Sentences with word «dharana»

Prolonged period of dharana leads to the next stage of Ashtanga Yoga called Dhyana.

Practice Tip: Followed after dharana just let the repetition go and drop deep into the rabbit hole of stillness and silence.

If the mind can be absorped at a point or an idea or an object, it is called dharana.

Dhyana, in Sanskrit, means contemplation, reflection and profound, abstract meditation; the seventh of Patanjali's Eight Limbs, it's virtually impossible to talk about without mentioning dharana, the limb we covered last week.

The sixth limb is known as dharana, or concentration.

In cultivating dharana, we begin to still the fluctuations of the mind, which is essential for meditation and is one of the primary aims of the entire yoga tradition.

You move from dharana (concentration) to dhyana (contemplation) to samadhi (union).

This technique, Bhrumadhya Drishti, means «mid-brow gazing» — bhru is Sanskrit for brow while madhya means middle — and is often used in meditation to acheive dharana.

She believes that focusing on alignment is not just safe, but provides «points of dharana» — gateways to inner stillness and meditation.

Over 2.000 years ago, many of these yoga practices were collated into a sort of guidebook called the Yoga Sutra that outlined the «eight limbs» of yoga: yamas (restraints), niyamas (observances), asana (postures), pranayama (breathing), pratyahara (withdrawal of senses), dharana (concentration), dhyani (meditation), and samadhi (absorption).

Much is contained within this ultimate guide to virtuous transformation, including the eightfold path of classical yoga (or ashtanga yoga), which suggests a program of ethical restraints or abstentions (yamas), lifestyle observances (niyamas), postures (asanas), breath control (pranayama), withdrawal of the senses (pratyahara), concentration (dharana), meditation (dhyana), and absorption into the Divine (samadhi).

Understanding and practice of the 8-Fold Path of Yoga: daily observances and restraints (yama and niyama), Yoga postures (asana), breathing (pranayama), sensory mastery (pratyahara), concentration (dharana), meditation (dhyana) and cognitive absorption / higher consciousness (samadhi).

Classes focus on energetic alignment in asanas (postures), conscious use of the breath (pranayama), focus and concentration (dharana), combined to take you deeper inside your Self.

The remaining four limbs — pratyahara, dharana, dhyana, and samadhi — are internal practices.

Her classes appropriately utilize the varied assets of yoga: asana, pranayama, mudra, mantra, dharana & dhyana (yoga, poses, breath techniques, hand gestures, chants, concentration & meditation.)

While dhyana, meditation, and dharana, concentration, may appear to be the same, there are key differences.

When you focus attention on your alignment, you develop concentration, or dharana.

The heightened state of concentration (dharana) that results is a primary element that distinguishes intelligent action from mechanical movements.