita, #Swami Sivananda Saraswati, #Hinduism   2. Where Hatha Yoga ends, there Raja Yoga begins.   3. Hatha Yogi starts his Sadhana with his body and Prana. He practises Asanas and Pranayama and through control of Prana, tries to control the mind.

1.08 - Independence from the Physical, #Sri Aurobindo or the Adventure of Consciousness, #Satprem, #Integral Yoga   submerged in Matter, has grown accustomed to depending upon outer organs and antennas to perceive the world; and since we have seen the antennas appear before the master of the antennas, we have childishly concluded that the antennas have created the master, and that without antennas there is no master, no perception of the world. But this is an illusion. Our dependence upon the senses is merely a habit true, a millenary one, but no more inescapable than the flintstone implements of the Chellean man: It is possible for the mind and it would be natural for it, if it could be persuaded to liberate itself from its consent to the domination of matter, to take direct cognizance of the objects of sense without the aid of the sense-organs.91 We can see and feel across continents as if distances did not exist, because distance is an obstacle only to the body and its organs, not to consciousness, which can reach anywhere it wishes in a second, provided it has learned to expand itself; there is another, lighter space where all is together in a flash point. Here we might expect to receive some "recipe" for clairvoyance or ubiquity, but recipes are just another kind of machinery, which is why we are so fond of them. True, Hatha Yoga can be effective, as can many other kinds of yogic exercises, such as concentrating on a lighted candle (tratak), evolving infallible diets,   doing breathing exercises and choking scientifically (pranayama).

1.17 - The Transformation, #Sri Aurobindo or the Adventure of Consciousness, #Satprem, #Integral Yoga   Some disciples kept the habit, from the days when the Mother used to talk to the Ashram children, of assembling twice a week for a collective meditation. But it was especially for sports that the disciples would get together. (There was a common dining room, too, although many chose to eat at home with their families, or alone.) There were all kinds of sports, from the traditional Hatha Yoga to tennis to boxing,   and almost every disciple devoted an hour or two each day to sports.

1.200-1.224 Talks, #Talks, #Sri Ramana Maharshi, #Hinduism   A sad-looking Punjabi gentleman announced himself to Maharshi as having been directed to him by Sri Sankaracharya of Kamakotipeetam, from Jalesvar near Puri, Jagannath. He is a world tourist. He has practised Hatha Yoga and some contemplation along the lines of I am   Brahman. In a few moments a blank prevails, his brain gets heated and he gets afraid of death. He wants guidance from Maharshi.

1.240 - Talks 2, #Talks, #Sri Ramana Maharshi, #Hinduism   The asanas (postures) help pranayama, which helps dhyana in its turn, and peace of mind results. Here is the purpose of Hatha Yoga.   Later Sri Bhagavan continued:

1.300 - 1.400 Talks, #Talks, #Sri Ramana Maharshi, #Hinduism   The asanas (postures) help pranayama, which helps dhyana in its turn, and peace of mind results. Here is the purpose of Hatha Yoga.   Later Sri Bhagavan continued:

1.439, #Talks, #Sri Ramana Maharshi, #Hinduism   M.: It is according to ones samskaras (predispositions). One man will practise Hatha Yoga for curing his bodily ills; another man will trust to God to cure them; a third man will use his will-power for it and a fourth man may be totally indifferent to them. But all of them will persist in meditation. The quest for the Self is the essential factor and all the rest are mere accessories.   A man may have mastered the Vedanta philosophy and yet remain unable to control his thoughts. He may have a predisposition   (purva samskara) which takes him to practise Hatha Yoga. He will believe that the mind can be controlled only by yoga and so he will practise it.   D.: What is most suitable for gaining facilities for steady dhyana?   M.: It depends on ones samskara. One may find Hatha Yoga suitable and another man nama japa, and so on. The essential point is the atma-vichara - enquiry into the Self.   D.: Is it enough if I spend some time in the mornings and some time in the evenings for this atma-vichara? Or should I do it always   --   D.: Is not Hatha Yoga necessary for the inquiry into the Self?   M.: Each one finds some one method suitable to himself, because of   --   D.: Can Hatha Yoga be accomplished at my age?   M.: Why do you think of all that? Because you think it exterior to   --   D.: It is said in Aparoksha-anubhuti that Hatha Yoga is a necessary   aid for inquiry into the Self.   --   D.: But Hatha Yoga is so much spoken of as an aid.   M.: Yes. Even great pandits well versed in the Vedanta continue the

1.49 - Thelemic Morality, #Magick Without Tears, #Aleister Crowley, #Philosophy   In practice, we most of us do act upon Nephesch a great deal. All learning, training, discipline, tend to modify our physiological reactions in a thousand minor manners. A complete branch of Yoga, Hatha Yoga, is occupied with nothing else. And you can have your face "lifted." Apart from this, we nearly all of us attend to matters like our waistline, our hours of sleep, our digestion, or our muscular development. Some men have even taught themselves to reduce the pulse-beat both in rate and in volume: so much so that they have sometimes been credited with the power to stop the heart altogether at will. (Wasn't it Colonel Somebody not Blimp who used to show off to his friends, after dinner? Did it once too often, in any case!)   Neschamah is an entirely different proposition. One of Tiphareth's prime assets is the influence, through the path of "The Lovers," from Binah. The son's milk from the Great Mother. (From his Father, Chiah, Chokmah, he inherits the infinite possibilities of Nuit, through the path of H, "The Star;" and from his "God," Kether, the Divine Consciousness, the direct inspiration, guidance, and ward of his Holy Guardian Angel, through the path of Gimel, the Moon, "The Priestess.")[94]

1.550 - 1.600 Talks, #Talks, #Sri Ramana Maharshi, #Hinduism   M.: It is according to one's samskaras (predispositions). One man will practise Hatha Yoga for curing his bodily ills; another man will trust to God to cure them; a third man will use his will-power for it and a fourth man may be totally indifferent to them. But all of them will persist in meditation. The quest for the Self is the essential factor and all the rest are mere accessories.   A man may have mastered the Vedanta philosophy and yet remain unable to control his thoughts. He may have a predisposition   (purva samskara) which takes him to practise Hatha Yoga. He will believe that the mind can be controlled only by yoga and so he will practise it.   D.: What is most suitable for gaining facilities for steady dhyana?   M.: It depends on one's samskara. One may find Hatha Yoga suitable and another man nama japa, and so on. The essential point is the atma-vichara - enquiry into the Self.   D.: Is it enough if I spend some time in the mornings and some time in the evenings for this atma-vichara? Or should I do it always

1929-04-21 - Visions, seeing and interpretation - Dreams and dreaml and - Dreamless sleep - Visions and formulation - Surrender, passive and of the will - Meditation and progress - Entering the spiritual life, a plunge into the Divine, #Questions And Answers 1929-1931, #The Mother, #Integral Yoga   There are disciplines such as Hatha Yoga and Raja Yoga that one can practise and yet have nothing to do with the spiritual life; the former arrives mostly at body control, the latter at mind control. But to enter the spiritual life means to take a plunge into the Divine, as you would jump into the sea. And that is not the end but the very beginning; for after you have taken the plunge, you must learn to live in the Divine. How are you to do it? You have simply to jump straight in and not to think, Where shall I fall? What will happen to me? It is the hesitation of your mind that prevents you. You must simply let yourself go. If you wish to dive into the sea and are thinking all the time, Ah, but there may be a stone here or a stone there, you cannot dive.   But you see the sea and so you can jump straight into it. But how are you to jump into the spiritual life?

2.01 - On Books, #Evening Talks With Sri Aurobindo, #unset, #Zen    Physico-vital processes depending on Pranayama and Asanas taken from Hatha Yoga.    Psycho-vital and psycho-mental processes in a gradually rising series: pratyhra, dhyna, dharaa and samdhi.

2.03 - On Medicine, #Evening Talks With Sri Aurobindo, #unset, #Zen    Sri Aurobindo: Yes. If you know Hatha Yoga you can keep the body safe against disease. You can also reduce the slow process of ageing by supplying the vital force. The difficulty is you can't be always in Samadhi.    Disciple: Tibbati Baba says that man can conquer death by taking a certain medicine.   --    Sri Aurobindo was not disposed at first to talk this evening. Then a disciple put a question about immunity from physical diseases by Hatha Yoga.    Sri Aurobindo: In Hatha Yoga you are all right so long as you continue the practice. As soon as you leave it off you are liable to attacks.    In Raja Yoga also you have to continue Pranayama once you begin it. My own experience is that when I was practising Pranayama at Baroda I had excellent health. But when I went to Bengal and left Pranayama, I was attacked by all sorts of illness which nearly carried me off.   --    Disciple: Perhaps Hatha Yoga can be taught that way.    Sri Aurobindo: Even that would be only the external part.

2.13 - On Psychology, #Evening Talks With Sri Aurobindo, #unset, #Zen    Sri Aurobindo: No. I had no knowledge. I did not know what God was. It was two years before I met Lele that I began Yoga seriously. Deshpande at that time was doing Hatha Yoga, Asanas and other practices and, as he had a great proselytising tendency, he wanted to convert me to his view. But I thought that a yoga which requires me to give up the world was not for me. I had to liberate my country. I took it up seriously when I learnt that the same Tapasya which one does to get away from the world can be turned to action. I learnt that Yoga gives power and I thought: Why should I not get power and use it to liberate my country?    Disciple: God very cleverly exploited your desire to liberate India.

2.14 - On Movements, #Evening Talks With Sri Aurobindo, #unset, #Zen    Sri Aurobindo: What the Hatha Yogi can achieve is to get the perfect control of the vital forces working in the body and also control over the physical functions. This also produces some indirect influence in the mind. But I do not think that by Hatha Yoga pure and simple, you can realise God.    Disciple: I know a Hatha Yogi who has done all the kriys movements and postures and he said that even though he knew everything of Hatha Yoga he had not seen God. He even said to me: "I don't believe there is any God because I could not succeed in seeing him even after so much trouble."    Sri Aurobindo: That is because he stopped short at Hatha Yoga; he should have gone further.    Disciple: What is the use of prolonging the life of the body?   --    Disciple: But what is the idea behind Hatha Yoga?    Sri Aurobindo: Why should we not value achievement for its own sake? Even prolonging life everybody cannot do.

2.18 - January 1939, #Evening Talks With Sri Aurobindo, #unset, #Zen    Sri Aurobindo: These things may be steps to the Divine; for example Hatha Yoga and Raja Yoga.    Disciple: Our friend X finds that yogis have defects.

2.25 - List of Topics in Each Talk, #Evening Talks With Sri Aurobindo, #unset, #Zen    | 05-11-25 | Immunity: in Hatha Yoga and Pranayama; incorruptible body |    | 05-12-25 | Contacting the dead; Sadhana: external life, emotions, mental development |   --    | 12-03-26 | Bhawanipore centre; Siddhi and effort; Bhakti Yoga; seeing Light; Hatha Yoga |    | 06-05-26 | Letter to Tirupari; this Yoga: vital being, asceticism; conditions for meditation |

3.2.4 - Sex, #Letters On Yoga IV, #Sri Aurobindo, #Integral Yoga   Celibacy means first not marryingit can be extended to not having sexual (physical) relations with any woman, though that is not its proper meaning. It is not equivalent to Brahmacharya. Brahmacharya is not binding in bhaktimrga or karmayoga, but it is necessary for ascetic jnayoga as well as for Raja and Hatha Yogas. It is also not demanded from Grihastha yogis. In this Yoga the position is that one must overcome sex, otherwise there can be no transformation of the lower vital and physical nature; all physical sexual connection should cease, otherwise one exposes oneself to serious dangers. The sex-push must also be overcome but it is not a fact that there can be no sadhana or no experience before it is entirely overcome, only without that conquest one cannot go to the end and it must be clearly recognised as one of the more serious obstacles and indulgence of it as a cause of considerable disturbance.   ***

BOOK I. -- PART I. COSMIC EVOLUTION, #The Secret Doctrine, #H P Blavatsky, #Theosophy   lower form of Yoga, Hatha Yoga, which was "little known" and yet so "common" in Gautama's time.   ** It is even argued that all the Six Darsanas (Schools of philosophy) show traces of Buddha's

Liber 111 - The Book of Wisdom - LIBER ALEPH VEL CXI, #unset, #Arthur C Clarke, #Fiction    Hatha Yoga for the Serpent. Yet mark thou well how all these interfuse,    so that thou mayst accomplish no one of the Works separately. As to

Talks 026-050, #Talks, #Sri Ramana Maharshi, #Hinduism     D.: Is Hatha Yoga necessary?     M.: It is one of the aids - not that it is always necessary. It depends upon the person. Vichara surpasses pranayama. In Yoga Vasishta   --     Reality can be reached by holding on to prana or intellect. Hatha Yoga is the former; Vichara is the latter.     D.: Is there any individuality for the Jnani after Realization?

Talks 176-200, #Talks, #Sri Ramana Maharshi, #Hinduism   D.: What does Maharshi say about Hatha Yoga or Tantric practices?   M.: Maharshi does not criticise any of the existing methods. All are good for the purification of the mind. Because the purified mind alone is capable of grasping his method and sticking to its practice.   --   (4) Hatha Yoga.   All methods are one and the same inasmuch as they all tend to the same goal.

Talks 600-652, #unset, #Arthur C Clarke, #Fiction   D.: Is not Hatha Yoga necessary for the inquiry into the Self?   M.: Each one finds some one method suitable to himself, because of latent tendencies (purva samskara).   D.: Can Hatha Yoga be accomplished at my age?   M.: Why do you think of all that? Because you think it exterior to yourself you desire it and try for it. But do you not exist all along?   --   D.: It is said in Aparoksha-anubhuti that Hatha Yoga is a necessary aid for inquiry into the Self.   M.: The hatha yogis claim to keep the body fit so that the enquiry may be effected without obstacles. They also say that life must be prolonged so that the enquiry may be carried to a successful end.   --   D.: But Hatha Yoga is so much spoken of as an aid.   M.: Yes. Even great pandits well versed in the Vedanta continue the practice of it. Otherwise their minds will not subside. So you may say it is useful for those who cannot otherwise still the mind.

Talks With Sri Aurobindo 1, #unset, #Arthur C Clarke, #Fiction   NIRODBARAN: Perhaps all this can be done with Hatha Yoga?   SRI AUROBINDO: Even that would be only the outer part.

The Act of Creation text, #The Act of Creation, #Arthur Koestler, #Psychology   The aim of certain mystic practices such as Hatha Yoga is to   permeate the self with awareness of itself by gaining voluntary control

Wikipedia - Akarna Dhanurasana -- A seated posture in hatha yoga

Wikipedia - Anusara School of Hatha Yoga -- A school of modern yoga

Wikipedia - Asana -- Postures in hatha yoga and modern yoga practice

Wikipedia - Baddha Konasana -- A seated posture in hatha yoga

Wikipedia - Bakasana -- Hand-balancing posture in hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise

Wikipedia - Basti (hatha yoga)

Wikipedia - Bhujangasana -- A reclining back-bending posture in hatha yoga

Wikipedia - Category:Medieval Hatha Yoga asanas

Wikipedia - Chakrasana -- A standing back-bending posture in hatha yoga

Wikipedia - Dhanurasana -- A reclining posture in hatha yoga

Wikipedia - Durvasasana -- A difficult standing posture in hatha yoga

Wikipedia - Dvi Pada Sirsasana -- Advanced seated balancing posture in hatha yoga

Wikipedia - Garbha Pindasana -- difficult balancing posture in hatha yoga

Wikipedia - Gomukhasana -- A seated posture in hatha yoga

Wikipedia - Gorakshasana -- A seated posture in hatha yoga

Wikipedia - Halasana -- An inverted posture in hatha yoga

Wikipedia - Handstand -- A hand-balancing posture in gymnastics and hatha yoga

Wikipedia - Hanumanasana -- A seated posture in hatha yoga

Wikipedia - Hatha Yoga Pradipika

Wikipedia - Hatha Yoga: The Report of A Personal Experience

Wikipedia - Hatha Yoga: The Report of a Personal Experience

Wikipedia - Hatha Yoga

Wikipedia - Hatha yoga -- Branch of yoga focusing on physical techniques

Wikipedia - Janusirsasana -- A seated forward-bending posture in hatha yoga

Wikipedia - Kurmasana -- seated forward bending posture in hatha yoga

Wikipedia - List of asanas -- List of postures in hatha yoga and yoga as exercise

Wikipedia - Makarasana -- A reclining posture in hatha yoga

Wikipedia - Matsyasana -- Reclining back-bending posture in hatha yoga

Wikipedia - Matsyendrasana -- A seated twisting posture in hatha yoga

Wikipedia - Mayurasana -- A hand-balancing posture in hatha yoga

Wikipedia - Neti (Hatha Yoga)

Wikipedia - Sarvangasana -- inverted posture in hatha yoga

Wikipedia - Setu Bandha Sarvangasana -- Inverted back-bending posture in hatha yoga

Wikipedia - Shavasana -- relaxed reclining posture in hatha yoga

Wikipedia - Shirshasana -- Yoga headstand, an inverted posture in hatha yoga

Wikipedia - Siddhasana -- Ancient seated meditation posture in hatha yoga

Wikipedia - Simhasana -- A kneeling posture in hatha yoga

Wikipedia - Sivananda yoga -- A school of hatha yoga

Wikipedia - Sukhasana -- Easy seated posture in hatha yoga

Wikipedia - Svastikasana -- Seated meditation posture in hatha yoga

Wikipedia - Template talk:Hatha yoga

Wikipedia - Tittibhasana -- hand-balancing posture in hatha yoga

Wikipedia - Utkatasana -- A standing posture in hatha yoga

Wikipedia - Vajrasana (yoga) -- kneeling asana in modern yoga, a meditation asana in hatha yoga

Wikipedia - Viparita Karani -- Inverted posture in hatha yoga

Wikipedia - Vriksasana -- Standing balancing posture in hatha yoga

Wikipedia - Yogasopana Purvacatuska -- first hatha yoga manual with halftone illustrations

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19877959-hatha-yoga-pradipika

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199514.Hatha_Yoga_Pradipika

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20564924-hatha-yoga-simplified

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26449099-hatha-yoga

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26449106-hatha-yoga

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29105798-hatha-yoga-pradipika

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29235050-hatha-yoga

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30330764-hatha-yoga

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30330768-hatha-yoga

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56302.Anatomy_of_Hatha_Yoga

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/649541.Philosophy_of_Hatha_Yoga

wiki.auroville - Hatha_yoga

Dharmapedia - Category:Hatha_yoga

Dharmapedia - Category:Hatha_yoga_texts

Dharmapedia - Category:Medieval_Hatha_Yoga_asanas

Dharmapedia - Hatha_yoga

Dharmapedia - Hatha_Yoga_Pradipika

Dharmapedia - Mahamudra_(Hatha_Yoga

Psychology Wiki - Hatha_Yoga

Psychology Wiki - Hatha_yoga

Psychology Wiki - Hatha_Yoga_Pradipika

Psychology Wiki - List_of_Hatha_yoga_postures

Psychology Wiki - Yoga#Hatha_Yoga

Basti (hatha yoga)

Hatha yoga

Hatha Yoga Pradipika

Hatha Yoga: The Report of a Personal Experience

Neti (Hatha Yoga)