Over the last half millennium, the Hatha Yoga Pradipika has established itself as the classic work on Hatha Yoga. This edition contains the original Sanskrit and a new English translation side by side, with photographs of all the asanas. It's for people who practice or teach Yoga, or who have an interest in health and fitness, philosophy, religion, spirituality, mysticism, meditation, India, Sanskrit, or related topics. The translator began practicing Hatha Yoga at age 12 and learning Sanskrit at 17.