May 16, Yoga to include the mental/spiritual progress

by Jason
(Exeter Devon, United Kingdom)

The mental and spiritual progress is as, if not more, important that the physical progress for me.

Can advise the most efficient and appropriate way to choose the most appropriate style for the practice of Yoga.

FYI, I'm starting to practice Vipassana meditation.

Many thanks for your advice in advance.

Regards
Jason

Response

Hello Jason

There are many different paths to the mental and spiritual progress. You can choose any path and essence is almost the same. Choose a particular style of Yoga will depend on your needs. Depending on the availability of instructors, yoga, I feel that you can choose hatha yoga Iyengar yoga or style. Once you get the basics you can modify your yoga style, if necessary.

Vipassana meditation Practice will definitely benefit you and help you to breathe properly and increase your self-awareness. Along with his Vipassana meditation, I suggest you try simple hatha yoga poses and pranayama to spiritual progress, mental and physical. Your body will get in shape and conditioning with yoga asanas and pranayama will help you get control over your mind and calm your nerves

Everything that we want to accomplish is within us. God put infinite potential within a human body and which can be achieved once we are ready to realize this potential and become a candidate. Believed in Eastern philosophy that you'll get what you're seriously.

Hatha yoga asanas will help you
~ Overcome their physical limitations and improve their health.
~ Balance the three gunas, i.e. tamas (inertia), rajas and sattva (dynamism) (purity).
~ Balance between physical health, mental health and spiritual health.

Practice of asana and pranayama prepares your body and mind to the spiritual path. But for full self-realization, essential constituents of yoga practice successfully based on teachings of Rishi Patanjali are:-
~ Right Conduct
~ Ethical right
~ The Right exercise (Asanas)
~ Breath Right
~ Immobilization of the senses
~ Concentration
~ Meditation
~ Samadhi

Samadhi is the ultimate goal of Yoga when a yogi overcomes all the sufferings of this world and becomes part of the Supreme consciousness.

Our body is the vehicle in which survives our mind, the ego and the soul. Despite our body is an illusion and will ultimately obtain perished. But a healthy body can only help you achieve a high spiritual growth and realize its soul.

Along with asanas, pranayama and meditation, it is better to understand the basic philosophy of yoga. You can read the book "Light in life" by BKS Iyengar understand the philosophy of life or we can say that the philosophy of life.

Yoga is a path of self-learning, experimentation and implementation knowledge. It requires a guru (teacher), in-depth study, persistent efforts, self-discipline and correct actions.

Hope this helps.

With warm greetings
Daljit

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