Who invented traditional Hatha-Yoga?
Traditional authorities associate Hatha-Yoga with Goraksha Nâtha, whose teacher is said to have been Matsyendra, even though the latter appears to have lived many centuries earlier. Goraksha, the founder of the Kânphata (“Split-Ear”) sect, lived in the 10th to 11th century. The texts attributed to him do not show the elaborate postural technology of subsequent schools of Hatha-Yoga. Rather, he focused on breath control as a major transformative tool.
