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hatha-yoga|ˈhæθəˈjəʊgə|
[Skr., f. haṭha force, violence, forced meditation + yoga.]
A system of exercises and control of breathing forming part of the Hindu religious philosophy of yoga. So hatha-yogi(n), a devotee of hatha-yoga.
1911Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 791/1 The physical methods and spiritual exercises recommended by theosophists are those inculcated in the systems known in Hindu philosophy as Râjā Yoga in contradistinction to the Hatha Yoga system, which is most commonly to be met with in India, and in which the material aspects are given greater prominence. 1937A. Huxley Ends & Means xiii. 234 The methods of Hatha Yoga, as they are called in India, are said to result in heightened mental and physical powers. Ibid. 247 It is possible for meditation to be practised by those who are neither extreme ascetics nor Hatha-Yogis. 1956E. Wood Yoga Dict. 62 Hatha-yoga, a form of yoga which is concerned chiefly with the regulation of breathing, and secondarily with other bodily disciplines or training. 1956A. Huxley Adonis & Alphabet 32 The training of the dervish or the hatha-yogin is a long laborious affair. 1963Times Lit. Suppl. 11 Jan. 29/3 It may be observed that even Indian Buddha figures..by no means express the strenuous constrictions of mediaeval Hindu Hatha-yoga. 1967Daily Tel. 1 Feb. 13/5 Hatha yoga, he explained, deals with the mastery of thought and breath. ‘If we control our breath we control our thought. When we control our thought we begin to understand the full meaning of life.’ |