Jason Birch Mark Singleton James (2 results)

Condition: New. pp. xiv + 158.

Soft cover. Condition: New. This book introduces, edits and translates the Hathabhyasapaddhati, an eighteenth-century Sanskrit manual on the practice of Hathayoga. Probably intended for personal use by practitioners, the manual provides uniquely detailed instructions on a range of topics, including the yogi's hut, yama and niyama, satkarma, pranayama and mudra. The most important feature of the text, however, is its treatment of 112 asanas, many of which are not found in other yoga texts. Some involve repetitive or sequential movements and others require the use of ropes. In the nineteenth century, a manuscript of the text found its way into the Mysore Palace, where it may have had an influence on modern yoga through the teachings of T. Krishnamacharya.…