Nath Siddha Charpati

Nath Siddha Charpati was the teacher of Hatha yoga, and composed several texts on this subject.

Nath Siddha Charpati was one of the first great teachers of Hatha yoga, and composed several texts on this subject. One of the early disciples of the Kapalika lineage, Nath Siddha Charpati was the disciple of Guru Wasjalandhara. Nath Siddha Charpati initiated rare kind of Yogas. One of his legends relates the practice of Khecari Mudra, whereby the tongue is suppose to turn upwards into the soft upper palate of the throat. Nath Siddha Charpati lived around the tenth century and amongst his pupils was King Sahila Varma of Chamba state in Himachal Pradesh.

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