hatha yoga

[ hath-uh-yoh-guh, huht-uh- ]

/ ˈhæθ əˈyoʊ gə, ˈhʌt ə- /

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noun

(in yoga) a method utilizing physical exercises to control the body and attain union of the self with the Supreme Being.

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Origin of hatha yoga

First recorded in 1810–20; from Sanskrit haṭhayoga, equivalent to haṭha “force” + yoga

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How to use hatha yoga in a sentence

For a while yoga and pilates classes were sought out at luxury gyms like Equinox.
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She completed a yoga teacher-training program and, in the spring of 2008, went on a retreat in Peru to study with shamans.
How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze|Lizzie Crocker|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Back in New York, the slow pace and inward focus of her yoga practice was less fulfilling.
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Alison, meanwhile, had gone to a yoga retreat with her hippy-dippy mother.
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“I would go with yoga, light weight training or some elliptical,” he says.
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You will simply lose the right to deny Yoga-Vidya, the great ancient science of my country.
From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan|Helena Pretrovna Blavatsky
His experience was almost wholly limited to the facts that fakirs and Hatha-Yogis would consent to give him.
From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan|Helena Pretrovna Blavatsky
Movement increases the exhaled carbonic acid, and so the Yoga practice prescribes avoidance of movement.
From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan|Helena Pretrovna Blavatsky
A form of Yoga that is said to consist in the mingling of some of the air supposed to exist in every animal body.
Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 3 Pt. 1|Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa
He adds minute instructions on the technique of penance and ends with some definitions of the yoga of devotion.
The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry|W. G. Archer

British Dictionary definitions for hatha yoga

hatha yoga

/ (ˈhʌtə, ˈhæθə) /

noun

(sometimes capitals) a form of yoga concerned chiefly with the regulation of breathing by exercises consisting of various postures designed to maintain healthy functioning of the body and to induce mental calmCompare raja yoga

Word Origin for hatha yoga

C20: from Sanskrit hatha force + yoga

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