Hatha Yoga Pradipika

Author: Swami Muktibodhananda
Publisher: Yoga Publications Trust
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 659
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8185787387

Description

Hatha Yoga Pradipika (Light on Hatha Yoga) includes the original Sanskrit text compiled by Maharishi Swatmarama with a translation and thorough commentary in English by Swami Satyananda and Swami Muktibodhananda.

This text elucidates the entire science of hatha yoga (asana, pranayama, shatkarma, mudra and bandha) as it was conceived and practiced not only for health and fitness but for awakening the vital energies: pranas, charkas and kundalini shakti. It points out that hatha yoga is not just a physical practice but a process of cellular transmutation from gross to subtle to divine. Thus hatha yoga was considered to be the foundation of all higher yogas.

Line drawings and diagrams illustrate the text.

Contents

CHAPTER ONE
Asana

CHAPTER TWO
Shatkarma and Pranayama

CHAPTER THREE
Mudra and Bandha

CHAPTER FOUR
Samadhi

GLOSSARY

INDEX OF PRACTICES

INDEX OF ILLUSTRATIONS