हठयोग

Hatha Yoga

A repository of traditional Hatha Yoga knowledge. Terminology, concepts, and classical texts presented with rigor and clarity.

VIII-II a.C. उपनिषद् Upaniṣads

Kaṭha · Śvetāśvatara · Māṇḍūkya
II a.C. भगवद्गीता Bhagavad Gītā

The Song of the Lord · Karma, Dhyāna, Bhakti Yoga
II-IV योगसूत्र Yoga Sūtras

Patañjali · 196 aphorisms of Raja Yoga
c. 1100 अमृतसिद्धि Amṛtasiddhi

First Haṭha Yoga text · Buddhist origin

c. 1200 गोरक्षशतक Gorakṣaśataka

Gorakhnāth · Kuṇḍalinī and subtle body

c. 1400 शिवसंहिता Śivasaṃhitā

Tantric treatise · Philosophy and practice

c. 1450 हठप्रदीपिका Haṭha Pradīpikā

Svātmārāma · The classical Haṭha text
c. 1700 घेरण्डसंहिता Gheraṇḍa Saṃhitā

Practical manual · Saptāṅga Yoga

Classical Texts

योगसूत्र

Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali

The 196 aphorisms of classical yoga with commentaries
Samādhi Pāda Sādhana Pāda Vibhūti Pāda Kaivalya Pāda
हठयोगप्रदीपिका

Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā

Svātmārāma's classical manual

80 verses · Āsana · Prāṇāyāma · Mudrā · Samādhi

 भगवद्गीता

Bhagavad Gītā

Selected verses on yoga

34 verses · Chs. 2, 3, 6, 12

 उपनिषद्

Upaniṣads

Foundational philosophical texts

39 verses · Kaṭha · Śvetāśvatara · Māṇḍūkya

Foundations

इतिहास

History of Hatha Yoga

Origins, Nath tradition and evolution to the present day

9th-21st centuries · Texts · Lineages · The West

 यमनियम

Yamas and Niyamas

The ethical foundations of classical yoga

10 principles · Ahiṃsā · Satya · Tapas...

Classical Practice

आसन

Āsanas

Postures according to the classical Haṭha Yoga texts

24 āsanas · Siddhāsana · Padmāsana · Paścimatānāsana...

 प्राणायाम

Prāṇāyāma

Traditional breath control techniques

16 prāṇāyāmas · Nāḍī Śodhana · Bhastrīkā · Kumbhaka...

Resources

Sanskrit Glossary

53 terms with etymology and context

Yama · Niyama · Āsana · Prāṇāyāma · Dhyāna...

Illustrations

Recreated traditional diagrams

Chakras · Nāḍīs · Kośas · Prāṇavāyus...

Articles

Essays on tradition and practice

Coming soon