Hatha Yoga tradition

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The Hatha Yoga tradition is a branch of yoga focused on physical postures, breath control, and purification practices as a means to prepare the body and mind for higher states of meditation and spiritual realization.

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Hatha Yoga tradition canonical 3
Hatha yoga tradition 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian philosophical tradition ⓘ
spiritual practice ⓘ
yoga tradition ⓘ
aimsAt control of body and mind ⓘ
preparation for meditation ⓘ
spiritual realization ⓘ
associatedConcept chakras ⓘ
kundalini energy ⓘ
subtle body ⓘ
associatedWithReligion Buddhism ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Jainism ⓘ
componentOf broader yoga tradition ⓘ
documentedIn Gheranda Samhita ⓘ
Hatha Yoga Pradipika ⓘ
Shiva Samhita ⓘ
emphasizes discipline of the body ⓘ
discipline of the breath ⓘ
discipline of the senses ⓘ
focusesOn breath control ⓘ
physical postures ⓘ
purification practices ⓘ
goal awakening of kundalini ⓘ
stability of the body ⓘ
steadiness of the mind ⓘ
hasOrigin India ⓘ
historicalPeriod medieval India ⓘ
includesEthicalAspect observance of yamas and niyamas ⓘ
influenced modern postural yoga ⓘ
languageOfEarlyTexts Sanskrit ⓘ
philosophicalBasis dualistic metaphysics in many lineages ⓘ
practiceSetting ashrams ⓘ
monastic communities ⓘ
preparesFor higher states of meditation ⓘ
samadhi ⓘ
relatedTo Raja Yoga ⓘ
Tantra ⓘ
requires guidance of a guru in traditional context ⓘ
teaches control of prana ⓘ
purification of nadis ⓘ
transmittedThrough lineages of teachers ⓘ
usesPractice asana ⓘ
bandha ⓘ
mudra ⓘ
pranayama ⓘ
shatkarma ⓘ
viewsBodyAs instrument for liberation ⓘ
viewsPurificationAs means to subtle perception ⓘ

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Nath yogis → influenced → Hatha Yoga tradition ⓘ
Gorakhnath → influenced → Hatha Yoga tradition ⓘ
Nath Sampradaya → influenced → Hatha Yoga tradition ⓘ
Matsyendranath → associatedWith → Hatha yoga tradition ⓘ
linked to: Hatha Yoga tradition