Hṛdaya Yoga (Hridaya Yoga) is Yoga of the Heart. The word Hṛdaya is also written in the forms Hrdaya (without the diacritic dot under the r) and Hridaya (a phonetic English form of the word). I may use any and all of these spellings in my writing about the Hṛdaya and Hṛdaya Yoga.

The Hridaya is the spiritual/cosmic heart centre within Man. In this first part (Part One) of Exploring Hrdaya Yoga, we will take a look at what the Hṛdaya is. The best way to perhaps start that discovery is by quoting the great saint Ramana Maharishi from when he described the Hṛdaya centre to a student of his:

"Here [referring to the right side of the chest] lies the Heart, the Dynamic, Spiritual Heart. It is called Hridaya and is located on the right side of the chest and is clearly visible to the inner eye of an adept on the Spiritual Path. Through meditation you can learn to find the Self in the cave of this Heart."

Ramana Maharishi also explained to another student the following: