Hatha Yoga Pradipika Explained
The classical manual of haṭha yoga, chapter by chapter, with key verses in Sanskrit and our own translation
Discover where your postures, breathing practices and bandhas really come from: Svātmārāma's fifteenth-century manual explained chapter by chapter, with 66 key verses in Devanāgarī, transliteration and an original translation. Learn what the text actually teaches, what it claims, and what you can safely practise today.
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Inside the book
- The text and its world
- Reading the Pradīpikā: key ideas
- First teaching: the setting, ethics, diet and fifteen postures
- Second teaching: prāṇāyāma and the six purifications
- Third teaching: the ten mudrās and Kuṇḍalinī
- Fourth teaching: samādhi and the inner sound
- What you can practise today: a gentle routine drawn from the text
- Recap: the Pradīpikā on one page
- Glossary
- Sources and editions
Who it is for
- Practitioners who want to understand the roots of the yoga they practise
- Teacher-training students who need a clear guide to the classical haṭha text
- Readers curious about prāṇāyāma, bandhas, mudrās and Kuṇḍalinī as the text describes them
- Anyone preparing a stay in Rishikesh who wants to read the texts quoted there
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A PDF you download right after payment; the link is also emailed to you. PDF of 41 pages, readable on any phone, tablet or computer, printable in A4 or Letter.
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Yes. The pages are A4 and print well on Letter paper too; keep it open on your mat.
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Which language is it in?
This edition is in English. Yogide also publishes it in French.
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Is the Sanskrit translation yours?
Quotations of the ancient texts are either our own translations or public-domain editions, always named. We never copy a modern copyrighted translation.
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