History of Hatha Yoga

Hatha Yoga, or Hatha Vidya, has gained in popularity since its inception in India in the 15th century Yoga Swatmarama.  If you're looking to cleanse and purify the body so that he was ready for a higher level of spirituality, this yoga is for you.

Sad to say, that in this materialistic world, many people forget about the spiritual maturity or reach enlightenment, they all want a slim and fit body.  There's nothing wrong with being healthy and fit, but much more effort is the mastery over them.  The word Hatha literally means a compound of energies, in particular, that the sun and the moon.  Sun comes from the word "Ha" and the Moon from the word «Tha '.  So, we have a 'sun' and 'moon', yin and yang, male and female, which unites two opposites.

All age groups and people can enjoy the benefits of Hatha yoga.  There is a book written for everyone.  Most of them are aimed at pregnant women and helping them to go through childbirth, but there are also books for young children and the elderly.

A good book is always shown Hatha yoga poses.  A picture is worth a thousand words, and it is much easier to copy motion when you can see them clearly in front of you.  If you have forgotten some of the poses you can always go back to the book to remind yourself how to do them.

We believe that hatha yoga, in particular, focuses on cleansing, strengthening and cleansing the body.  Thus, the body can draw on the subtle energies. help you with meditation and connect with higher aspects of yourself.  You will see you do all the exercises, in addition to cleaning the internal organs and training of Pranayama or breathing exercises.

Hatha Yoga postures are taught in the sequence so that one is easier to provide a beginner will lead to a more complex, more advanced position.  It is convenient to have a book that shows you shown Hatha yoga poses as a reference guide.  So you will never know how to perform the movement.