YogaJune 07, 2026
A Doctor's Handbook: The Yogaśataka and Its Commentary
The Yogaśatakaṭīkā unpacks a hundred medicinal yogas — with daśamūla decoctions for the thirteen kinds of sannipāta fever and remedies for cough, dyspnea, and swelling.
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YogaFebruary 01, 2026
Five States of Mind: The Opening of the Yogasūtra
A Pātañjalayogasūtra manuscript opens with the definition of yoga — the restraint of mental modifications — and lists the five states of mind from distracted to restrained.
YogaJanuary 05, 2026
Turning Gold into Medicine: The Alchemy of Hema Bhasma
Rasamuktāvalī is a rasaśāstra manual for calcining gold into medicinal ash — hema bhasma — with precise mercury-sulfur recipes and a long list of what gold ash was said to cure.
YogaOctober 12, 2025
Hatha Yoga's Six Cleansing Actions, Straight From the Source
The Haṭhayogapradīpikā describes a solitary monastery, the six factors that destroy yoga, and the shat-karmas — dhauti, basti, neti, trataka, nauli, kapālabhāti — for purifying the body.