Eight limbs of yoga – 5. Pratyahara – Introspection
Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the Self.
Bhagavad Gita
Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the Self.
Bhagavad Gita
Coming from a western tradition, yoga’s fourth limb can be unfamiliar as it turns toward eastern mysticism. So to understand the significance of breathing, especially in Hatha yoga, it helpfs to know something about yoga’s perspective on the cosmos and the human condition.
With the first two limbs of yoga addressing the moral ‘dos’ and ‘don’ts’, the third is concerned with what we in the West usually associate with yoga, namely the bodily postures or asanas.