389
HYP Verses
196
Yoga Sūtras
172
Glossary Terms
Features
Everything HYP Yoga offers — from the freely accessible classical texts to AI-powered study tools. A complete guide to the platform and its membership tiers.
iOS launch: the HYP Yoga iPhone app is a free download, with free reading and a free Starter account. Aspirant membership is available in the app for $14.99/month or $149.99/year.
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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
Read, study, and journal with the complete texts and AI Companions.
- Complete HYP and Yoga Sūtras — all 389 verses and 196 sūtras (Sanskrit, IAST, English)
- QuickTerms & Glossary — inline definitions and 172 cross-referenced terms
- Sangha — Social Journal — markdown, tags, quote blocks, public/private toggle
- Sparkmarks & Sparklights — emoji study marks and color-highlighting
- Profile — your place in the sangha
- Share — image cards and links to Threads, Facebook, or clipboard
- Listen — audio on every text page
- Export — journal entries and Sparkmarks
- SwamiGPT & DharmaGPT — 10 messages per day
- Font Accessibility — 15 typefaces including Atkinson Hyperlegible and Lexend
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Aspirant
$14.99/month or $149.99/year
Available through the iOS app for practitioners ready to go deeper with Smart Journal, TapasAI, and Voice Sparks.
- Voice Sparks — create, save, and transcribe 20-second audio reflections
- Unlimited AI Companions — SwamiGPT & DharmaGPT with no daily limit
- TapasAI — persistent AI journal companion (25 msgs/day)
- Reflect with TapasAI — personalized prompts grounded in your entries
- Daily Verse Reflection — a contemplation seed for your practice, each day
- Hero Images — add images to your journal reflections
Go deeper →
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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, occasionally gruff — deeply grounded in tradition. Cites specific verses, breaks down Sanskrit, and traces connections across the entire yoga canon.
- Verse-by-verse interpretation with Sanskrit analysis
- Cross-text connections across the yoga canon
- Commentary comparison across lineages
- The subtle body: chakras, nāḍīs, kuṇḍalinī
Explore SwamiGPT →
DharmaGPT
Modern Yoga Teacher Free
Warm, encouraging, and informed by real teachers. Bridges classical texts and contemporary practice with relatable metaphors and practical wisdom drawn from 100+ podcast episodes.
- Āsana sequencing, prāṇāyāma, and daily practice
- Alignment cues and modifications for different bodies
- Nutrition, lifestyle, and sustainability
- Yoga philosophy applied to modern challenges
Explore DharmaGPT →
TapasAI
Journal Companion Aspirant+
Like talking to a wiser, future version of yourself. TapasAI learns your voice, tracks your growth patterns, and reflects your own words back with added depth. Every conversation is remembered — the more you journal, the more it sounds like you.
- Learns your language and reflects it back with added wisdom
- Tracks themes, patterns, and growth arcs across entries
- Connects your reflections to the classical yoga texts
- Persistent conversations that build across sessions
Open TapasAI →
Starter members get 10 SwamiGPT/DharmaGPT messages per day. Aspirant members have the launch paid allowance. TapasAI is available with Aspirant at 25 messages per day. 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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The Sparkbar
The Sparkbar is the interactive study layer on every verse, sūtra, glossary term, and journal entry page. Three pillars organize your tools: Study (your marks on the texts), Reflect (AI companions and journal), and Illuminate (Voice Sparks). Explore all study tools →
Study
Starter (Free)
Your personal marks on the texts. The flame represents agni — energy, devotion, and effort made visible. Everything in this pillar comes from you, not from AI.
SparkmarksStarter
Mark verses, sūtras, and glossary terms with emoji — 50+ emoji across 7 categories, max 3 per item.
SparklightsStarter
Color-highlight text passages in six Sparklight colors. Your highlights persist across sessions.
Karma SparksStarter
Appreciate others’ reflections with a heart. A quiet signal of resonance between practitioners.
ShareStarter
Share verses, sūtras, and reflections as image cards or links to Threads, Facebook, or clipboard.
ExportStarter
Take your practice with you. Export Sparkmarks, Sparklights, and journal entries as PDF or markdown — your data is always yours.
ListenStarter
Audio recitations of HYP verses, Yoga Sūtras, and glossary pronunciations. Press play and follow along.
Sangha — Social JournalStarter
Follow practitioners whose reflections resonate. Subscribe to journals, view public entries on profiles, and build a community of serious students.
Reflect
Starter – Aspirant
Your journal, your voice, your AI companions. The water droplet represents tapas flowing into practice — persistent, adaptive, personal.
Smart JournalStarter
Compose reflections with markdown, verse/sūtra quote blocks, tags, and public/private toggle. Link any text to your entry.
SwamiGPTStarter (10/day)
Ancient Wisdom Keeper. Precise, grounded, occasionally gruff. Verse interpretation, Sanskrit analysis, and commentary traditions.
DharmaGPTStarter (10/day)
Modern Yoga Teacher. Warm, practical, scholarly but approachable. Sequencing, prāṇāyāma, and bringing ancient wisdom into daily practice.
TapasAIAspirant
Persistent AI journal companion. Remembers every conversation, reads your journal, and grows with your practice. 25 messages/day with Aspirant.
Voice SparksAspirant
Create, save, and transcribe 20-second audio reflections with Aspirant, and keep text audio with your journal.
Illuminate
Aspirant
A spoken dimension for your reflections.
Voice SparksAspirant
Record 20-second audio reflections on journal entries, with optional transcription.
TapasAI & Smart Journal
TapasAI is a persistent AI journal companion that learns your voice, tracks your growth, and reflects your own words back with added wisdom. Every session builds on the last — like reopening a journal, not starting fresh. Meet TapasAI →
TapasAI
Aspirant+
Like a wiser, future version of you. Warm but unflinching, direct but compassionate. TapasAI reads your journal, remembers your conversations, and connects your lived experience to the classical yoga texts.
Adaptive Voice
Learns your language and concerns over time through 6 signal layers — journal entries, Sparkmarks, reading patterns, and more.
Persistent Memory
Conversations carry forward. TapasAI remembers what you discussed last week and picks up where you left off.
Textual Connections
Draws on the HYP, Yoga Sūtras, Bhagavad Gītā, Upaniṣads, and 147 training sources to ground every exchange.
Whole-Life Growth
Yoga is the root — but TapasAI helps with career, relationships, creativity, and life decisions, always connecting back to practice.
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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). Verse audio available for Aspirant+ 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. Smart Journal prompts are processed by Anthropic. Social sharing features connect to Meta platforms (Facebook, Threads) via share dialogs — no data is sent until you explicitly share.
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.