Volume 1 - Hatha and Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training Manual: History and Philosophy of Yoga and Tantra

Where does yoga come from – and what does that mean for your practice today?

Volume 1 of the three-volume yoga teacher training manual takes you to the roots: from the early texts through Tantra to Kundalini and Hatha Yoga as we practice them today. It is the training script of Matsya Yoga Academy for 200-hour and 300-hour programs – and reads just as well without a training.

What you will find on 241 pages:

The history of yoga: the search for meaning and the origin of reality
The history of Tantra and its schools – and how Kundalini Yoga grew out of it
How modern Hatha Yoga developed from Kundalini practices
The seven chakras and the Sat-Chakra-Nirupana, the text that made them known in the West
Kundalini as the power of the soul and her journey along the chakras
The classical texts in context: Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita and the Hatha Yoga Pradipika

Hundreds of hand-drawn illustrations

Over four years the author drew the illustrations for the three volumes with pencil on paper. They show what words alone can hardly describe.

Who is this book for?

Yoga teacher trainees in a 200-hour or 300-hour program
Yoga teachers who want to deepen the philosophy behind their classes
Practitioners who want to understand what they practice

The lineage

Our lineage traces back to Satyananda, Dhirendra Brahmachari and the tantric tradition of Lakshmanjoo. We bring together the strength and grace of Hatha Yoga with the energy of Kundalini Yoga.

The series: Volume 1 History & Philosophy · Volume 2 Practice of Yoga · Volume 3 Kriyas and Classes