HeartMind Hatha Yoga Portal
"The yogi should continually practice showering himself with nectar. He becomes free from old age and liberated and devoid of all disease." from the Kaula-jnana-nirnaya VII, 20
This is an index page for Hatha Yoga practices on the HeartMind web site
Asana practice is one technique of Hatha yoga that is well known; however the
practice is much more than asana. Ha means sun and Tha means moon, while the
word, yoga, means to bind and link together, synchronize, and integrate. In
the authentic yoga process then all dualities are balanced, harmonized, brought
into synch and integrated. One enters into energetic alignment with the Greater
Yantra.
Much more in the following pages will be said specifically about traditional hatha yoga practices which include pranayama (regulation and extension of the energy body), kriyas or cleansing (as in the shat karmas), bandhas (energy locks), concentration and visualization (dharana), mudra (combining dharana with pranayama, asana, and bandha in order to more thoroughly refine and direct the body/mind energetics), and meditation (dhyana).
Many more pages are planned to be added here, so check back often.
Hatha Yoga Cleansing
Exercises: The Shat Karmas (A Portal Page)
The CONTEXT and General overview of Traditional Hatha Yoga Practices
How Asana Works (A short introduction to the asana practice of hatha yoga) (New 03-13-06)
Hatha Yoga Asana Practice: Supplemental and General Hints and Suggestions
The Variety of Yoga Teachings and Teachers: How to Contact Your Inner Teacher (a large document)
Hatha Yoga Asana Practice: An Energy Body Approach
The Energy Body, the Five Koshas, and Three Kayas
Chakra Purification Meditation
Bandhas in Hatha Yoga Practice
Asana Practice in Relationship to the Yams and Niyams (New 03-21-06)
Basic Stretching in Asana Practice (New 03-21-06)
Tree Legends Myths, Dragons, the central Column, Chakras, and Wisdom "Tails"
Swara Yoga: Utilizing the Energy Valves at the Nares (swaras) as a Liberation technique
A Book in Progress on Hatha Yoga (Under Construction)
HeartMind Links Page Containing Links to Many Classical Hatha and Kundalini Yoga Texts
