Hatha Yoga Pradipika Course

Hatha Yoga Pradipika Certificate Course

The Hatha Yoga Pradipika is the most comprehensive Sanskrit text for yoga technique. Traditionally, hatha yoga works with prana, the life force. Mastering prana as a means for purifying and developing the mind is the subject of the Hatha Yoga Pradipika.

The Hatha Yoga Pradipika is compiled by Yogi Swatmarama, an outstanding personality among many authorities of Hatha Yoga i.e. Goraknanath, Gheranda and Srinivasa Bhatta.  Hatha Yoga is a very important science for man all the time. The beauty of the Hatha Yoga Pradipika is that it solves a very great problem of every aspirant.  The term Hatha is a combination of two big mantras, i.e. Ha & tha where Ha represents mind, the mental energy.  That represents prana the vital force.  So Hatha yoga means the union between the pranic and mental force.  This is the awakening of higher consciousness.  In another description, Ha means moon; that means sun “This is a symbolic of the twin energy forces which exists in everything.  It represents the forces of mind, prana or vitality.  Which constitute body and mind? The term Pradipika actually means self illuminating or that which illumines.  So it is a text which illumines a multitude of physical, mental and spiritual problems for the aspirants.

As in yoga, life and consciousness are known as Purusha and Prakriti and in Tantra they are called Shakti and Shiva, similarly in Hatha yoga they are known as Ida and Pingala.

In Hatha yoga it begin by saying the one should first purify the whole body the stomach, intestines, nervous system and other systems. By discipline the body the subtle elements, the energy channels (Nadis) within the body should be purified.  The behaviour of the vital life force (Prana), the entire nervous system and the various secretions in the body should be properly maintained and harmonized.  In this way it will be possible to develop deep meditation.  These practices will induce pratyahara and leading dharana dhyana and Samadhi.

The main objective of Hatha Yoga is to create an absolute balance of the interacting activities and processes of the physical body, mind and energy. When this balance is created the impulses created give a call of awakening to the control force (Sushmana nadi) which is responsible for the evolution of human consciousness.  Therefore it considers Hatha Yoga as the preliminary practice of Tantra, Raja Yoga, Kundalini Yoga and Kriya Yoga.

To whom this course for?

• This course is designed for people with at least two months experience in the practice of Yoga who want to learn how to teach Hatha Yoga.
• The course gives the information and aptitudes expected to show Hatha Yoga. It will significantly propel your own training.
• These courses are additionally focused on the individuals who are essentially keen on improving their training and extending their insight into Yoga practice and custom.

What you will learn?

Its main objective is to emphasize the pedagogical techniques that are applied in the teaching of yoga, through the crystal of an innovative methodology that enriches and empowers you to teach with confidence your future students.

Pre-requisites:

• This course is open to all students who wish to deepen their knowledge and application of some of the highest teachings of
• Participants do not need to be yoga
• Mastery of any yoga practice is not
• Only yours sincere desire for knowledge and your commitment to personal
• Love for Yoga is the most important eligibility factor for learning this course.
• Students who want to know about Asana and Pranayama, Mudra & Bandha.

Assessment and Certification

The students are continuously assessed throughout the course at all levels. There will be a written exam at the end of the course to evaluate the understanding of the philosophy of Yoga and skills of the students. Participants should pass all different aspects of the course to be eligible for the course diploma.

What do I need for the online course?

• Yoga mat
• Computer / Smartphone with camera
• Internet connection
• Yoga Blocks
• Pillow or Bolster or Cushion
• Strap
• Notebook and Pen
• Zoom

Recommended Texts

• Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha by Swami Niranjananda Saraswati
• B.K.S. Iyengar, Light On Yoga.

• Hatha Yoga Pradipika, Swami Muktibodhananda.

What’s the language of the course?

• Our courses will be held in English Medium.

Duration: 14 hrs

Self-Paced/ Flexible Duration: Online or Regular Mode.

Fee: INR 12,000.

Course Dates: Please Contact Us.

Training Venue: No. 1271, 20th Main, 2nd Phase, J. P. Nagar, Bangalore -78

Land Mark: Behind Central Mall & Near Samatvam Diabetic Centre

Terms & Conditions: After the payment of the course fee, you will receive a link to access the classes through zoom. This short term course is only meant for sincere students of Yoga practitioner. Without submitting the required assignments, you will not receive a certification. Please note that the course fee is non refundable. However, if you can’t start the course due to severe circumstances, please get in touch with us and we’ll find a solution for you. 

About the course facilitator

How to Register?

You can apply online with the application, fee of INR 10,000 (non-refundable) advance towards the course fee.

Course Syllabus

Introduction to Hatha Yoga Pradipika

Chapter – 1 Asanas

• Purpose of Hatha Yoga – Raja Yoga.
• Three types of Painor tapas (adhyatmik – spiritual, adhidevik – environmental and adhibhautik – physical).
• Sadhana should be kept secret for success.
• Place of practice.
• Practice of sadhana devoid of mental tension, according to guru’s instruction.
• Causes of failure in sadhana- Overeating, exertion, talkativeness, adhering to rules, company of common people and wavering mind.
• Causes of success in Sadhana.
• Asanas according to Vashishtha and Matsyendranath
• Four major asanas of the eighty four taught by Shiva
• Mitahara – moderate diet – agreeable and sweet food, leaving one fourth of the stomach free.
• Food Prohibited
• Food conducive

Chapter Two: Shatkarma and Pranayama

• Interconnection of Mind and Prana and their controlling through Pranayama
• What is life and death; the functions of five Vayus
• Cleansing of the Nadis and Chakras for retention of Prana
• Sattvic quality of mind and  the three Gunas for pranayama
• Times and duration of practice – Early morning, midday, evening and midnight, holding is step by step  held up to eighty counts in one sitting.
• Signs and symptoms of right Pranayama practice
• Diet and Pranayama – Milk and Ghee is recommended.
• Shatkarma should done before  Pranayama if fat and mucus are Excessive
• Shatkarma – Six cleansing practices
• Freedom from the excesses of Doshas through Shatkarma
• Eight Kumbhaka practices – Suryabheda, Ujjayi, Seetkari, Sheetali, Bhastrika,Bhramari, Moorchha and Plavini.
• By Maha Bandha, the Prana moves into the Brahma nadi
• Pranayama three types, rechaka, pooraka, and kumbhaka.

Chapter Three: Mudra and Bandha

Hatha Yoga Pradipika – Mudra and Bandha -Ten Mudras destroy old age

(1). Maha Mudra (The Great Attitude)

 (2).Maha Bandha (Great Lock)

 (3). Maha Vedha Mudra (Great Piercing Attitude)

 (4). Uddiyana Bandha (Abdominal Retraction Lock)

(5). Moola Bandha(perineum/cervix retraction lock)

 (6). Jalandhara Bandha (throat lock)

 (7).Vipareeta Karani Mudra (reversing attitude)

 (8). Sahajoli Mudra- Attitude of Spontaneous Arousing

(9). Amaroli Mudra (Attitude Arousing Immortality)

(10). Shakti Chalana Mudra (attitude of moving the energy)

Chapter Four: Samadhi(Synonymous words for  Raja Yoga)

• Mind and Soul mixed like salt in the sea
• Ending of Prana and Mind in Samadhi state – Activities of prana is annihilated, then mind is reabsorbed in samadhi.
• Individual soul merge with universal soul, all desires eliminated
• All Karmas(actions) get annihilated when prana flows in sushumna nadi, mind remain in complete shoonya(void).
• Kundalini is to be blocked at Brahmarandhra Nadi
• Manonmani (consciousness without mind) State
• Prana and mind are controlled through each other
• Chitta has two qualities: vasana and prana
• Stillness and interconnection between mind and prana
• Mind controlles the senses, prana controlles the mind, nada controlles the prana
• Shambhavi Mudra (eyebrow center gazing)
• The Unmani
• Bhrumadhya is the place of Shiva and place of turiya – Middle of the Eyebrows is the place of Shiva, there the mind is quiet,  known as turiya or the fourth state. There, time is unknown
• Mind dissolves in Samadhi – As camphor burnt in fire, and salt mix in the sea, in samadhi mind dissolves into ‘Thatness’
• Knower, known and knowing united
• Nada anusandhana – exploration of sound”OM” – Closing the ears, nose and mouth, a clear, clear sound is heard in the purified sushumna nadi
• Four states of Yogic practice and hearing the Nada sound
• Arambha avastha (beginning stage) – When the Hatha Yogi experiences arambha in the void of the heart, his body becomes lustrous and brilliant with a divine smell and diseaseless
• Ghata avastha (vessel stage) – Vishnu granthi is pierced the greatest bliss is revealed. Then from that emptiness the sound of the kettledrum appears
• Parichaya avastha-stage of increase – Sound of the drum, perfection or siddhi. Imbalance of the three humours or doshas, pain, old age, disease, hunger,sleep are destroyed
• Nishpatti avastha or state of consummation –  Rudra granthi is pierced, the fire of prana flows to the place of Ishwara. Then in the state of nishpatti or consummation is the tinkling sound of the flute resonating like a vina
• Sound is shakti and dissolves in consciousness.
• Concentration on nada burns ‘bad karma’ – Bad karma’(sin) is destroyed by constant concentration on nada. The finite mind and prana dissolve into the spotless niranjana.

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