Integral Yoga Hatha

Yoga is a scientific system for purifying the body and the mind, for making each of us the master of our senses so that we may develop our emotions and intellect to a level at which we function healthfully and in perfect harmony. There are many branches of yoga: service, love and devotion, meditation, repetition of a mantra, wisdom. But this first book by the Swami Satchidananda is about Hatha Yoga, or what is known as yoga exercise—bodily postures, methods for deep relaxation, breath control, cleansing processes and systems of mental concentration. These exercises have been used by millions of people over thousands of years to transcend human limitations, gain self-realization and experience the divine. Now the Swami Satchidananda has prepared a simple, lucid and beautifully designed introduction to Hatha Yoga which can be used individually in the home or in conjunction with local yoga classes.