Purification
Yoga – The Path of Purification Just as a sculptor clears away everything unnecessary from a block of marble to reveal the statue within, a yogi must free body and mind from all impurities to achieve the goal of Yoga.…
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Posture
The PostureAsana Asanam iti sva svarUpe samAsannata svastikAsanam padmAsanama siddhAsanam etesAm madhye yathestam ekam vidhAya sAvadhAnena sthAtavyamAsana means to rest in one’s original state. After taking up one of the postures like Svastikasana, Padmasana, Siddhasana one should keep them attentively.2.34…
Immersion
Asti kascana paramAdvaitasya bhAvah sa evAtmeti yathA yadyat sphurati tat tat svarUpam eveti bhAvayet sarva bhUteshu sam drishtis ca. This (dhyana) is the state of highest non-dualism, whatever flashes through the mind is an expression of the primordial self-nature and…
Hatha Yoga
The Origin of Hatha Yoga is traced to the teachings Parvati received from the deity Shiva. When Shiva teaches Yoga he is called Adinath or Shrinath. (primordial or honoured Lord) Adinath is the role model of all Yogis, to obtain…
Breath
prAnAyAma iti prAnasya sthirata recaka pUraka kumbhaka samghattakarana catvari prAnAyAma laksanAni Pranayama is the stability of the breathing. The exhalation, the inhalation, the holding of breath and their combination; these are the four features of breath control. 2.35 Siddha siddhAnta…
Focus
dharAneti sa bAhyAbhyantara ekam eva nija tattva svArupa evAntaH karanena sAdhayetyatha yad yad utpadyate tat tan nirAkAre dhArayet svAtmAnam nirvAta dIpam iva sandhArayet Dharana is the contemplation that whatever appears as the inner or outer world, is one with the…
Union
Samadhi sarva tatvAnAm samAvastha nirudyamatvam anAyAsa sthithimatvam iti samAdhi. Union is the state of the concord of all principles. Union is without cause, without exertion, permanent and natural.2.39 Siddha siddhAnta paddhatiHof GorakshanAtha Samadhi, UnionSamadhi is the experience of union. It…
Withdrawal
pratyAhAra iti caitanya turanAgAnam pratyAhAranam vikAra grasanam utpanna vikArasyApi nivrittir nirbhAtIti pratyahara lakshanAm Composure is like the taming of wild horses. It is the pacifying of interferences, the mastery of the fluctuations of the mind these are the features of…
Shadanga Yoga
Asanam prAnasamrodhaH pratyAhArasca dhAranA dhyAnam samAdhiretAni yogANgAni bhavanti satThe posture, the mastery of breath, the withdrawal, the focus, the immersion, and the union, these are the six limbs of Yoga. 1.7 Goraksha Shatakaof GorakshanAtha Shadanga Yoga, Six Limbed YogaShadanga is…
5 Stages
sthUla sukshma kArana turyam turyAtItam iti paNcAvasthA kramena lakshyante eteshAm api sarveshAm vijNAtA yaH sa yogI sa siddha purushaH sa yogisvara iti param rahasyaM prakashsitam Gross (sthula) subtle (sukshma) causal (karana), the fourth state (turya), beyond the fourth (turyatita) this…
