Soham Talks 1 • What Is the Nath Yoga Tradition?

In the first of his talks on Soham Yoga Meditation, Swami Nirmalananda Giri (Abbot George Burke) begins with the background of Vedic spirituality, the origins of the Nath Yoga tradition, and stories of Adi Nath, Matsyendranath and Gorakhnath, and a brief introduction to the modern Nath Yogi master, Gajanana Murlidhara Gupte, otherwise known as Gajanana Maharaj. In the next talk, he will describe in detail the method of Soham Yoga Meditation. For more detailed information, read "Soham Yoga: The Yoga of the Self: An In-Depth Guide to Effective Meditation." https://www.amazon.com/dp/0998599875/ Here are the timestamps of various topics in this talk on Soham Yoga Meditation: 00:00 Introduction 00:37 The beginnings the Yoga tradition: the Vedic period 05:23 The story of Matsyendranath 09:51 Adi-Nath 14:35 Matsyendranath meets Gorakhnath’s future mother 16:04 Matsyentranath calls young Gorakhnath 20:25 Advent of Gajanana Maharaj #soham #sohamyoga #spiritualityyoga 👉OCOY.org RESOURCES 🚩 Get FREE pdf spiritual ebooks at our E-Library: https://ocoy.org/site/e-library/ 🚩 Listen to Podcast on practical spiritual topics: https://ocoy.org/podcasts/ 🚩 Website: https://ocoy.org A Practical Resource for the Spiritual Student–Discover the timeless wisdom of India and the yoga path to freedom 🎁 FREE Meditation Guide and weekly blog updates, podcasts and more: https://ocoy.org/signup FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL 🙏   / light.of.spirit   🙏   / light_of_spirit   🙏   / lightofthespirit