To learn what is Hatha yoga, it is necessary to translate this definition from Sanskrit. So, hatkha means effort and need where the first syllable symbolizes the sun, and the second – the moon.
It means that the main task of occupations is establishment of balance of a body for health recovery.
What is Hatha yoga, than it differs from yoga?
As the yoga is set various not only physical, and and psychological the technician, it has several directions. Among them such as Ashtanga-vinyasa-yoga, Bikram-yoga, Naked yoga, Yoga-sport, Karma yoga, Kriyya-yoga, Kundalini-yoga, Rajah-yogi, Surat Shabd Yoga and others.
The Hatha yoga is such direction of yoga which is provided by the set of exercises including not only physical exercises, but also the psychological technicians based on the correct breath.
Everyone defines for itself(himself) why it is necessary. The Hatha yoga is the preparatory stage providing achievement of high level of spiritual development.
As it can develop in various spheres of life, the expediency of performance of exercises causes prosecution of the different purposes that forms the main differences of yoga. So, by means of occupations the desire raise spiritually is reached by Hatha yoga through physical development of a body.
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Direction history
Initially the yoga is a concept from the Indian culture. The seals relating to 3300-1700 BC which were found in the territory of India at the Indus River demonstrate to it. On them the figures of people meditating in different poses are represented.
There are legends describing how this doctrine was transferred to people by Shiva. It is considered to be that such practicians are given from the teacher to the pupil in strict accordance with rules of yoga. It allows to keep their traditions in original state. Modern scientists connect emergence of Hatha yoga with Gorakshanatkh who based new tradition in the 10-11th centuries. He systematized work of a body with consciousness and complemented them with Tantric elements.
Whether you know? The special technique of yoga was developed for achievement of harmony between the person and his pet in 2002. Suzy Teytelman for the first time began to practice such exercises. Thus, dogs, for example, could learn new teams.
According to the description his practician several works were published, among them there are Goraksha-shtaka, Goraksha-paddhati, Dzhnyana-amrita and others.
Whether independent this direction?
The hut yoga as the system of transformation of physical and spiritual manifestations of the person is considered the independent direction. As well as other types of yoga, it is universal for work with a body and consciousness. Such yoga means achievement of balance of lunar and solar energy.
Interrelation of Hatha yoga and Rajah-yogis
For establishment of interrelation between different types of yoga we will consider the concept Rajah-yogi. It is the generalized name of researches of mentality and achievement of self-knowledge. Such equipment opens possibilities of reason and helps to reach balance of a body and mind. It allows to control subjective perception, thoughts and feelings and also gives to thinking freedom.
Whether you know? The well-known edition in the USA Yoga Journal published statistics demonstrating that in the territory of this country about 15.8 million people practice yoga, in Great Britain their number makes 460 thousand people.
According to Hatha yoga exercises, in the course of performance of exercises of people it is allocated with ideal health and increases duration of the life due to new abilities.
The interrelation of these types of yoga is that they bear the message consisting in a unification of a sound body and free soul. Tools for achievement of such effect is the correct breath.
Why to be engaged in Hatha yoga
Many people practice yoga first of all to improve a condition of the health. Along with it in modern conditions of development of society the disposal of stresses and nervous breakdowns is relevant. Some are engaged in Hatha yoga for weight loss and preservation of youth.
Difference of Hatha yoga from gymnastics and other systems of a healthy lifestyle
The first that distinguishes yoga and gymnastics are the purposes. The physical education develops endurance, dexterity and other physical qualities of the person whereas the Hatha yoga is tuned into improvement not only bodies, but also souls.
The second difference can be considered technology of exercises. So, at gymnastic activity it is necessary to involve an extensive circle of muscles, and during yoga it is possible to accept motionless poses, paying thus much attention to saturation of a body oxygen by means of special respiratory the technician.
Whether you know? There is a sect of the yogis of Agkhori living in India which gurus lead the ascetic life including eating of own excrement and welcoming nudism.
Also distinctive feature of yoga is that by means of a certain equipment it is possible to strengthen the internals of the person influencing a hormonal background of its organism. Unfortunately, during performance of usual physical exercises it will be difficult to reach the necessary effect.
Advantage
The Hatha yoga makes positive impact on work of human organs, though is not a panacea.
Performance of a certain set of exercises will help joints to return mobility, to normalize action of musculoskeletal, cardiovascular and digestive systems and also to strengthen immunity.
Against the background of constant stresses there are psychological loadings, in this case occupations yoga will help to relax and remove emotional pressure. Mental physical therapy is based on the principles of absolute improvement and clarification of a body with equilibration of opposite poles of energy.
Besides, regular trainings by Hatha yoga will help to kill pain, and by means of respiratory gymnastics the action of appropriate authorities is normalized. In this regard the uniform amount of oxygen which sates muscles comes to an organism, giving to a body flexibility and improving blood circulation.
Harm and contraindications
Before starting performance of exercises, consultation of the doctor as there is a number of diseases which presence causes the termination of occupations will be not superfluous.
Heart disease, cancer, diseases of internals, high intra cranial or arterial blood pressure, hernia, arthrosis, flu, SARS, mental disorder concern them.
Important! It is not necessary to be engaged in Hatha yoga at the increased body temperature and also when developing some diseases, during the postoperative period within 3 months, during monthly and during pregnancy.
It is necessary to remember that performance of difficult poses can lead to traumatizing. Also you should not load excessively the body a variety of asanas and abuse of technology of breath.
Practice of Hatha yoga
Occupations Hatha yoga demand from the person of accurate performance of precepts with the purpose to get on the following level of spiritual self-improvement. It causes practical application where the attention is focused on the correct breath and performance of static poses which allow to maintain health of joints and a backbone.
Pranayama – at first breath
Pranayam it is literally translated as respiratory standstill. Its main goal is to establish control over consciousness by means of breath. Such exercises are directed to cleaning of pollution and transformation of negative energy to positive.
The complex of actions consists of a deep breath (purak), a delay of breath (kumbkhak), an exhalation (rechak) and a delay after an exhalation (shunyak). Development of the equipment of a spontaneous long delay of breath is considered perfection top.
Asanas, difference from exercises
Asana call such position of a body at which it steadily is in a certain pose. At an early stage of development of Hatha yoga there were 16 asanas in Hatha yogi Pradipik and 32 – in Gkheranda-samkhit.
Performance of these exercises reduces irritability and improves activity of a brain and also creates a positive condition of power. Before starting exercises, it is necessary to remember that development of an asana should be begun with simple poses, and it is worth replacing them smoothly, without sharp movements. At the same time you can feel insignificant discomfort from an extension of muscles, however it should not cause strong pain.
It is necessary to monitor breath also: it has to be quiet and uniform if it does not contradict performance of a certain exercise.
The simplest pose in Hatha yoga is Tadasana. Its performance will not make big work — just it is necessary to put legs in parallel each other, to tighten a belt and to straighten a thorax. At the same time it is necessary to lower hands down and to breathe quietly within 30 seconds.
There are many other asanas which stage-by-stage performance will allow to achieve harmony of soul and a body.
Meditation or relaxation
Meditation is such form of intuitive process which allows a body to relax completely, leaving in tension of a part of a body, necessary for its support. An effective method is process of contemplation of thoughts which arose in a consciousness range.
After recognition of tension the relaxation stage begins. At the time of its strengthening the person gets into unconscious more deeply, expanding and ordering it. Thoughts change in impulses, and in process of removal of the collected tension there is an updating of a karma.
It is possible to practice meditation since 20-minute exercises, smoothly increasing this time up to 60 minutes and more. Whenever possible it is necessary to supplement meditation with physical exercises, for example, Surya Namaskara.
It is the sequence of the asanas providing performance of 12 positions, each of which is followed by breathing exercises and is characterized by certain positions of legs.
In case meditative technicians do not help to relax, it is possible to use some installations, for example, pronouncing about itself There is no uniform important thought therefore I will think of it later, and now it is necessary to find time for practice or I release thoughts and I do not pay the attention to them.
Shatkarma – clarification
In translation from Sanskrit of shatkarm means clarification for 6 actions. Their classification takes the sources from the ancient writing, such as Gkheranda-samkhita and to Hatkha - yoga-pradipika. According to this doctrine, it is necessary to execute the 6th technician:
- Basti – washing of a thick gut.
- Dhouti – clarification of a digestive tract.
- Nauli (Lauliki) – strengthening of abdominal organs.
- Kapalabkhati – clarification of a front share of a brain.
- Nettie – washing and clarification of nasal passes.
- Trataka – concentration on an object for strengthening of sight and optical nerves.
Marma – what is it?
Marma represents science about corporal dots of life (marma), in translation from Sanskrit is the most vulnerable of them. Joints, ligaments, bones, the sky, heart are considered as those. Such therapy includes massage, acupuncture, a girudoterapiya, a bee uzhalivaniye, the Philippine surgery.
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What is are wise?
Literal translation of a word are wise sounds so: the granting joy, press, print. Such equipment provides the special gestures executed in a certain pose. They are guides of internal energy and simple performed by.
There is an opinion that it is inexpedient to carry out them for lack of sensitivity. Besides it is required to execute preliminary warm-up. The best time for this purpose is early morning.
However such set of exercises can be carried out in any other time of day. At the same time it is necessary to monitor breath during performance of exercises and also it is worth exempting the hands from jewelry not to force down energy streams.
Let's give several examples it is wise. So, the combination of fingers under the name Cow will allow to get rid of sciatica, rheumatism and diseases of joints. Having put phalanxes in a position Sink, it is possible to prevent or abolish throat diseases. It is relevant for people with a profession of the actor, teacher or singer. The soaring lotus represents a mudra of female fertility and health.
Features of healthy nutrition
Any meal represents for the yogi saturation process by energy. However that it did not do harm to an organism, it is necessary to adhere to the correct food allowance. The main rule is the lack of overeating.
The principle of drawing up the menu is based on that how many useful substances will be acquired by an organism, but not on quantity of products. As excess food promotes adjournment of fats that, in turn, limits mobility, it is necessary to limit its consumption.
Important! You should not eat fried, salty, smoked, peppered and tinned dishes. It is better to steam food.
It is important to yogas to chew carefully food not to complicate work of digestive system. It reduces risk of appearance of an ulcer or gastritis. The priority is given to fruit, vegetables, nuts, honey, milk and other products which were not exposed to processing. For assimilation of bigger amount of nutrients it is not obligatory to become the vegetarian. Meat can be eaten every other day. Along with products, necessary for activity, it is also necessary to drink enough liquid for prevention of dehydration.
Hatha yoga – with what to begin
It is possible to begin occupations with Hatha yoga with the simple charging which is carried out every morning. Carrying out articulate gymnastics will be not superfluous. At the next stage it is possible to start performance of asanas.
For a start pick up a complex of simple actions and gradually complicate it. Besides earlier described Tadasang's pose, we will give an example of several more, among them there is Urdhva a hastasana which provides pulling of hands up on a breath, Pada of a hastasan – an inclination forward on an exhalation and others.
It is also possible to begin the Hatha-Yoga complex with fitness exercises. It will allow an organism to be prepared for such type of yoga that will simplify technology of performance of asanas in the future.
Hatha yoga in fitness
As asanas in fitness yoga are safer and simple in performance, than exercises of Hatha yoga, this direction became available to most of people. One of its tasks is introduction and adaptation of society to yoga without contradictions to its basic principles and customs.
This direction became relevant in modern conditions, however when examining from a position of fitness the apparent commercial interest is traced that contradicts Hatha yoga precepts. It is such way to attract the greatest number of consumers to the gym.
Efficiency for weight loss
There are several ways to lose excess weight during the occupations Hatha yoga. For this purpose it is necessary to include in the daily practice special respiratory technicians (kriy).
Important! For effective weight loss it is necessary to drink not less than 2 l of water daily.
It is necessary to carry out exercises on a hungry stomach, having drunk before it a glass of cold water. Not superfluous will arrange himself the fasting days based on consumption of milk and tea. Being engaged in Hatha yoga, it is possible to lose weight quickly. However it is worth to remember that it not just exercise and the correct breath, but also such way to reboot brain activity.
Whether children should be engaged
Distinctive feature of yoga of this type is strengthening of muscles at the expense of gradual loadings and balance of twisting. For the growing organism the development of flexibility is topical issue therefore regular moderate loading will promote extension of muscles of a back and hips.
Besides, the Hatha yoga represents an opportunity to relax and train the equipment of concentration by means of respiratory procedures for children. Such action will lead the child to feelings that he is in security and rest. The set of exercises will allow to feel the body and to study its new opportunities.
In some countries of the Hatha yogi it was entered into the system of obligatory physical training of the military personnel, including submariners and pilots. Many athletes often successfully use yoga methods at the trainings. In general, that occupations brought the maximum quantity of pleasure, it is necessary to get special attributes and to put on the corresponding clothes. Practice showed that the number of appearance of diseases decreases when the person begins to practice yoga and to lead a healthy lifestyle.