Hatha Yoga: An Overview
Hatha yoga is one of the four main traditions of Tantra Yoga. Hatha
yoga is mainly practiced for health and vitality in this modern age. It
comes from the words Ha meaning sun and Tha meaning moon unites in
Hatha Yoga. It is commonly translated as the yoga, which brings
combination “of the pairs of opposites.”
It is the symbolic combination of active and passive energies, the
opposites. Hatha yoga is sometimes also known as forceful yoga. It is
from this yoga that several other styles of yoga originated including
Power yoga, Bikram yoga, and Kundalini yoga.
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