Thursday 25 October 2012

The Yoga Upanishads


Yoga Upanishads - The most ancient texts on Yoga


The first ever written data on yoga is in the Upanishads. (If older records are known to someone kindly enlighten me!)   These are called Yoga Upanishads and are the lesser known among the 120 Upanishads

  1. Advayathaarakam
  2. Amruthanaadam
  3. Kshurikam
  4. Tejobindu
  5. Amruthabindu
  6. Thrisikhi Braahmanam
  7. Darsanam
  8. Dhyaanabindu
  9. Naadabindu
  10. Pasupathi Braahmanam
  11. Brahmavidya
  12. Mandala Braahmanam
  13. Mahaavaakyam
  14. Yogakundali
  15. Yogachoodaamani
  16. Yogatathvam
  17. Yogashikham
  18. Varaaham
  19. Saandilyam
  20. Hamsam

Subsequent work are based on these 20 Yoga Upanishads.

The above Upanishads form the core of Kathinayoga training

No comments:

Post a Comment