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19/12/2021

People now think that hatha yoga is doing asanas. In fact, they think it is yoga as exercise. That is how hatha yoga classes are marketed. But traditional hatha yoga is actually about controlling prana, our life force.

The practice of asanas should give us the ability to manage our prana. Then that asana practice can be called hatha yoga. This is not possible using physical movements alone. The key is to manage the breath.

Ancient hatha yoga texts like the Hatha Yoga Pradipika and Yoga Yajnavalkya consider asana as a stepping stone to pranayama. Only when we do effective pranayama, we can call our practice hatha yoga. Otherwise, the asana practice is only exercise or stretching.

Therefore, all serious yoga practitioners should learn to breathe well in asanas and start practicing pranayama regularly as soon as they are able. The lifelong practice of pranayama is the key to hatha yoga and it will also lead us to manage our mind through raja yoga.

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