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An excellent reference book, the classic text Hatha Yoga Pradipika is a highly regarded yoga resource from the Bihar School of Yoga.
This book is a thorough commentary on the original text by Maharishi Swatmarama. It elucidates the entire science of hatha yoga as it was conceived and practised, not for health and fitness only, but for awakening the pranas, chakras and kundalini shakti. This text 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 the foundation of all higher yogas. This text clearly shows the link between tantra and hatha yoga, and also emphasises that hatha yoga leads to raja yoga, otherwise it is practiced in vain.
Including the original sanskrit text of the Hatha Yoga Pradipika translated into English, with over 600 pages this really is the Yoga Bible!
Nearly 70 chapters on Asanas, 80 on Shatkarma and Pranayama, 130 on Mudra and Bandha and 115 on Samadhi with a full glossary of terms.
This is a must for any serious Yoga Student or Teacher.
Product Details
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Format:
Paperback
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Number of pages:
641
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Publisher:
Bihar - Yoga Publication Trust
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Title First Published:
Friday 30 November, 1984
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Language:
English
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ISBN:
8185787387
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Country of Origin:
India
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Binding:
Glue
- Dimension: 140 x 215 x 34 mm
- Weight: 0.800 kg
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Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!], Thursday 21 April, 2005
Reviewer: Reader from Lenox, MA, United States
This book is a must-have for yoga practicioners that want to go beyond simple asanas. This is a wonderful way to learn of hatha yoga's roots as a holistic system, and even put it into practice, since this book is a modern compilation of ancient Indian lesson-texts put into modern English. Hatha Yoga Pradipika means "Light on Hatha Yoga" (not to be confused with modern and lesser imitations that use that title). Holding this book in my hands feels like direct access to a rich history of the roots of hatha unscathed by "new age" ideas. Basically the book is about classical postures, breath control, and cleansing.
Interestingly, the book does not talk about food intake--basically says that it is not important to spend too much time thinking about what food to eat, how much, etc. (this is a nice change in a modern world that obsesses over food). However, it does go into length on the subject of cleansing the body using several methods, some of which are extreme, but some of which a novice could do with some courage.
Another interesting thing about the texts in this book is that although they are traditional, the focus isn't spent on spiritual concepts such as chakras, kundalini, or meditation, etc, it even rarely mentions relatively popular yoga terms such as prana or nadis. As it is well-known about hatha, the people who practiced these ancient rituals believed that persons could not reach enlightenment through stillness and meditation, but instead, through physical asana and purification. There are interesting and clear ideas concerning this inside the book as well.
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