Andrea West

The purpose of asanas, pranayama, meditation on the mat is to experience an inner life force that flows more freely and our mind also experiences freedom with it. We say we are our mind/ body, but how can that be when we experience more when we release those limitations. This week we will work on releasing deeper inner resistance in the inner neck, shoulders and hips. We will use Udana vayu movement of prana and the inner focus of mind. Om Shanti 🙏

In Hatha Yoga we can be aware of inner forces of movement within a subtler place than the outer physical plane. When we experience these we are not in our normal state of mind. We are able to focus inside and “see” what it is that is showing as restriction. (We believe it is in the physical body.) It is inner resistance coming from “me” That resistance clings to a non - physical aspect of me. It is the “me state of mind” when that is all we are attached to in life, that causes these...

Within us is a natural substance called prana - it is a force of life that wants to expand outwards. Our consciousness/ Self/ Spirit/ Purusha/ Atman - many names for the same inner Being, moves with it. In Hatha yoga we release the impurities that block this natural flow of an inner expansion. And so our inner Self moves and evolves aswell. We feel this something different inside; we say we feel like we are walking taller, lighter, and brighter in mind. With the inner lightness, brightness; a...