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The yoga scholar Mark Singleton observes that the publication of Yogasopana was in several ways a "key transitional moment" from medieval hatha yoga to modern yoga as exercise. [5] For the first time, the yogic body was represented naturalistically, using modern halftone engravings, as a muscled, three-dimensional body in physical postures.
The Dattātreyayogaśāstra is the first text to describe and teach yoga as having three types, namely mantra yoga, laya yoga, and hatha yoga. All three lead to samadhi , the goal of raja yoga . Mantra yoga consists simply of repeating mantras until powers ( siddhis ) are obtained.
The book is introduced with a discussion of why yoga should be practised, the chakras (elements of the subtle body on which yoga is said to operate), pratyahara, dharana and dhyana (elements of Patanjalis's yoga), and who "has the authority to practise Yoga", which in Krishnamacharya's view is "everyone". [YM 3] It discusses the elements of ...
A manuscript page from the Yogabija. The Yogabīja describes a fourfold system for attaining liberation (), spanning Mantra Yoga, Laya Yoga, Haṭha Yoga, and Rāja Yoga.It specifically denies that liberation is possible simply by knowledge or jñāna; instead, it argues that the yogin needs both knowledge and yoga, and that liberation results in the yogin becoming an immortal jivanmukti ...
Hansa Yogendra (born 8 October 1947) is an Indian yoga guru, author, researcher and TV personality. [1] [2] [3] She is director of The Yoga Institute in Mumbai, founded by her father-in-law Shri Yogendra.
Hatha Yoga: The Report of a Personal Experience is a 1943 book by Theos Casimir Bernard describing what he learnt of hatha yoga, ostensibly in India.It is one of the first books in English to describe and illustrate a substantial number of yoga poses (); it describes the yoga purifications (), yoga breathing (), yogic seals (), and meditative union at a comparable level of detail.
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Swami is the bestselling author of more than fifteen books on meditation, wellness, and spirituality, such as Kundalini: An Untold Story, The Wellness Sense, and If Truth Be Told: A Monk's Memoir. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] He has also documented his experiences on meditation for over 15,000 hours in his well-received book A Million Thoughts .