Find Your Yoga Tradition
Different Yoga traditions emphasize different practices, philosophies and methods. Explore and decide what resonates with you.
This is an exploration, not a prescription — NOSTOPS won't tell you which tradition you 'should' follow, and makes no medical or spiritual guarantees. Every suggestion below is drawn from real teacher and tradition data.
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Traditions that emphasise prāṇāyāma / breath
Related practices: Prāṇāyāma
- Haṭha YogaHistorical
Yogic Practice Tradition · 20 teachers on NOSTOPS
Haṭha Yoga is the medieval tradition (c. 11th–15th c. CE) that developed āsana, prāṇāyāma, mudrā, bandha and the six cleansings (ṣaṭkarma) to purify and stabilise the body and subtle energy as a foundation for meditation. Emerging from Nātha and tantric milieus, it was codified in texts like the Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā.
Modern Methodology
The Art of Living, founded by Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar in 1981, centres on the rhythmic breathing practice known as Sudarshan Kriya along with meditation and service, delivered through a global network of courses.
- Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā TraditionHistorical
Yogic Practice Tradition
The tradition of Svātmārāma's Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā (c. 15th c. CE) presents haṭha as a four-fold path of āsana, prāṇāyāma, mudrā and nāda leading to rāja yoga. It became the most widely studied classical manual of physical yoga.