What is Yoga?
Hatha Yoga
According to legend, Shiva is credited with propounding hatha yoga. It is said that on a lonely island, assuming nobody else would hear him, he gave the knowledge of hatha yoga to Parvati, but a fish heard the entire discourse, remaining still throughout. The fish (matsya) later became a siddha and came to be known as Matsyendranath. Matsyendranath taught hatha yoga to his disciple Gorakshanath and to a limbless man, Chaurangi. Hatha Yoga Pradipika mentions many other famous hatha yogis. Hatha yoga was thus passed down in disciplic succession.
The Hatha Yoga Pradīpikā manual on hatha yoga, written by Svāmi Svātmārāma.PDF
The Hatha Yoga Pradīpikā.PDF
The Hatha Yoga Pradīpikā.PDF
Sri Tirumalai Krishnamacharya
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