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Hatha yoga

Hatha yoga noun: a form of yoga that focuses on control of the body.

Noun

Hatha yoga (uncountable)

  1. A form of yoga that focuses on control of the body.
    • There are, of course, many practices in the various branches of Yoga (especially Hatha Yoga) that are distasteful to the intelligent mind and which would only be attempted by the credulous.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 195
    • All contemporary practioners of Hatha yoga, Tai Chi Chuan, Shiatsu, or acupunture are familiar with this subtle body that the ancient Egyptians called the Ba.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 220

Origin of Hatha yoga

From Sanskrit हठ (haṭha, “force”).

Questions about Hatha yoga

What does Hatha yoga mean?
Hatha yoga means a form of yoga that focuses on control of the body.
What part of speech is Hatha yoga?
Hatha yoga is a noun.

Words near Hatha yoga in the dictionary

  1. hatfuls
  2. hatguard
  3. hatguards
  4. hath
  5. hatha
  6. Hatha yoga
  7. Hatha-hate
  8. Hatha-hater
  9. Hatha-haters
  10. Hathaafinolhu
  11. Hathahate

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