Sadhguru on hata yoga

Oct 31 aft

Sadhguru

One thing that participants are now doing to deepen their sadhana is to hold asanas for longer durations. About the importance of this, Sadhguru says, “Asana means a posture. So when we do an asana, it is about holding the asana.
The asanas is a doorway and we are trying to open it in some way and hold it that way, so that it becomes a way for you to go in and go out. This being can flow in and out of that posture. That is an asana.”

Participant Stephanie says, “Learning to be at ease in the posture becomes the main thing to focus on now. Flexibility is not the issue because it differs on different days. But we are now holding the posture for a longer duration, and the breath became the one-point focus during the process. I would say it is the only way to be.”

Soul
for the first time, realised that shallow and deep breathing is talking about depth and not frequency.
So, now learning to do my asanas with proper breathing.
On Cat stretch and some part of Surya Kriya, now learning to hold on to the asanas, easing into it by focusing on my breathe, slightly deeper than normal.
As Sadhguru said, there should not be any gasping of breathe. He said we should never hold the posture till we are gasping.