DharmaGPT
धर्म
Modern Yoga Teacher
A study guide who bridges classical wisdom and contemporary practice. DharmaGPT starts with the mat — āsana sequencing, prāṇāyāma, alignment, nutrition, sādhanā — then connects what you're doing back to the texts. Warm, encouraging, scholarly without gate-keeping. Meets you where you are.
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Conversation Style
Warm, practical, encouraging. Like a knowledgeable friend who also happens to have deep scholarship. DharmaGPT validates every question — no question is too basic — and starts with what something means in your body, your breath, your daily life. Then connects back to the verse, the sūtra, or the teacher.
Inclusive across lineages and bodies. Speaks fluently to Aṣṭāṅga practitioners and Yin students with equal care. Knows the classical texts cold, but doesn't lead with them. Brings prāṇāyāma down to the diaphragm; brings the yamas into difficult conversations at work.
"Think of prāṇāyāma not as 'breath control' but as 'breath expansion.' The Pradīpikā tells us when the breath wanders, the mind wanders — and you've probably felt that mid-practice. Try this: next time you notice your mind drifting in a forward fold, just notice where the exhale goes. Don't force it. That noticing is the practice."
What DharmaGPT Can Do
Designed for practitioners who want the teachings to land in the body. Designs sequences, breaks down technique, applies philosophy to daily life, and meets every kind of student where they actually are.
Practice Builder
Ask DharmaGPT to design a sequence that embodies a verse or theme — warm-up, peak, cool-down, prāṇāyāma, and a quiet closing. Adjusts for your level.
Practice Guidance
Āsana sequencing, prāṇāyāma technique, alignment cues, modifications for different bodies, and building a sustainable daily sādhanā.
Philosophy in Action
The yamas and niyamas applied to relationships, work, parenting, creativity, and the moments practice alone won't carry you through.
Teacher Perspectives
Informed by hundreds of conversations with modern teachers, including the full Dharma Talk podcast archive. Cites teachers by name across major contemporary lineages.
Page-Aware
Open DharmaGPT from any verse, sūtra, glossary term, or journal entry — it reads with you, knowing the text and the context.
Nutrition & Lifestyle
Āhāra, vihāra, and the rhythms of a sustainable practitioner's life — what supports the practice off the mat, in plain language.
Where to Find DharmaGPT
DharmaGPT is part of HYP Yoga, woven into the act of practice. Three ways to bring DharmaGPT into your study, all on-platform — no leaving the page, no opening another tab.
Tap the sage-green crescent moon on any verse, sūtra, glossary term, or journal entry page. DharmaGPT opens already knowing what you're studying.
Select any passage on a verse or sūtra page, tap "Ask on This Page" — the selection becomes the opening of your question, with the surrounding context attached.
Type a question into the field at the top or bottom of this page. The same on-page widget — a warm-up before you head onto the mat.
How DharmaGPT Knows What You're Studying
When you open DharmaGPT from a verse or sūtra page, your question doesn't land in a vacuum. The Sparkbar quietly hands DharmaGPT the page reference, the Sanskrit, and the translation — so the answer arrives already in dialogue with the text in front of you.
The same enrichment happens on sūtra pages, glossary terms, and your own journal entries. You ask the question that's actually on your mind. DharmaGPT receives the context you're sitting with.
From Conversation to Journal
When DharmaGPT helps you see something new, the conversation shouldn't disappear. Tap the journal-this icon, choose the messages worth keeping, and DharmaGPT hands them off to your journal — with the verse already linked.
The handoff preserves the speakers (Me: and DharmaGPT:), the context, and the verse or sūtra reference — so a sequence DharmaGPT designed for you lands in your practice log with the text it came from.
Where to Begin
These are the suggestions DharmaGPT surfaces inside the chat widget on each kind of page. Tap any prompt to open DharmaGPT pre-filled with that question.
Conversation Memory
Conversations with DharmaGPT are remembered for seven days as you navigate — pick up where you left off without retelling the thread. "Start fresh" is one tap away when you're ready to begin a new line of practice. DharmaGPT is a study partner per thread, not a persistent journal companion — that's TapasAI's role.
DharmaGPT is free with a Starter account — 10 messages/day, shared with SwamiGPT. Aspirant practitioners get unlimited conversation; Teacher practitioners are answered by Claude Sonnet for deeper reasoning and more nuanced practice design. Pricing lives on /membership.
SwamiGPT, DharmaGPT, TapasAI
Three companions, distinct roles. Choose the one that fits the question.
Starts with the texts. Verse-by-verse interpretation, Sanskrit etymology, commentary comparison — the scholarly path.
Visit SwamiGPT ›Starts with practice. Sequencing, alignment, prāṇāyāma technique, applying ancient instruction to modern life.
You're studying practice
Starts with you. Persistent across sessions, reads your journal, learns your voice. Available with Aspirant.
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DharmaGPT draws from the same foundational texts as SwamiGPT, with an emphasis on the practical and applied dimensions — plus the full archive of Dharma Talk podcast conversations with modern teachers across major contemporary lineages.
Classical Yoga
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Living Fearlessly
Yogananda on dissolving fear — the obstacle Patañjali names as abhiniveśa — through devotion, discrimination, and surrender.
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The Upanishads
Easwaran's modern translation of the principal Upaniṣads (Kaṭha, Muṇḍaka, Māṇḍūkya, Chāndogya, Bṛhadāraṇyaka, and others).
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The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Patañjali's Yoga Sūtras in an accessible modern translation with commentary by Sri Swami Satchidananda.
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Light on Yoga
The definitive modern reference for āsana practice, anatomy, and alignment, grounded in Patañjali's system.
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Autobiography of a Yogi
Paramahansa Yogananda's autobiography — a landmark introduction of Indian yoga and spirituality to the West.
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Metaphysical Meditations
Yogananda's pocket collection of invocations and prayers — short, potent meditations for the steady cultivation of inner stillness.
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Patanjali's Yoga Aphorisms
Vivekananda's translation of Patañjali's Yoga Sūtras with extensive commentary.
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The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
The collected writings and lectures of Swami Vivekananda — a comprehensive compendium of his teachings on rāja, karma, jñāna, and bhakti yoga.
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Hatha Yoga Pradipika
Svātmārāma's 15th-century foundational text on haṭha yoga.
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Hatha Yoga Pradipika (Krishnamacharya commentary)
T. Krishnamacharya's commentary on the Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā — the lineage that produced Iyengar, Jois, Desikachar, and Indra Devi.
Modern Yoga
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Stories Behind the Poses
Dr. Raj Balkaran weaves mythological stories from the Indian tradition into modern āsana practice.
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Calcutta Yoga
Jerome Armstrong's history of the Ghosh family — Bishnu Charan Ghosh, Buddha Bose, and the Calcutta lineage that produced modern haṭha yoga, including the Bikram Choudhury school.
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Ignite Your Yoga
Sandy Raper on living the practice off the mat — the teacher's path, building studio community, and bringing yoga's discipline into ordinary life.
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The Yamas & Niyamas
Deborah Adele's accessible modern exposition of Patañjali's first two limbs — the ethical foundations of practice.
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Bikram's Beginning Yoga Class
Bikram Choudhury's foundational text on the 26-posture series — alignment, sequencing, and the therapeutic intent behind each āsana.
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How to Meditate (Passage Meditation)
Eknath Easwaran's Passage Meditation method — a practical guide to meditative reading of sacred texts.
Indian Epics
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The Bhagavad Gita
Eknath Easwaran's lucid, scholarly modern translation of the Bhagavad Gītā.
Mindfulness
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The Dhammapada
Easwaran's translation of the Dhammapada — the Buddha's teachings in verse form.
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