Sadhguru on classical hata yoga (Isha Hata Yoga)

Nov 20 eve

Sadhguru on classical hata yoga
Understanding the mechanics of the body, creating a certain atmosphere, and then using the body or body postures to drive your energy in specific directions is what Hatha Yoga or yogasanas are about. Hatha yoga is not exercise

Hatha yoga is a preparatory process of yoga. The word “ha” means sun, “ta” means moon. “Hatha” means the yoga to bring balance between the sun and the moon in you, or the Pingala and Ida in you. You can explore Hatha yoga in ways that take you beyond certain limitations, but fundamentally, it is a physical preparation – preparing the body for a higher possibility.
For every different level of consciousness or mental and emotional situation that you go through, your body naturally tends to take certain postures. The converse of this is the science of asanas. If you consciously get your body into different postures, you can also elevate your consciousness.

So it is important that we bring back classical yoga as it was. If it is taught in a proper atmosphere with a certain sense of humility and inclusiveness about the whole process, it is a really fantastic process of shaping your system into a fantastic vessel, a fabulous device to receive the Divine.

It is a very powerful way of living. Power, not over somebody else; it’s all about power to access life.


Soul
So true..for me.
Isha Hata led me into a dimension beyond.
Just doing cat stretch, I can go into deep meditation.
Just doing Surya Kriya...I can go into meditation...
Just doing the yogaasanas - it is orgasmic..