Gorakhnath
A great religious, spiritual seer of the Nath cult of ascetics who propagated the Sabar Mantras, which are believed to be immediately effective.
Guru ...
Gorakhnath
Sri Gorakhnath was a great Yogi like Sri Jnanadev of Alandi. In Chandragiri village on the banks of the Godavari, there was a Brahmin named Suraj. His wife's name was Sarasvati. They had no children.
Yogi Gorakhnath's' pose
Guna
quality of nature viz. tamas, rajas, sattwa ...
Yogi Gorakhnath's' pose
Granthi ("knot")
any one of three common blockages in the central pathway (sushumna-nadi) preventing the full ascent of the serpent power (kundalini-shakti); ...
The great guru Gorakhnath, disciple of yogi Matsyendranath, gives a description of nada yoga. He writes, "Oh sadhu! Do japa of Soham. That japa should not be done through the mind.
PATANJALI MAHARSHI,
YOGI BHUSUNDA, SADASIVA BRAHMAN,
MATSYENDRANATH, GORAKHNATH, JESUS CHRIST,
LORD KRISHNA AND ALL OTHER YOGINS
WHO HAVE EXPOUNDED THE
SCIENCE OF YOGA ...
The Hatha Yoga Pradipika (Sanskrit: Haṭhayoga Prad"pikā, ह यो- प्रदीपि-ा) is a classic Sanskrit manual on hatha yoga, written by Svami Svatmarama, a disciple of Swami Gorakhnath.
He mastered the V e d a s and the T a n t r a s; many s â d h u s, s a n n y â s î s, ascetics, y o g î s, hermits and sages like Gorakhnath and Matsyendranath became his disciples.
Two main experts who popularised hathayoga include Matsyendranatha, Gorakhnatha, etc. Hathayoga is described as the yoga of unity of ha and tha. This means the unity of the sun ad the moon in body or the unity of vitak airs - prana and apana.
 See also: Mind, Yoga, Body, Bandha, Prana
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