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Definition of Hatha yoga
1. Noun. Yogic exercises (popular in the West) that combine difficult postures (which force the mind to withdraw from the outside world) with controlled breathing.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hatha Yoga
Literary usage of Hatha yoga
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On Vital Reserves: The Energies of Men. The Gospel of Relaxation by William James (1911)
"In an article in the Philosophical Review,1 from which I am largely copying here,
I have ;' quoted at great length the experience with "hatha yoga" of a ..."
2. Dancing With Siva: Hinduism's Contemporary Catechism by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, Himalayan Academy, Master Subramuniya (2003)
"hatha yoga is broadly practiced in many traditions. It is the third limb (anga)
of Patanjali's raja yoga. It is integral to the Saiva and Sakta tantra ..."
3. Journal of the American Oriental Society by American Oriental Society (1901)
"... worshipped with Raja and hatha yoga or with ceremonial sacrifices and Hatha
Yoga, as the words may, perhaps, be divided and understood. ..."
4. What Is Hinduism?: Modern Adventures Into a Profound Global Faith by Editors of Hinduism Today, Hinduism Today Magazine Editors (2007)
"hatha yoga is founded on a principle of putting the physical body into a position
so that the ... While there are many more complex hatha yoga routines, ..."
5. The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali by Patañjali, William Quan Judge, James Henderson Connelly (1889)
"In Patanjali's Aphorisms there is some slight allusion to the practises of Hatha
Yoga, such as "postures," each of which is more difficult than those ..."
6. The Heart of Things, Written Down by Edward Clarence Farnsworth (1914)
"hatha yoga /^CONCENTRATION on the solar plexus is a form \^s of yoga condemned
by all true occultists; one, the secret of whose harmfulness can be gathered ..."
7. The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali: An Interpretation by Patañjali, William Quan Judge (1920)
"In Patanjali's Aphorisms there is some slight allusion to the practices of Hatha
Yoga, such as "postures," each of which is more difficult than those ..."
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