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Hatha
Yoga
Hatha
yoga, in the twentieth century, is mainly practiced for health
and vitality
It’s
a marvelous means of exercising, stretching, and freeing the body so
it can be a healthy, long-lived, and vital instrument of the mind and
soul.
In
addition, hatha yogis can become extremely clear-minded and can
concentrate well. However, a few yogis do practice hatha yoga as their
main method for spiritual realization. Their clear minds and pure,
healthy bodies enable them to meditate easily
Hatha
Yoga Balance
In
Sanskrit, ha
means sun, tha
means moon. Hatha yoga is the practice of harmonizing the
body’s inner currents (principally the currents of Feeling,
Thinking, Willing, and Acting)
until they are in perfect balance.
Normally
the hatha yogi with the calm mind focuses awareness at the ajna center
half an inch above where the eyebrows join and directs awareness to
move through that center into a super-conscious state. The individual
life, the finite life, meets and fuses temporarily, at first, with the
infinite life.
Hatha
yoga meditation is not well-known today and the purity of life
required in order to do hatha yoga meditation well requires more time
and application than most people are willing to give. However, those
few dedicated men and women who are true hatha yogis live in abundant
well being and universal harmony.
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