num_pages: 641
description: Hatha Yoga Pradipika (Light on Hatha Yoga) includes the original Sanskrit text compiled by Maharshi 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 practised not only for health and fitness but for awakening the vital energies: pranas, chakras 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.
language: English
title: Hatha Yoga Pradipika
titlecomplete: Hatha Yoga Pradipika
genres: Classics, Self Help, Philosophy, Hinduism, Reference, India, Spirituality, Health, Eastern Philosophy, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 1900
publisher: Bihar School of Yoga