200 Hours Classic Hatha Yoga Master Course

Rooted into the soil of truth and authenticity, Eclipse in its capacity as a Yoga School, is committed to delivering the best-in-class Yoga experience to all associates and ignite the spark to propagate the treasures of yogic wisdom with loyalty and respect to the tradition.

Hatha Yoga is one of the foundational yogic paths that draws on practices from the Tantric Tradition. The Tantrics believed in the “divinization” of the physical body and its transformation through purification & development of its subtle energies. Hence in Hatha Yoga the physical body is embraced to achieve enlightenment by fostering the physical-spiritual connections, the body centered practices & the esoteric ones with the aim to direct the “prana” (life force energy) to the “ajna” (crown) chakra.

If Hatha is taken as a single word in Sanskrit, it conveys the meaning of “The Science of Will/Force”. If broken down in its components, then “Ha” stands for Sun and “Tha” stands for Moon. Many have assigned to these subtleties the physiological meaning as Suryanadi and Chandranadi – Surya for sympathetic nerves, Chandra for parasympathetic nerves, and Sushumna for the central nervous system. The core meaning of Hatha Yoga is the yoga that brings in harmony amongst the opposing energies of the body, mind, and spirit of human beings. Hatha Yoga teaches us to use the body as the bow, asana as the arrow, and the soul as the target. It is a fact that not one has realized the soul without using the body, the mind, the intelligence, and the consciousness (which are all parts of nature) to realize it.

The RYA 200-Hour Classic Hatha Yoga Master Course at Eclipse explores both the physical & the more esoteric practices of this path, covering Asanas (Body Postures), Shatkarma (Purification Practices), Pranayama (Conscious Breathing Techniques), Bandhas, Mudras, and the Chakras which are the intermediaries between the various subtle states of awareness. The various physical practices of Hatha Yoga and of Asanas in particular, work to stimulate, cleanse and improve the health of the organs so that the chakras can awaken more easily, and the pranic pathways are strengthened, cleansed, and “opened” for the balancing of the prana and the rise of the kundalini.

The RYA 200-Hour Classic Hatha Yoga Master Course takes us to the origins of this yogic path & the depths of the tradition, unveiling the magic of the practices with focus on authenticity. Suited to everyone with an interest to explore in a structured way the treasures of Hatha Yoga, understand more in depth their current practice & embark on a transformational experience of connection & community.