Yogi Swatmarama

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Yogi Swatmarama was a 15th and 16th century yogic sage in India. He is best known for compiling the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, which introduced the system of Hatha Yoga. Hatha Yoga focuses on purification of the body as a path that leads to purification of the mind (ha), and prana, or vital energy (tha). Gorakhnath, who was probably Swami Swatmarama's guru, belonged to a yoga sect called Nath pant. Nath sect came into existence to save the society from the misuse of tantra shashtra (black magic and sorcery).[1]

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