Asana for meditation

Mindfulness Meditation
#21

I have not stated anywhere that one has to get into the most difficult asanas to meditate or that you need to keep trying different asanas. I was merely putting across a view point that asanas, whether easy or difficult, can also be used for meditating. Obviously for the vast majority of people, one would need to use the sitting poses- sukhasana , siddhasana or padmasana. Once established in meditation, it would be also possible to meditate in the more difficult poses. That’s the point of my arguement. ( If it is toning the body that is the objective, gymnastics would do it as well- but ask any gymnast-he would also extoll the virtues of concentration.)

I coud’nt agree with you more that HathYoga -specifically asanas is only one of the (3rd actually) steps in the the practice of yoga. But nevertheless, it is an extremely important one and I do not subscribe to the belief that is is just a system of physical exercises. The beauty of it is in the composite way in whch it has been integrated to address the body, mind and consciousness.
My own expereince tells me that I can “practice”, yama, niyama, asana, pranayama, and to some extent pratyhara, and dharana. The movement from dharana to dhyana and samadhi is only one of scale and cannot be consciously “done”. It will only happen, given right effort.

[QUOTE=TESINGOPORBOBO;44956]You are teaching here to be inconsistent.Asanas are to many to count.If you pass your life changing from one to anotherone you will never get to the goal.unless your goal is to be in shape and you also can do that by doing weight training.Hatha yoga is a piece of the building .If you try to become healthy or last long well go for it but any monkey could be healthy to and still be a monkey.Animals hardly get sick in their natural enviroment but they are still animals.[/QUOTE]

#22

I’m having a hard time understanding why Thomas would post a picture of an extreme yogi in response to an apparently legitimate request (actually more like a demand) for information. He says it works for him, but somehow I doubt that. What exactly is your agenda, Thomas?

#23

Thomas post it by saying in a polite way I dont agree with you or go away.In reality he didn’t get it .He dont understand it .Im sure he never even try it base in hes replay.When what I really want is to get genuine and detail information about the process of asana for meditation. -Thomas Im well informed about it, but for someone like me well informed meant I dont know enough.
All I know is that I dont know anything.And thats why I cant be nobodys gurus.unless other people already divine and doing samadhis here per minute. Im taking lessons from my house cats.lol

#24

I suggest that you start with about ten rounds of Surya Namaskar (A & B), then do four or five different kinds of standing asanas, then find a comfortable seated position and/or savasana. I’m totally serious. From personal experience it’s much easier to get into a meditative state when you have prepared yourself properly. There’s one seated posture that hasn’t been mentioned, which is svastikasana. It’s practically the same as siddhasana, except that the heels aren’t pressed into the groin area. The important thing in seated posture is that you are comfortable and able to relax, so you use whatever is most familiar to you. Check out these links.

Ashtanga Info
Nicki Doane Video

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#26

[QUOTE=teitan;43624]I need more info about asanas for meditation .[/QUOTE]

Just any comfortable position you can stay for long time and not to fall asleep. Shavasana is a very accessible pose, but also very sleepy one:)

#27

The physical posture does not complete the asana. It is the awareness and the concentration that makes it complete. When the mind moves away from the body and concentrates on the breath or on the mantra, the body feels like it is fastened to the floor. This is actually pretty difficult to acheive. It is when concentration is lost that the mind (which you are trying to discipline ) wins and you sink into sleep. :confused:

Ravi

[QUOTE=CityMonk;45296]Just any comfortable position you can stay for long time and not to fall asleep. Shavasana is a very accessible pose, but also very sleepy one:)[/QUOTE]

#28

Good explanation but not everybody go to sleep reaswaran if your mind is tamasic you go .But if is rajasic you maybe get angry who knows.but you see when we talk like that we are getting serious about the subject.Lets keep throwing light on it.

#29

Teitan,

The mind is a very skillful opponent. Unfortunately, it is also the tool to transcend the mind (we begin by restricting the thought to one subject). The most favourite weapon the mind uses is to bring in thought after thought on subjects which we are fond off. If we refuse to be swayed , another favourite weapon is to bring tiredness and sleep. It is not about Tamasik or Rajasik. It’s the weapons that the mind uses. It also opens up past wounds and resentments -anything to divert your attention.

[QUOTE=teitan;45308]Good explanation but not everybody go to sleep reaswaran if your mind is tamasic you go .But if is rajasic you maybe get angry who knows.but you see when we talk like that we are getting serious about the subject.Lets keep throwing light on it.[/QUOTE]