All the power of the body is stilled, collected, purified, heightened, concentrated to its utmost limits or beyond any limits by Asana and other physical processes; the power of the life too is similarly purified, heightened, concentrated.
Man has a power to educate: his body can be developed, educated. He can increase certain faculties. You cannot imagine any animal, even among those we most admire, which is capable, for instance, of physical education, purely physical... a systematic development of the muscles.
Asana: Lie on your back with your arms by your side, palms facing downwards. Keep your legs straight and together. Slowly raise your legs while keeping them together, without curling your toes, until they are at a 45 degree angle. Keep your lower back pressed to the ground. Bring your
At best, life on earth is a field for progress and one should take advantage of it as best one can in order to reach as soon as possible the degree of perfection which will put an end to the ordeal by making it unnecessary.
So far we have seen the benefits of Hatha Yoga, the two primary elements – Asana and Pranayama, and their practice. While purifying one’s life-energy, increasing the capacity of one’s body and strengthening it are the key benefits of Hatha Yoga, it goes beyond that. The objective of opening