Raja/Hatha Yoga

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Shri Nityananda talks of Hatha Yoga relating to the centers below the neck,

and to Raja Yoga as relating to the centers beginning with the neck and above:

 

"The centers of conscious energy below the neck

 

Relate to hatha yoga.

 

Control over these chakras is acquired

 

By controlling the universal life-force

 

In the intense practice of Pranayama.

 

The centers above the neck relate to raja yoga.

 

Control over these chakras is acquired through

 

The practice of meditation.

 

 

Just as seven chakras begin with the muladhara

 

At the base of the spine,

 

So in raja yoga seven chakras like above the neck,

 

Beginning at the the throat chakra."

 

For clarification about these two types of yoga, below.

 

Mahabhakti

M

 

http://www.aum.org/whatisyogab.htm