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Understanding Yoga and Hatha Yoga
Yoga · Chapter 10 · Section IV: Psychology and Physiology of Yoga
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- Definitions of yoga according to Patanjali and the Bhagavad Gita (yoga as excellence in action)
- How yoga differs from other forms of physical exercise: harmony of body, mind and spirit; action at the level of organs
- Hatha yoga: Ha (sun) and Tha (moon) - balancing power and peace in muscles and in the degree of stretch
- Breath in hatha yoga: inhalation as the sun aspect and exhalation as the moon aspect
- Nadis: ida, pingala and sushumna (basic concept and location)