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Tags: health, wellness, yoga, hatha yoga
 Hatha Yoga, the “vehicle of the soul,” is the most commonly practiced type of yoga in western civilizations. A 5,000 year-old system that is used to improve the health of your body, mind and spirit, it has stretching exercises, breathing techniques and mental concentration combined altogether. Hatha Yoga was derived from "ha," that meant sun, and "tha," meaning moon, and both put together meant unity of the opposites.
As such, represented are opposing energies of hot and cold, fire and water like ying and yang, male and female, positive and negative. Hatha Yoga pushes for the balance through physical exercises or asanas, controlled breathing or pranayama and relaxation or meditiation. The lotus position used here has a goal which is to blend the spirit of the universe with that of the human spirit.
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The spiritual, mental and physical health aspects are known to improve amazingly with Hatha Yoga. It also gives you peace of mind and improves your concentration. Concentration, of course, is the root ingredient of any yoga and its success. In some ways all the types of yoga are related yet preparing the body to give in is the main goal of Hatha Yoga.
If the mind is relaxed and the spirit within you is enlightened you will not feel any perceived pain and is able to de-stress. This is one achievement with the practice of Hatha Yoga. The relation between your body and the spirit is understood for if you do not come close to doing so, then confusion sets in.
The body that is not fit will not allow the spirit to accomplish what the body wants. Hatha Yoga helps you to maintain your body and in essence, the spirit positively. This positive attitude keeps your mind healthy with good concentration. Hatha yoga comes to the mind of the people when they hear Yoga, since it is the popular branch of yoga.
The other types of yoga that gave rise from it are the Kundalini, Ashtanga, Bikram, and power yoga. Hatha yoga has that calming effect that connects the body and spirit and allow it to float or at least the feeling to float. Here presents the many distractions that makes it difficult to fully concentrate and achieve that calming effect.
Hatha Yoga is needed here. As experts agree and believers prove, constant practice of it gets them closest to so called “divinity to thyself.” It enables one to become relaxed, more at peace and confident and flexible on top of the enlightenment it brings. Hatha Yoga allows one to realize harmony of mind, body and spirit with the spiritual energy.
Hatha Yoga helps one to achieve healthy body. And makes it possible to relax, face up to the daily stresses of life and let-go of pain. Just as it is for health, vitality and purification of the physical self vis a vis health, vitality and purification of the mind. Introduced in the 15th century by Yogi Swatmarama, it was created because of the exploration in the link of physical-spiritual connections and body centered practices.
Yet it was to be Krishnamacharya that is said to be the “undisputed father of modern-day Hatha Yoga.”
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The author of this article Rose Windale is a Health and Wellness Coach who has been successful with several natural health programs for many years. Rose recently published a step-by-step guide on how to lose weight the EASY way and become totally healthy and happy. More info on her life-changing eating habits plan HERE.
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