These days Hatha Yoga is practiced in modalities that were not practiced that way in ancient times nor were they intended to be practiced that way. We have all kinds of new schools, at times teaching extremely dynamic and super acrobatic interpretations of Hatha Yoga.
The original intention of Hatha Yoga was seen within the context of working with the body and the breathing to support the process of meeting the Divine. Nowadays, this intention is vastly lost and what we have is a highly compartmentalized interpretation and we want to be fit and beautiful. Nothing wrong with that, but that is not the goal of Hatha Yoga.
When we shift and do asanas in a very slow way, gently explore our limitations, do not attempt to break through them and find a way to hold the asanas for longer periods of time, meditatively, then entirely different dimensions begin to unfold.
Slow and long-held asanas will begin to work on the nadis, the inner energy channels, in a surprising way. They begin to get cleared and opened, allowing for the passage of Divine Currents. This does not happen in the same way with the dynamic yoga we see so often these days. And of course, the asanas are then simply utilized to support our daily practice of meditation. For that reason, to practice meditation right after the asanas for 60 minutes is mostly the best time to meditate. Just sit and feel the effects of your asanas for that period of time and you will be surprised.
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