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More people are beginning to understand the efficacy and importance of going back to traditional medicine and practices like Yoga. Hatha Yoga Pradipika is a classic Sanskrit manual on Hatha Yoga, written by Swami Swatmarama in the 15th century. Considered to be one of the oldest surviving texts on the Hatha Yoga, it was written by Swami Swatamarama’s own yogic experiences. It runs in the line of the Hindu yoga and is dedicated to Lord Adinath, a name for ...
The Hatha Yoga Pradipika is an important text in which are enumerated the essentials of yoga. It explains in clear terms the asanas, pranayama, mudras, and the samdhi which are essential in the practice of yoga and describes the stages and the correct methods for doing these. It also discusses the philosophy underlying the yoga and is a manual of instructions for the students of yoga. The importance of this text for teacher and student of yoga alike cannot be ...
The Hatha Yoga Pradipila of Svatmarama is one of the basic text of hatha yoga. The book is divided into four chapters. The first chapter deals with asanas (postures). The second chapter describes pranayama (control of breathing). The third chapter deals with mudras. The fourth chapters explains samadhi.
This book, which is the collection of the three principals sources on the Hathayoga, namely the Hathayoga Pradipika, the Gheranda Samhita and the Siva Samhita, written in the medieval period, is rather the reproduction of the three Sanskrit texts and their revised English translations, originally published by Panini office, Allahabad (1914-15)The Hathayoga or 'Forceful Yoga' which was particularly popularized by Gorakhanatha, a noted thirteenth century ...
Sanctity is the very foundation of Indian life. The etiology of the maladies today, including the deteriorating environment, stems from the erosion of purity. When the entire social fabric is put into danger due to impurity, the fact of unveiling the splendour of the human person lies at the core of spirituality that is instrumental through Yoga-Sadhana. The Yoga-practices, the spiritual discipline and techniques of meditation enable an aspirant to attain the ...