Hatha Yoga or Yoga postures are a great way to connect the mind with the body and become whole. But what next? Here the greatest expounder of Hatha Yoga, B.K.S. Iyengar talks about the effect of Hatha Yoga. He says that Hatha Yoga “Opens up the channel both ways”. This means one can then glide down the channel to external pleasures or to go higher towards internal bliss. The choice is ours.
Most of us use the system of doing yoga postures to enjoy better health, improved mental balance, and greater flexibility. We then leverage these benefits to find happiness. The question before us is: do we want to find happiness outside ourselves or inside? If we are convinced that the quest for external happiness just strengthens the ego and leads us nowhere then we must look inwards. To do this we must adopt the full system of eight limbs of yoga. Our focus then moves from just doing yoga postures to the full system including life-style changes, breathing exercises, and meditation.
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