Hatha Yoga: Or the Yogi Philosophy of Physical Well-Being

Hatha Yoga is that branch of the Yoga Philosophy which deals with the physical body”its care”its well being”its health”its strength”and all that tends to keep it in its natural and normal state of health. It teaches a natural mode of living and voices the cry which has been taken up by many of the Western world: "Let us get back to Nature," excepting that the Yogi does not have to get back for he is already there, for he has always clung close to nature and her ways, and has not been dazzled and befooled by the mad rush toward externals which has caused the modern civilized races to forget that such a thing as nature existed.