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About the Book

The Hatha Yoga Pradipika is one of the oldest surviving manuals of Hatha yoga and one of the three most important texts about the discipline. The other two influential texts are the Gheranda Samhita and the Shiva Samhita. This treatise incorporates Sanskrit text with english translation and romanization of the Sanskrit text. It elucidates the entire science of Hatha Yoga as it was conceived and practised, not for health and fitness only, but for awakening the pranas, chakras and kundalini shakti. This text points out that Hatha Yoga is not just a physical practice but a process of cellular transmutation from gross, to subtle to divine. Thus Hatha Yoga was considered the foundation of all higher yogas. This text clearly shows the link between tantra and Hatha Yoga, and also emphasises that Hatha Yoga leads to raja yoga, otherwise it is practised in vain.

About the Author

Swami Swatmarama, the disciple of Guru Gorakhnath, was one of the leading yogic sages in India. He is best known for compiling the yoga manual Hatha Pradipika (Light on Hatha Yoga), which introduced the system of Hatha Yoga.