Sentences with phrase «of pratyahara»

The fact that Caronia is able to quiet her mind and drop any attachment to external senses — the practice of pratyahara, the fifth limb of Patanjali's eight limbs of yoga — is one of the reasons she experiences such great benefits from her acupuncture sessions, says Caronia's acupuncturist, Maria Villella, LAC, a vinyasa and Ashtanga Yoga teacher in Los Angeles.

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Once you have decided on an object for meditation, you have to start with the practice of Pratyahara or withdrawal of the senses from the external sense objects.

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Our whole lives the 5 senses (touch, taste, see, hear, and smell) are inputing information into our being and pratyahara is where we turns those off so that we may turn from the outer world and experience the inner domain of the mind.

Pratyahara is the fifth limb of Patanjali's Yoga, and is crucial for new parents.

With Ashtanga yoga I can truly be with my self and get to know my spirit because pratyahara, withdrawal of the senses, enables me to shut out everything external to my mind and body.

It's considered preparation for all the deeper aspects of our practice such as pranayama (breath work) or pratyahara (meditation).

Well, these eight limbs of yoga come from Patanajali's Yoga Sutras (the text from which all things yoga came form) which sets the foundation for a life with purpose as being made up of eight equal parts: Yamas, Niyamas, Asana, Pranayama, Pratyahara, Dhrana, Dhyana and Samadhi.

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).

It is a wisdom path of the heart that will inform all aspects of your yoga practice, including Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayama, Pratyahara and the path of meditation (Dharana, Dhyana and Samâdhi).

The word «yoga» translates as «yoke» or «Union» describing the joining of body, mind and spirit through a practice that includes physical postures (asana), meditation, inward focusing (pratyahara) and breath control (pranayama).

In the practice of yoga, techniques such as pratyahara (the turning of the senses inward) and dhyana (meditation) quiet the mind so that the body's response improves and stress is reduced.

Dharana, the sixth limb, is dedicated to the cultivation of concentration and is supported by all the limbs that came before it: A strong asana practice frees the body of distracting kinks and aches; a powerful pranayama practice removes toxins and unlocks stuck energy; a pratyahara practice draws attention away from external diversions and back into the internal landscape.

v - Pratyhara (sense - control): Pratyahara is the removal of the senses, withdrawal of the mental energy inwards or attachment to objects & external focuses while preparing the mind for meditation.

Pratyahara (sensory withdrawal) and dhyana (meditation) are other essential aspects of yoga that promote healthy sleep.

It is Pratyahara that leads us to process of Dharana.