Features

Everything HYP Yoga offers — from free sacred texts to AI-powered study tools. A complete guide to the platform and its membership tiers.

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389
HYP Verses
196
Yoga Sūtras
172
Glossary Terms

Every verse and sūtra includes the original Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script, IAST transliteration, and English translation. The glossary covers etymology, usage context, and cross-references to related verses and sūtras.

Membership Tiers

Public
No account needed
Read-only access to the complete texts.
  • Hatha Yoga Pradīpikā — all 4 chapters, every verse
  • Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtras — all 4 Pādas, every sūtra
  • Changelog — follow the platform’s development
Starter
Free account — no credit card required
All personal study tools unlocked.
  • Quick Terms — tap highlighted Sanskrit terms for inline definitions
  • Glossary — 172 terms with etymology, usage, and cross-references
  • Journal — compose reflections tied to verses, sūtras, or terms
  • Hero Images — upload cover images to journal entries
  • Sparkmarks — emoji bookmarks on any verse, sūtra, or term
  • Sparklights — color-highlight text in six colors
  • Social Journal — subscriptions, Karma Sparks, and appreciate fellow practitioners’ reflections
  • Listen — text and term audio
  • Profiles & Community — public profile, browse practitioner reflections
  • Export — journal entries and Sparkmarks in multiple formats
  • AI Companions — SwamiGPT and DharmaGPT, 10 msgs/day
  • Font Accessibility — 15 typefaces including Atkinson Hyperlegible and Lexend
Aspirant
$5/month or $55/year
Reflect more deeply with Smart Journal, powered by TapasAI.
  • Save Voice Spark — save 20-second audio reflections to journal entries
  • AI Companions — Unlimited — no daily message limit for SwamiGPT and DharmaGPT
  • TapasAI — persistent AI journal companion (25 msgs/day)
    • Journal with TapasAI — personalized reflection prompts based on your past reflections, linked to the Text
    • Temporal Lenses — Smṛti, Sthiti, and Saṅkalpa reflection modes
    • Daily Verse Reflection — daily contemplation seed on the journal page
Teacher
$10/month or $110/year
Accelerate your practice and illuminate your sadhana with AI. For teachers, devoted practitioners, and technology enthusiasts.
  • Create Voice Spark — record 20-second audio reflections on journal entries
  • Voice Spark Transcription — AI transcription of audio reflections
  • TapasAI — unlimited messages, GPT-4o model, full AI Sparks integration
  • AI Sparks in Text — AI annotations on verses and sūtras, drawing from 22 wisdom traditions
  • AI Sparks in Glossary — Topical Guide and Tension Analysis on glossary terms
  • AI Sparks in Journal Reflections — AI annotations on your writing (5 types)
  • Link AI Sparks — find threads between texts and your journal annotations
  • Preview access to new features — opt in to test new features before launch
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AI Companions

Three AI companions, each offering a different lens on the yoga tradition. Available from dedicated study pages, the Sparkbar on every verse, sūtra, and glossary term page, or by highlighting text and asking directly. Responses stream in real-time.

SwamiGPT
Ancient Wisdom Keeper — Free
Calm, precise, deeply grounded in tradition. SwamiGPT’s knowledge spans the Hatha Yoga Pradīpikā, Yoga Sūtras, Bhagavad Gītā, Upaniṣads, and the Hatha Yoga commentary traditions. Ask about verse-by-verse interpretation, Sanskrit analysis, cross-text connections, commentary comparisons, or the subtle body — chakras, nāḍīs, and kuṇḍalinī.
DharmaGPT
Modern Yoga Teacher — Free
Warm, practical, encouraging, scholarly but approachable. DharmaGPT combines classical text knowledge with insights from 100+ modern yoga teacher podcast episodes. Ask about āsana sequencing, prāṇāyāma techniques, alignment cues, nutrition, lifestyle, or how to apply ancient wisdom to daily practice.
TapasAI
Journal Companion — Aspirant+
Like talking to a wiser, future version of yourself. TapasAI learns your voice from your journal entries, tracks your growth patterns, and reflects your own words back with added wisdom drawn from the classical yoga tradition. Every conversation is persistent — TapasAI remembers where you left off and grows with your practice. Available from the Sparkbar, the journal page, or individual entry pages.

Starter members get 10 SwamiGPT/DharmaGPT messages per day. Aspirant and Teacher members have unlimited access. TapasAI is available to Aspirant+ members (25 messages/day Aspirant, unlimited for Teacher). On first use, a consent notice explains that conversations are processed by third-party AI providers and links to their privacy policies.

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AI Sparks

AI Sparks is a family of AI-powered annotation features that appear across HYP Yoga — on journal entries, verse and sūtra pages, and glossary term pages. Each context has its own annotation types and behavior. The core principle: AI guides, never ghostwrites. AI Sparks are nudges for self-inquiry — they prompt reflection and surface connections. The practitioner always does the writing.

Journal AI Sparks

When viewing one of your journal entries, click “Add AI Sparks” to have the AI annotate your own writing. The system reads your entry, considers up to 20 of your other recent entries for context, and returns color-coded annotations — each highlighting a specific phrase in your text with a reflective note.

Textual Connection
Links your words to classical yoga texts
Insight
Surfaces an observation about your writing
Deeper Connection
Prompts deeper inquiry and reflection
Personal Connection
Cross-references your other journal entries
Source
Grounds your words in specific scholarship

Clicking any highlighted phrase opens a card with the annotation and a “Journal this” link to continue reflecting. Annotations can be saved and will auto-restore on future visits. They’re included when you export entries as PDF or markdown. Follow-up conversation is supported — each exchange builds on the last.

AI Sparks in Text

On HYP verse pages and Yoga Sūtra pages, click the AI Sparks ⚡️ button from the Sparkbar to “Add AI Sparks” to illuminate the Text. Click “Link AI Sparks” to connect insights from AI Sparks in Journal to the Text. AI Sparks draw from 22 source traditions across 7 groups to surface intertextual connections.

Intertextual Connection
Links to parallel ideas in other wisdom traditions
Sanskrit Illumination
Deep dives into Sanskrit terminology
Lineage Lens
Commentary tradition and historical context
Teaching Bridge
Practical applications for modern practice

Term AI Sparks

Glossary term pages offer two specialized features, both grounded in a curated index of 2,294 real passages from 23 yoga texts — so every annotation is rooted in actual scholarship from Iyengar, Muktibodhananda, Vivekananda, Svātmārāma, and others.

Topical Guide maps every HYP verse, Yoga Sūtra, and source from your yoga library where the term appears. Each reference shows a significance badge, a linked title, and a context note. Library sources include links to find the book. Includes a summary and closing question with a journal link.

Tension Analysis annotates the term’s definition with inline highlights showing where scholarly sources converge (gold, 🤝) or diverge (coral, ⚡) on its meaning. Clicking a highlight reveals the quoted phrase, an explanatory note, and source tags.

The Sparkbar

Every verse, sūtra, and glossary term page features the Sparkbar — a unified toolbar with four icons. The flame (🔥) opens your Sparkmarks panel for emoji bookmarks and Sparklights color-highlighting. The lightning bolt (⚡) opens AI Sparks controls (Aspirant+ visibility). The journal pencil links to the compose page with the text pre-linked. And the Listen button plays text and term audio.

Supporting Study Features

📓 Journal with TapasAI (Aspirant+) — creates 2–3 personalized reflection prompts based on the text you’re reading and your journal history. Tap a prompt card to begin composing.

🔗 Link AI Sparks (Teacher) — finds thematic threads between the text you’re studying and AI Sparks annotations saved across your journal entries. Returns connections, a synthesis, and a new reflection prompt.

Daily Verse Reflection (Aspirant+) — a gold card on the journal page presenting a verse or sūtra you haven’t journaled about yet, paired with a contemplation seed that rotates daily.

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The Texts

Hatha Yoga Pradīpikā

4 chapters, 389 verses. Chapter 1: Āsana (67 verses), Chapter 2: Prāṇāyāma (78 verses), Chapter 3: Mudrā & Bandha (130 verses), Chapter 4: Samādhi (114 verses). Text and term audio available for all Starter+ members.

Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtras

4 Pādas, 196 sūtras. Pāda 1: Samādhi (51 sūtras), Pāda 2: Sādhana (55 sūtras), Pāda 3: Vibhūti (56 sūtras), Pāda 4: Kaivalya (34 sūtras).

Glossary

172 Sanskrit terms with etymology, usage context, and cross-references to related verses and sūtras. Requires a free account.

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Privacy & Security

HYP Yoga collects no analytics, sets no tracking cookies, and serves no ads. All fonts are self-hosted — no requests to Google or other third-party font services. The platform uses only strictly necessary storage: authentication session, draft autosave, and consent acknowledgments.

AI Companion conversations are processed by OpenAI and Anthropic. A consent notice is shown on first use. Journal AI features (AI Sparks, Generate Prompt, Link Sparks) are processed by Anthropic.

Self-service account deletion is available in account settings, with the option to export your data first. The full privacy policy and terms of service are always available.