Hatha Yoga Pradeepika of Svatmarama

Commentary by Hans Ulrich Rieker Translated by Elsy Becherer

The Hathayoga Pradeepika is one of the highly rated texts on yoga. In Indian philosophy it is generally understood that hatha yoga is one distinct path to liberation and raja yoga another. Hatha Yoga Pradipika shows a rare and fruitful combination of the two paths - hatha yoga and raja yoga.

CONTENTS

Part 1 The Fundamental Principles

1. Prerequisites 

2. Yoga and the Art of Healing 

3. The Asanas 

4. The Way of Life of a Yogi 

Part 2II The River of Life

5. The Purification of the Nadis 

6. Kumbhaka 

Part 3 Active Yoga

7. The Mudras 

8. The Nectar 

9. The Bandhas 

10. The Shakti 

Part 4 Passive Yoga

11.Samadhi 

12. Mind and Breath 

13. The Dissolution 

14. The Shambhavi Mudra and the Inner Light 

15. Nada, the Inner Sound 

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