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In Hatha yoga: The Hidden Language, swami Sivananda Radha has developed a unique approach that takes the practice of Hatha Yoga to new levels of awareness and understanding. Using symbol and metaphor, students are guided to discover for themselves the deeper meaning hidden in the postures. With this approach to Yoga, one can penetrate the psychological and mystical messages of the asanas so that the body is truly understood as spiritual tool.

Swami Radha's approach has as its basis the traditional descriptions and names of a number of classical yoga asanas. The asanas are named in groups: animals, plants, birds, structures.

The asanas are mudras or seals, which the student can unlock through practice and reflection. This "unsealing" is an inner release that leads to a deeper psychological understanding- "being in touch with oneself." As the asana is penetrated, intuitive insight emerges and the spiritual dimension may be experience. Swami Radha's focus is on allowing the Light to enter the body mind, and in so doing, becoming open to divine inspiration.

Swami Sivananda Radha is the author of Kundalini: Yoga for the West, The Divine Light Invocation, and Mantras: Words of Power. She is the founder and spiritual director of Yasodhara Asharam, a Yoga study center and retreat in British Columbia, Canada, and of several sister centres across North America. She is also the founder and president of the Association for the Development of Human Potential in the United States. Swami Radha received her training at Sivananda Ashram in Rishikesh, India, and at the request of her Guru, Swami Sivananda Saraswati, returned to the West in 1956 to help disseminate the Yogic Teachings and practices. Her major emphasis is on interpreting the ancient Teachings so that they can be understood and applied in the daily lives of Westerners.

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