HATHA YOGA

What is Hatha Yoga? Is it important?

Hustle bustle of modern life easily makes modern people exhausted both physically and mentally. The uncountable daily demands cause people has no enough time for rest or for physical exercises. This condition is aggravated by unhealthy daily life and polluted environment.

Yoga has been well known from the ancient time as a tool to achieve and to maintain the mind and body to keep in

fresh state and in balance, to cure illness or diseases, to meditate, etc. Yoga, in general sense, is daily-routine movements and the Creator blesses people by equipping him naturally. But then we easily forget it due to our busy-crowded life and we become not familiar to Yoga.

Hatha Yoga is one of many kinds of Yoga. Hatha Yoga maybe the most famous branch of Yoga. Hatha grammatically consists of two syllables, namely “ha” and “tha” which mean solar and lunar, respectively. Actually Hatha means two opposite aspects in the human body and by practicing Hatha Yoga these two aspects in balance state. When the balance state of these two contradicting things can be achieved, then people will be in happiness.

In general, Hatha Yoga is mainly comprised of body movements (asanas) basically for stretching, from basic to complicated ones, and management of breathing (pranayama). Hatha Yoga that exercised regularly will give freshness and health in the body and spirit, and ability to explore and to utilize the inner power for more success in life.

Everybody can learn Hatha Yoga from many sources of books that have already been available. However, generally students need a Yoga instructor to whom they can ask and consult about everything in relation with Hatha Yoga. This is the safest way to master Yoga. So, students who want to study this Yoga should be directed by competence teacher or guru.