Hatha Yoga - Sivananda Style

Hatha yoga is the foundation of all yoga, the most ancient form and knowledge, the purpose of which was to prepare the body for long meditation. According to Patanjali's name, asana is nothing more than a long, stable, comfortable holding of a pose. There are about 84 traditional ancient yoga asanas, and the number of modern variations is several hundred, but we do not need to know them all to make yoga a part of our everyday lives.

The Sivananda practice series works with only 12 basic asanas and their variations. The practice series was compiled by Swami Vishnudevananda about 40 years ago, and like everything else, he named it after his master, Swami Sivananda. In carefully selecting the 12 basic asanas, Vishnudevananda took the chakras as a basis, covering and moving all energy centers, moving from the crown chakra down to the root chakra.