The Forceful Yoga

Dr. G.P.Bhatt, M.A. Dr. G.P.Bhatt, M.A. He is currently an Academic Consultant for the Publishing House of Motilal Banarsidass.
This book is the compilation of three main sources on Hathayoga Pradipika and Gheranda Samhita. It was written in medieval times. The Hathayoga (or ‘Forceful Yoga’) which Gorakhanatha popularized, is still loved by many people in India and overseas. The Hathayoga’s most distinctive feature is its belief that physical exercises and spiritual practices, as well as purifications of the body, will eventually lead to Samadhi, or the supreme concentration of your mind. The practitioner might also be able to attain the summum bonum or the summum bliss of all things. The three texts together make a powerful explanation of the theory, which is meant to replace the Gorakhanatha’s original Hathayoga text.