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2. Hatha yoga - Wikipedia

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   Hatha yoga (/ ˈ h ʌ t ə, ˈ h ɑː t ə /; IAST: Haṭha-yoga) [2] is a branch of yoga that uses physical techniques to try to preserve and channel vital force or energy. The Sanskrit word हठ haṭha literally means "force", alluding to a system of physical techniques.

3. List of asanas - Wikipedia

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   An asana is a body posture, used in both medieval hatha yoga and modern yoga. [1] The term is derived from the Sanskrit word for 'seat'. While many of the oldest mentioned asanas are indeed seated postures for meditation , asanas may be standing , seated, arm-balances, twists, inversions, forward bends, backbends , or reclining in prone or ...

4. List of mudras (yoga) - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of Yoga mudras. In yoga , mudrās are used in conjunction with pranayama (yogic breathing exercises), generally while seated in Padmasana , Ardhasiddhasana , Sukhasana or Vajrasana pose, to stimulate different parts of the body and mind, and to affect the flow of prana in the body.

5. Amritasiddhi - Wikipedia

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   The three physical practices of Hatha yoga (mahāmudrā, mahābandha, and mahāvedha) described in the two texts are similar, as are the four stages of yoga, but the Vajrayāna terminology of the Amṛtasiddhi has mostly been removed in favour of Shaivite metaphysics, and probably for the first time Hatha yoga is framed within Rāja yoga. [25]

6. Category:Hatha yoga - Wikipedia

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   Hatha yoga is the medieval yoga which made use of asanas, purifications, bandhas, mudras and pranayama to achieve liberation. Subcategories This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.

7. Shatkarma - Wikipedia

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   The Shatkarmas are six preliminary purifications used in traditional hatha yoga. [1]The shatkarmas (Sanskrit: षटकर्म ṣaṭkarma, literally six actions), also known as shatkriyas, [2] are a set of Hatha yoga purifications of the body, to prepare for the main work of yoga towards moksha (liberation).

8. Glossary of Hinduism terms - Wikipedia

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   In the West, yoga has become associated with the asanas (postures) of Hatha Yoga, popular as fitness exercises. Yogamaya A goddess, regarded to be the embodiment of the divine energy of Vishnu. Yoga Sutra One of the six darshanas of Hindu or Vedic schools and, alongside the Bhagavad Gita and Hatha Yoga Pradipika, are a milestone in the history ...

9. Mudra - Wikipedia

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   In hatha yoga, mudras are used in conjunction with pranayama (yogic breathing exercises), generally while in a seated posture, to stimulate different parts of the body involved with breathing and to affect the flow of prana. It is also associated with bindu, bodhicitta, amrita, or consciousness in the body. Unlike older tantric mudras, hatha ...