Hatha Yoga was initially to support other forms of yoga designed, however, enjoyed great popularity and was soon seen soon as a separate form of yoga. In Western culture is meant by Yoga Hatha Yoga is often chiefly.
The term Hatha Yoga has been used in Hatha Yoga Pradipika, a yoga magazine in the 15th Century. Where it borders the spiritual yoga (such as Raja Yoga) from the physical Yoga (Hatha Yoga) from. Hatha yoga called here a step on the path to Raja Yoga.
In addition to the Hatha Yoga Pradipika there are two other important basic works of hatha yoga, the Samhita and the Shiva Samhita Gheranda. In them it is clear that exist within the Hatha Yoga disagreement on both theoretical and practical concerns.
Hatha Yoga is a form of yoga, in which the balance between body and mind by means of physical exercises (asanas) will be sought through breathing exercises (pranayama) and meditation. Hatha means force or power, is intended to underline the effort that is necessary for the real goal. Furthermore, the expression as an expression of unity of opposing energies is interpreted (hot and cold, male and female, positive and negative, sun and moon).
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