Sampoorna Hatha Yoga

Yogi Hari is a Master of Hatha, Raja and Nada Yoga. He is well-known and respected around the world as a competent and inspiring teacher. Yogi Hari comeds from the Sivananda lineage. When he met his gurus, Swami Vishnu-Devananda and music master Swami Nads-Brahmananda in 1975, he retired from worldly life and spent seven years in the Sivananda Ashram where he immersed himself fully in Yoga Sadhana.

Yoga is much more than postures and breathing exercises. As Yoga rises in popularity throughout the world, self-realized masters such as Shri Yogi Hari come to remind us that Yoga is a science that can take us step-by-step to the highest state of perfection: Enlightenment, or Samadhi.Sampoorna means "complete" or "full". By following this method developed by Shri Yogi Hari, you will experience fullness on all levels, not just limited to the physical body. You will enjoy radiant health of the mind and intellect, and experience deep peace and happiness.In order to have success in Yoga, you need a stable foundation. In this book, Shri Yogi Hari expounds upon the guidelines for right living, starting with Yama and Niyama (moral and ethical disciplines), the Yogic approach to exercise, breathing, relaxation, diet, and positive thinking.This complete guidebook will take you from the beginning stages of your Yoga practice all the way to Liberation. You will learn how postures can seamlessly flow together to create balanced, energizing sequences for all levels of students. Two full Yoga classes provided within will give you a framework to structure your practice, which also allows for infinite creativity and variations.Over 800 perfectly executed Yoga Asanas, or postures, are featured in this book with step-by-step instructions on how to prepare for and master each pose. In addition to postures, you can explore the advanced stages of Hatha Yoga practice: Asanas, Pranayama, Kriyas, Mudras, Bandhas, Chakras, Kumbhakas, the opening of the Granthis to release Kundalini Shakti, the experience of the Anahata sound and the different stages of Samadhi.Shri Yogi Hari's 50 years of dedicated practice and teaching of Yoga is consolidated into this book which will benefit you for years to come. You will gain clarity and understanding of the true purpose of Yoga, to realize your own Divinity, as you evolve into higher consciousness into a fully embodied divine being.

The fruit of the experience of a living yoga master. You will have the rare privilege of being taught by Yogi Hari and feeling his beautiful presence. His peace, focus and clarity will impact your practice and take you to a deeper subtler level. The more you practice with this CD, the more your awareness will develop and the deeper you will go.

World known Yoga Master Shri Yogi Hari inspired and uplifted so many Yoga students by his teacher training courses, seminars, yoga classes and also by his incomparable series of Hatha Yoga Videos and DVDs from Beginners to Advanced level. Now he is presenting another masterpiece of Hatha Yoga.

This groundbreaking commentary sheds light on the ancient scripture, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, dispelling the confusion and misinformation that permeated the world of Hatha Yoga today. Shri Yogi Hari, a world-renowned Yogi from the Sivananda lineage, a venerable Rishi, beloved Guru and perfected Master of Hatha, Nada and Raja Yoga, has selflessly dedicated his life to bringing the ancient mystical knowledge of Yoga to humanity until now. Also included are inspiring pictures of Shri Yogi Hari performing various Asanas and Mudras with detailed descriptions and easy-to-follow instructions on how to get into such poses.

Yoga is flying across the shores of Bharatha all over the world like an eagle. The entire humanity needs yoga today. If going after Yoga to get rid of diseases is one dimension, using Yoga to make our body healthy so that we can enjoy material pleasures is the other dimension. This was not what those great Rshis who evolved Yoga had in mind. Yoga is another name for pure living. If man lives, being aware of the purpose for which he was created, what else can it be excepted in Yoga? Human body is a temple. In a larger sense, it is the dwelling place of gods. Whatever one finds in the world is present in the human body. We have 72,000 Nerves in the body, also we have 72,000 Nadies which are subtle channels and centres of energy. We get a detailed account of these in books on Hatayoga. In this background Mudras and Bandhas occupy a place of great significance. We have a considerably difficult challenge to convert this Annamaya body into one, the object of which is Dharma Sadhana. Kalidasa has announced, "Shareeramadyam khalu dharma sadhanam". Our sages have said, "Manaeva manushyanam karanam bandha mokshayoho" Our mind is the cause of both Bandha and Moksha. In that case how can we make use of the techniques available to us to the best of our advantage? "Mudras" help us to keep our body and mind pure and chaste. They are tools to lead us to life fulfilment. When we activate the nerve and nadi centres in the body, they make the flow of energy smooth. Our body is a fantastic machine designed by the Creator. He has set in it a super computer called the 'Brain'. All the activities in our body are controlled by the Mind. The pressure exerted on certain key points in the body and in hands, energises the centres in the brain. We have come to know this truth as a result of experiments conducted in different parts of the world. Acupressure specialists assert that if we activate certain points in the legs, hands and ears, we can ward off a number of disorders of the body. In our ancient Tantra Marga we hear about "Khechari Mudra". During five thousand years after sage Vedavyasa, our ancestors have devised a number of ways to help man keep himself fit. They are simple and workable. We get a sea of information about Mudra Science in a number of books on Yoga shastra and Tantra Shastra. In a few of our epics also, we get references to these Mudras.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Thought leader, visionary, philanthropist, mystic, and yogi Sadhguru presents Western readers with a time-tested path to achieving absolute well-being: the classical science of yoga. “A loving invitation to live our best lives and a profound reassurance of why and how we can.”—Sir Ken Robinson, author of The Element, Finding Your Element, and Out of Our Minds: Learning to Be Creative NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY SPIRITUALITY & HEALTH The practice of hatha yoga, as we commonly know it, is but one of eight branches of the body of knowledge that is yoga. In fact, yoga is a sophisticated system of self-empowerment that is capable of harnessing and activating inner energies in such a way that your body and mind function at their optimal capacity. It is a means to create inner situations exactly the way you want them, turning you into the architect of your own joy. A yogi lives life in this expansive state, and in this transformative book Sadhguru tells the story of his own awakening, from a boy with an unusual affinity for the natural world to a young daredevil who crossed the Indian continent on his motorcycle. He relates the moment of his enlightenment on a mountaintop in southern India, where time stood still and he emerged radically changed. Today, as the founder of Isha, an organization devoted to humanitarian causes, he lights the path for millions. The term guru, he notes, means “dispeller of darkness, someone who opens the door for you. . . . As a guru, I have no doctrine to teach, no philosophy to impart, no belief to propagate. And that is because the only solution for all the ills that plague humanity is self-transformation. Self-transformation means that nothing of the old remains. It is a dimensional shift in the way you perceive and experience life.” The wisdom distilled in this accessible, profound, and engaging book offers readers time-tested tools that are fresh, alive, and radiantly new. Inner Engineering presents a revolutionary way of thinking about our agency and our humanity and the opportunity to achieve nothing less than a life of joy.

This book is about people who have found it necessary to change the way they feel. They have learned that one’s feelings are largely the result of certain complex patterns of habit. To change these emotional habits requires understanding, patience and self-discipline. In simple language this book attempts to describe some of the practical ways in which one can replace misery with serenity.