Hittleman was a pupil of the Indian spiritual master Ramana Maharshi, along with Paul Brunton, in the late 1940s.

His chief teaching was that ultimately all is only divine self (the Hindu atman) and that this was present in all people, to be realized through meditation and other yoga techniques.

Through his books, lectures, recordings and TV programs, he brought Yoga to more people than any other person alive at the time.

[4][5] It has been said that Richard Hittleman introduced Yoga to literally millions of people via the medium of television.

[7] Hittleman stated his philosophy as follows: "In the Yoga scriptures, it is explained that the word "Self" is used to indicate that the Absolute we are attempting to describe is Self-luminous.

This series covered virtually all types of yoga instructions Bhakti, Hatha, Raja and Karma as well.

A later, and last series, was produced by Mort Levit, and directed by Gabreal Franklin at KMST Studios.