From Tapas to Hard Yoga: The History of the Āsanas of Haṭha Yoga 

James Mallinson is now a mahant!!!

This was wonderful, thanks for sharing!

Thank you for this lecture/video.

Begins at 2:39

16´44- fala dos efeitos - postura para meditar, treino de taps, prana e beneficios teraputicos.

Great link good apps and I will have an excellent opportunity to join their team of experts in yoga

Have you got a link to the journey's of Puran Puri?

There is no condemnation of Extreme Asceticism in the Bhagavath Geetha infact " yogi yunjeeta satatamaatmaanam rahasi sthitaha | ekaakee yatachittaatmaa niraasheeraparigraha || 10 ||" Well Bhagavath Geetha doesn't deal extensively with Hatha Yoga alone. It is more of a Philosophical synthesis of prevailant Indic thoughts from Vedanta, Samkhya, Tantra and Yoga. The primary discourse in the Geetha basically explores the Samkhyan principles of Guna, The Vedantic Core of Atman and Brahman the supreme godhead and Gunas. Ultimately exploring Dharma, the duty of each individual driven by their natural disposition which is very much what The principles of Yoga does to flow with the Gunas and non identification of the self with which is Chitta Vritti. Chitta Vritti, Vritti which is basically occupation Chitta is always occupied by Guna influences Chitta flows towards objects and their essence of Gunas. To cut this Vritti of Chitta Hatha Yoga is employed and Krishna basically explores Various ways in which it is attained whose final abode is Brahman. Where Geetha does Krishna abhorr extreme Hatha is unknown.

its really some way good for yoga i am indian hindu and did lots of asans and yoga and rituals and please all you uk people plz dont do more research on us once u guys have break our trust in past

The amount of angry ignorance and entitlement spat in this comment section is incredible. Great lecture.

What is the purpose of such studies? What enrichment do they provide? What new knowledge, do they provide?

"James Mallison =>"YOGA" is usually Identified with Complex and Multitude of Physical Postures " --WHO IS COMPETENT TO IDENTIFY ? COMPLETELY "ABSURD" DEFINITION --WHERE FROM MR.MALLISON GETS THIS DEFINITION ?

hinduism is digested by west through these angrezz/lefti/opportunist who talks on hinduism with half knowledge......... inspite west people should contact directly to 4 shankaracharya math, gorakhnath math, other math

Thank you. However some of the things below are controversial and not accurate. Some claims are far fetched. Tapas is "heating power of self denial" "Karma became key tenent of orthodax brahminism." "part of the tradition that later came to be known as Hinduism." These come from a complete misunderstanding and arrogance that Indian tradition can be studied like a lab animal. Yogis do stuff "to capitalize popularity of yoga..." not much different from what the speaker is doing. Also a lack of appreciation for anything being studied is a bit dissapointing. Indian tradition has the element of gaurava/shradda/aastaa. The lack of any mention of people who you learnt things about yoga tradition from - credit etc is also disappointing. Thank you for the lecture.

this is exactly why we must be careful of westerners and concept of Poorva Paksha

and mr.newly mahant how could you take reference from upnishad u cant even read or translate that in actual meaning and many of ur information is wrong i am changeling you for this i think you didnt take acctual energy with use of yoga

and whoever is after money betraying hus guru he definitely go to hell un your worlds

What a load of bollocks

“Proper” Pramhamsas take wows of forceful silence by tiring their mouth up!!??? Where he got that definition from 😂😂🤣🤣 Man! They never learn!! 🤣🤣😂😂 Not capable of real learning!! It is like English jumbled up their nuts and bolts of though and intellectual capability 😂 How is he increasing our knowledge or enriching our lives by such studies??? If not for a wine party for so called “intellectuals”, for some “intellectual” laughs to show their wisdom and enlightenment 😂😂🤣🤣

Islm and yoga what the f***🤣🤣🤣