Introduction To Hatha Yoga

Hatha yoga is something that not many people may have heard of, not even the people who steep themselves into the systems of alternative medicine however it is a system that has been around for many a years.

Hath yoga otherwise called hatha vidya is a method of yoga that was taught in the 15^th century by Yogi Swatmarama in the spiritual home of yoga India. The system finds its roots based on differing breathing exercises and in particular that of asanas and pranayama techniques.

Swatmarama started that this system of yoga was a stepping stone in the preparation stage of body cleansing so that the human body could then reach higher stages of meditation and yoga. It is believed that Hatha yoga gives the chance to become much more aware in yourself and life and that it goes much further than traditional  breathing exercises which are normally only for a healthy body.

Swatmarama taught that by using this type of yoga that you would not just be strengthen and purifying the body but you would also be working towards a healthy mind while promoting a body and mind connection. Much of the traditional models of yoga that are practiced nowadays have some link to this method of yoga making it one of the fathering methods for that which people undertake now.