Hatha Yoga - is not a sport and flexibility

The main and fundamental difference between hatha yoga from the sport in that, although this work with the physical body, she focuses on consciousness. Speaking simplistically, it is composed of three main components: the specific physical exercises - "asanas," breathing exercises - pranayam, working with consciousness in the form of concentration - meditation techniques. From the perspective of modern medicine hatha yoga can be called a "psycho-physical gymnastics. 

Hatha yoga is considering the physical human body only as a tool to work with the mind and the harmony of the internal and external health. Therefore, during training a person must necessarily relax, put aside all extraneous thoughts and focus only on his own body and the processes occurring within it. 

In the system of hatha yoga is a great attention is paid to health, and thus the beauty of the body. Many exercises in the lodge aims at cleansing and strengthening, increase its flexibility by using specially selected sequences of asanas (poses). When performing asanas all the attention is focused practitioner within the body. But the practice of hatha yoga - is not just relaxation or stress a particular muscle group to properly perform the exercises, but it is primarily active work with the internal world. 

What is Hathy Yoga?

Hatha yoga - an ancient Indian system of keeping the body in optimal physical condition. The literal translation of the word Hatha - the power, fury, violence, the need, effort. And ha - the sun, tha - moon, it is an alliance of the sun and moon, activity and relaxation. The original purpose of hatha yoga is to bring the body into a state of full health, so that the body was not a burden of spiritual development. The practice of hatha yoga is mainly in the performance of asanas, static postures. 

Particular attention is paid to health, flexibility and tone of the spine. A unique feature of hatha yoga exercises are stimulating hormonal glands and performing massage the internal organs. Stimulation of the hormonal system helps maintain balanced emotions and promotes a more optimistic attitude towards life. In addition to physical exercises, yoga lodge includes methods for purification of the internal organs and establishes the principles of proper nutrition. 

Hatha yoga - is work with the consciousness through the body. Hatha yoga classes to prevent many diseases and contributes to getting rid of existing ones. Exercises Hatha Yoga strengthen the body and create a feeling of joy of life. Hatha yoga sharpens the mind and help concentration, allows control of all their actions and expressions, starting with the body and ending with the full control of consciousness. 

Yoga Nidra and Susceptibility

Everyday life blunts the susceptibility for most people, but Yoga Nidra expands and deepens this susceptibility. Just as the molten iron can be given any shape, and the molten Yoga Nidra mind can change in a constructive way, if it burned his complexes and opaseneiya. This also deals with Yoga Nidra. For example, if I call something right or wrong, you can agree with me or not, and this will be your only rational solution, not more, for a single agreement is not a willful act of embodying my statement in your daily life. What are the obstacles? 

There are many reasons why it is so difficult to practically implement our ideas. All the lofty ideals of life should not remain on paper only the scriptures - they should live together with us, if they are true. Yoga Nidra enables us at last to touch the mystery of our spiritual identity, which is responsible for everything we think and do. Through Yoga Nidra, we can begin to act in the name of those ideals in which we believe. I once met a professional thief and a hardened criminal. After a lengthy conversation with him I, I thought, convinced him that stealing is not good. He even called himself a sinner. And I thought it a miracle that I drew it on the right path. 

Five years later, I returned to his village and found that he is still engaged in their craft. Why? Because he agreed with me that stealing is bad on the level of sound mind, not unconscious. I decided to stay in this country for another six months to spend in school classes in Yoga Nidra with teachers and children. Interestingly, the thief also attended my classes and soon ceased to steal. This example illustrates that a rational persuasion is small, because it is only one aspect of human consciousness. Each of us has their own idea about what is good and what is bad, but not all follow these ideas. 

Need to develop a sensitivity to everything, what we encounter. This is possible only when the stimuli were removed and the mind begins to calm down. When a well-balanced mind is faced with a stimulus, consciousness is not distorted, and sends people the best way. If a person entered into a state of receptivity, practicing Yoga Nidra, you can tell him about his shortcomings, suggesting to him the positive installation. If its sensitivity reached its climax, he will have to listen and obey, because of his rational mind has lost its activity in the same proportion. Understand human nature Before practice Yoga Nidra, pursuing a goal, try to understand the nature of the person you are going to re-educate or your practice can cause his loathing. 

Despite the fact that you offer people great and lofty ideas during a session of Yoga Nidra, a person can not follow them. It happens that someone is inside us like rebels against the established rules, procedures and laws. This is because the idea stuck in our minds, contrary to our true nature. Each of us has a personal identity of nature, which is impossible and unnecessary to remove. Yogis call this the nature of "svabhava", ie innate nature. We can change habits, religious habits, but not human nature, which accompanies man through his whole life, being the main cause of all his achievements and mistakes. 

To understand the nature, it is necessary to study the spontaneous and not a rational human behavior. But adults are so overloaded with different concepts and so-called rules, that their behavior is rarely a natural and spontaneous. Not so children who are almost always naturally and easily included in the state of Yoga Nidra, extracting maximum benefit from it ...

Yoga Nidra and Nonviolence

Yoga Nidra is a tantric practice, and according to tantric laws must evolve spontaneously. You should not fight with their habits and complexes and to eliminate its nature, because Such actions only form the inner discomfort and hostility. No wonder many people are trying to adjust themselves with the help of various denominations, become aggressive schizophrenics ... Even modern psychology has grown up so much, which gives us: "If you have weaknesses, not to push them forcibly, because they do not eliminate hatred." 

What to do? If you want a tree or fruit, is enough to cut off its branches? Bays its root! In other words, to eliminate the defects, you must get closer to the root of the mind, ie to the subconscious and Yoga Nidra can provide you this service. Man is weak and because he was so clinging to their branches and leaves (the feelings and intelligence), but as soon as he opened the gates to the subconscious, trusting in Yoga Nidra, he finds himself at the door of creativity. 

Wonder in Indian mythology, a symbol of Yoga Nidra is the Lord Narayana, reclining on the ocean of milk. It lies on a gigantic snake with a large number of hoods, and the beautiful Lakshmi, massages his feet, while from the navel of Narayana sprouts a lotus flower, which sits in the pericarp Lord Brahma, the symbol of the subconscious. Lord Narayana - it's your trust, the snake - your blanket and your floor - is the ocean of milk. When practicing Yoga Nidra, you should maximize relax and not deal with concentration. If you really follow the instructions of a man who manages your Yoga Nidra, before you open the gates to update your identity, but if you miss at least a few instructions, it will not happen. All you need to do - follow the instructions to vote. 

Yoga Nidra

The practice of Yoga Nidra 

Yoga Nidra - a twilight state of mind between waking and sleeping. Comprehending science of Yoga Nidra, you will gradually penetrate into the hidden nature of your mind and dismissed by many mental strata infringing your real Ya is significant that in normal circumstances waking conscious mind is activated, but when you relax, awaken the subconscious and unconscious areas of your mind, providing you the opportunity to influence the roots of the disease, systems and fears that bear fruit in the conscious mind. 

It is these areas of your mind are the true reserves of your power. In fact, a very simple technique of Yoga Nidra can penetrate into the so-called "Dead" zone of consciousness. The subconscious mind - a diligent student and an executive, who immediately comply with any orders. Regularly practicing Yoga Nidra, you learn to control the subconscious mind, for which obediently follow and your conscious, rational mind. 

Yoga Nidra and shavasana

Recommendations for the practice of Yoga Nidra and Shavasana 

In the morning, after the practice of asanas, you can listen Shavasana. In the middle of the day, when it is felt mild fatigue, for example, after work or school, you can listen to Yoga Nidra. It is advisable to listen to Yoga Nidra every day one at a time. If relaxation does not go head does not turn off during the entire record nidra, you can practice and two days on a daily basis. 

Yoga Nidra - a panacea for the everyday stress, nervousness and sleeplessness. Half an hour of quality practice of yoga nidra is equivalent to the usual 2 hours of sleep! In this practice, no effort has not. All you want - it aside for a 20 minute time to lie down on a flat hard surface without a pillow (for example, on the floor), heat to escape, to hide blindfold (if you are a day) and follow the instructions of the speaker. 

Five reasons of causing pain

Patanjali lists five reasons citta Vritti, causing pain (flare), namely: 

1. Avidya (ignorance or lack thereof); 
2. Asmita (sense of individuality, isolating human and distinguishes him from the group. It is a physical, mental, intellectual or emotional); 
3. Para (affection or passion); 
4. Dvesha (dislike or disgust); 
5. Abhinivesha (zest for life, the instinctive attachment to the earthly life and carnal pleasures, fear of being cut off from their death). 

These reasons are suffering in the depths of the mind Sadhakas (worshiper, seeker of truth). They are like icebergs of the polar seas, in which visible only the upper part. They must be hard to control and eradicate, otherwise the rest will not. Yogi learns to forget the past and not worry about the future. He lives in an eternal present. 

As the breeze stirs the surface of the lake, distorting the image reflected in it, and citta Vritti violate the peace of mind. Still waters of the lake reflect the beauty around him. When the mind is stopped, it reflects the beauty Ya Yogi stops your mind with constant diligence and release from desire. Eight stages of Yoga teach him how to achieve this. 

While the Shiva Samhita and Hatha Yoga Pradipika referred to the possible timing of success, Patanjali never defines how much time is required that the individual soul has achieved unity with the Divine Universal Soul. He said that the mind makes a serene and calm Abhyasa (incessant and persistent practice) and Vairagya (freedom from desires). Abhyasa he defines as a long sustained effort, carried out with devotion, which creates a strong foundation. 

Coordinating and focusing his body, senses, mind, reason, and I, a man reaches the awards - inner peace - and has the desire to connect his soul with the Creator. The main adventure in life - this is his return to the Creator. 

To achieve the goal, he needs a well-developed and functioning coordinating body, senses, mind, intellect and Y. If his efforts are not coordinated, a person will fail. In the third chapter (the Valley) the first part of "Katha Upanishad" God of death Yama explains that yoga Nachiketa seeker of truth, telling a parable about a man on a chariot. 

"Know the Atman (I) as the Lord in a chariot, the mind - as the charioteer and the mind - as the reins. Feelings, they say it's horses, and the object of their desires-pasture. Wise men call I am in unity with the senses and mind Bhoktrom (those who enjoys). Unable to discern never would rule over his mind, his feelings like a skittish horse. Able to distinguish always controls his mind, his feelings are like an obedient horse. Unable to discern become careless, even the unclean, and he does not reach the goal, passing from one body to another. ability to discern is attentive and always pure, he reaches the goal and is born again. The man who is able to discern charioteer, ruling the mind reaches the end of the road - the supreme abode of eternal Spirit.