22/06/2022
Managed to do a collaboration for International Day of Yoga amidst a chaos in the head…
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About the piece:
Tree Pose and Sun Salutation
In my personal experience as a yoga teacher, Sun Salutation or Surya Namaskar is a fully rounded practice that activates and strengthens every part of the body. Each and every one of the 10 steps creates a level of mental stability or grounding that expands the awareness beyond the physical level, inwards to the bliss layer or inner peace. One of the best poses to realize the balance and the grounding (inner peace) created by the Sun Salutation is Tree Pose or Vrikshasana.
Gita verse 6.25
sanaih sanair uparamed
buddhya dhrti-grhitaya
atma-samstham manah krtva
na kincid api cintayet
TRANSLATION
Gradually, step by step, with full conviction, one should become situated in trance by means of intelligence, and thus the mind should be fixed on the Self alone and should think of nothing else.
PURPORT
By proper conviction and intelligence one should gradually cease sense activities. This is called pratyahara. The mind, being controlled by conviction, meditation, and cessation of the senses, should be situated in trance, or samadhi. At that time there is no longer any danger of becoming engaged in the material conception of life. In other words, although one is involved with matter as long as the material body exists, one should not think about sense gratification. One should think of no pleasure aside from the pleasure of the Supreme Self. This state is easily attained by directly practicing Krsna consciousness.
In concluding thoughts, keep trying and trying until you the grounding of Self is reached. All these poses are so important to achieve this.