• Aim and objectives of Yoga
• Four streams, principles and importance of Yoga
• General introduction to Sankhya philosophy
• Sources of Yogic principles – Darshanas, Upanishads, etc.
• Introduction to Hatha Yoga

1. Samādhi-pāda:

• Definition of Yoga
• Methods to cessation of citta-vṛttis
• Abhyāsa and vairāgya
• Obstacles of mind
• Methods to overcome the obstacles
• Nature of Īśvara
• Cittaprasādana – tranquility of the mind
• Nature of samādhi
• Divisions of samādhi

2. Sādhana-pāda:

• Kriyāyoga, kleśas, avidyā
• Aṣṭāṅga-yoga, antaraṅga and bahiraṅga-yoga
  o Yamas and Niyamas – basic ethics and discipline of Yogic life
  o Āsana – Yogic postures for stability of the physical body
  o Prāṇāyāma – retaining the subtle energy in the body
  o Pratyāhāra – introverting the senses
  o Dhāraṇa – fixation of mind on intended object, Puruṣa

            o Dhyāna – contemplation
            o Samādhi – merging with the object of dhyāna

3. Vibhūti-pāda:

• Dhāraṇa, dhyāna and samādhi
• Supernatural powers by following saṁyama
• Different types of results of practice of saṁyama
• Vibhūtis – obstacle in the path of samādhi

4. Kaivalya-pāda:

• • Five sources of siddhis
  • Nature of the mind
  • Nature and reality of the world
  • Nature of kaivalya

1. Āsanas:

• Objective of Haṭha Yoga
• Lineage of Yogic masters
• Misconceptions of Haṭha Yoga
• Success and failure of Haṭha Yoga, yama and niyama
• Āsanas – four meditative Āsanas and others

2. Kriyās and Prāṇāyāma:

• Ṣaṭkriyās
• Aṣṭa-kumbhakas
• Signs of Haṭhasiddhi

3. Mudrās and Bandhas:

• Four mudrās
• Bandhas

4. Nādānusandhāna:

• Levels of Samādhi
• Nādānusandhāna-Sādhanā