The Essentials of Hathayoga A Textual Immersion into Hathayogapradipika

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Vede yogo bahudha proktah tatrăştăngo yogo mukhyah patanjalih śribhagavānittham dideśa sūtraih svakrtaih krpāluha.

Veda-s speak of Yoga in many ways Astänga is the best among them which compassionate Patañjali expounded through his Sūtra-s.

Yoga traces its origin to Veda-s. Veda-s are the first known compendium of knowledge in the human civilization. The Veda-s are in Samskrtam. The Veda-s are huge, and the message contained therein is difficult to decode. Great Sages (Rși-s) passed on the messages through their teachings to a lineage (Parampara) of students, continues even now. The vastness of the topics covered in the Veda-s are such it covers everything that one would like to know, follow and practice to achieve anything from material benefits to spiritual benefits.

Yoga is popular all over the world. The United Nations announced June 21 as International Day of Yoga (IDY). It is mentioned in the UN resolution that, "Yoga provides a holistic approach to health and well-being" and "wider dissemination of information about the benefits of practicing Yoga would be beneficial for the health of the world population. Thus we see underlined the value of Yoga and the need to disseminate the teachings of Yoga.

Yoga comprises of Asana-s, Pranayama-s and practices aimed at regulation and focusing the mind. The Patañjali Yogasūtra-s and the commentaries upon the text by various teachers of the yore and also teachers of contemporary times provide the philosophical and theoretical frameworks on the aforementioned aspects of Yoga. But more details about those limbs of Yoga like the techniques of practice, outcomes practices, other details and intricacies are dealt in the Hathayoga literature and the commentaries upon them.