applications of hastha yoga
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After our chanting for the day, we gathered our belongings and headed back to our room. As we climbed the stairs at the Gangotri Temple we were met by the Head Pujari and Chairman of the Temple Trust. He had met us previously so it was nice to bump into him again.
When he saw us, he said: “I have been watching you every day. What you are doing is incredible! It is an amazing achievement to have translated so much of our sanskrit scriptures, but then to be able to sit for nine to ten hours at one time and recite them with such impeccable accuracy in one asana, is absolutely incredible!”
So when we returned home, we thought about the ingredients that went into our discipline.
All forms of yoga find an application in the sadhana we perform. The Devi Gita famously proclaims that for reaching the goal of yoga (Union), combining Bhakti (Devotion), Jnana (Wisdom), and Karma (Action) is most effective.
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The Goddess also proclaims in the Devi Gita that it is easier to meditate and perform sadhana when the body is free from pain. Hence, Hatha Yoga too finds a place in our sadhana, as a tool for enabling us to sit for longer periods of time with less pain or discomfort.
The word “hatha” means forceful. Hatha Yoga is a method we learn to restrain our bodies, minds, and souls into the union with divinity (it takes some force sometimes).
If we can sit in one asana, without having to get up, our mind and especially body are limited in the trouble they can cause. The mind may be able to think of many random desires, but it can take no action to obtain them as the body is restrained in asana. With the body remaining in the asana, the mind is eventually forced (hatha) to pay attention to the sadhana and give up other thoughts.
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