DHARANA // Concentration :: the 6th Limb on The Ashtanga Yoga Path

[@tomaraquechova]

Oh my! you described what is happening to me. I figured out I am consistent with yoga for the last 2 months or maybe 3 because I am feeling meditative during the practices. I like to be by myself, that's why your videos worked wonders for me. I used to go the group classes but my mind just keeps observing what others are doing, mainly how wrong there are doing the poses and therefore I wasn't evolving myself! Such a bliss to be bitten by the yoga bug! Thank you!

[@AnitaGoaWellBeing]

+Cris Hawat A good realisation. This will help you when or if you go back to group classes 🙏💗

[@tomaraquechova]

I just realized this comment of mine was for the Dhyana video. I don't know how this happened, sorry!

[@SupaKamehameha808]

wow, super! 🙏💎⚡️🌸🌺🌈💛😘🌌😇

[@AnitaGoaWellBeing]

glad you got something out of this SupaKamehameha808 happy dharana :-)

[@Mrgazza55555]

I giggled at the whispering (wavey) back to you :) Ani

[@AnitaGoaWellBeing]

Mrgazza55555 glad i got you giggling. ha ha. thanks for the wave back, i appreciate it ;-)

[@DavidAang]

...and to the point. very often I am fighting with my concentration. It's often somewhere else. Instead of breath I am concentrating on the position of the hips or so... Sometimes I'm thinking about dinner after the class :D (don't judge :p ) But I'm learning. It's never ending process...

[@AnitaGoaWellBeing]

David Aang no worries, we all do and it's a practice. a huge one indeed. stay with your breath (pranayama, 4th limb) and your drishti while practicing your asana (3rd limb) have compassion with your self, and you will notice over time that it's happening more and more. happy practice :-)

[@RectalCancerMyAss]

Good points. I will admit I kept looking over at the bookshelf behind you and then I was thinking "Does she read all those books? She seems organized by the way the books are stacked up. " Then I said, "Wait. I'm not concentrating on what Anita' s saying." This talk is about concentration and I think I need lots more work on that.

[@AnitaGoaWellBeing]

RectalCancerMyAss lol you are funny and yes, that would be exactly it. love your honesty. thanks for sharing this. happy practice :-)