The usefulness of Hatha Yoga in the present times

Abstract

According to tradition, in the development of Hatha Yoga Sadhana, it is believed that the root of all means is Yoga. There are many means of salvation like Tapasya, Japa, Sanyas, Upanishad, Gyan etc. but the best way is Yoga. The first Acharya of Hatha Yoga is Lord Shiva, the Nath sect started from him. There is a Shruti that once Adinath was explaining Yoga Sadhana to Yogeshwari, Jagatjanani, Bhagwati, Adishakti, Maa Parvati in an island, then a fish got a divine human body with this divine knowledge and divine sadhana and came to be known as Matsyendranath. This Matsyendranath propagated Hatha Yoga Sadhana. Among his followers was Shabarnath (who originated Shabartantra). In this series came Anand Bhairavnath, Chairanginath, etc. After receiving yoga education from Matsyendranath, Meenath, Gorakhnath, Virupaksha, Bileshay, Manthan Bhairav, Siddha Vriddha, Kanthadi, Korantak, Suranand, Siddhapad, Charpati, Kaneri, Pujyaavad, Nityanand, Niranjan, Kapali, Bindu Nath, Kakchandishwar, Allam, Prabhudev, Ghodhacholi, Tintidi, Bhanuki, Nardev, Chandakapalik, Taranath etc. became Acharya after attaining Yoga Siddhi. Through this research paper, a brief discussion of the usefulness of Hatha Yoga Vidya in modern times has been presented.