WARM-UP-2

Lie flat on the back on the yoga mat. Keeping the body in a straight
line. Leave the body relaxed and free of any tension. Close the eyes
and lie quietly for a minute. Join your legs together, keep your arms
by your sides along the hips. Putting pressure on your hands, lift your
legs slowly and make with them an angle of 90* at your waist. (inhaling
as you take your legs up, and exhaling as you biging to bring them down).
The legs should be lifted as slowly as possible, and rotate legs
clockwise in a big circle. Repeat this five times. Take a break and this
repeat the same movement anti-clockwise five times. Bring your legs
back very slowly, and place down on the ground. Relax.

WARM-UP ( The body totally relaxed and free of any tension)

SAMADHI (TRANS-CONSCIOUSNESS)

The eighth step is Samadhi. This is the final stage of Yoga. Samadhi (trans-consciousness)  is the state of  superconsciousness and perfect calm. When the mind becomes one with the form of the object of its concentration in Dhyana (meditation), it leads one to the state of Samadhi. ‘Meditation means to absorb your mind in the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That is meditation, real meditation. Samadhi is the mind in its most concentrated state. The mind in samadhi possess power than a normal mind does not. When Meditation acheves maturity, the mind loses the sense of duality with the object of concentration, leading to the state of Samadhi. When we are free from attachment to all outer objects, the mind will be in peace. Our Essence of Mind is intrinsically pure, and the reason why we are perturbed is because we allow ourselves to be carried away by the circumstances we are in. He who is able to keep his mind unperturbed, irrespective of circumstances, has attained Samadhi. To be free from attachment to all outer objects is Dhyana, and to attain inner peace is Samadhi. In this concept, by spiritual practices, life is not allowed to go out of the body. The seed cells in the body never get damaged. Such a person stops the functions of the body after completion of his or her mission by his or her own. Samadhi is a spiritual state of consciousness. There you enjoy a supremely divine, all-pervading, self-amorous ecstasy. You become the object of enjoyment, you become the enjoyer and you become the enjoyment itself.

MEDITATION (Dhyana) practice.

The best time of meditation is early morning between two-and-a-half hours before Sunrise till sunrise.  Sit in a comfortable posture, e,g, Lotus Pose (Padmasana), Peaceful Pose (Sukhasana), or Adamaent Pose (Vajrasana).  Keep the body erect, the neck and the spine should from a straight line.  Keep the brain passive, sensitive and silent.  Any absent- mindedness or lack of awareness in the eyes and ears creates fluctuations in the mind.  Close the eyes, observe normal breathing for 2 to 4 minutes.  There should be no tension in the mind.  When the mind is connected with breathing, it sees the breath coming out and going in. It then gets concentrated on the process of breathing.  Let the thoughts come in your mind. Do not force any thought to come nor prevent or suppress any.  Keep it free from all thoughts come, they are not to be allowed to stay, remove them. Practice Meditation for 5 to 10 minutes daily. The practice of Meditation leads it to stability, peace and concentration.

CONCENTRATION @ MEDITATION

The sixth and seventh steps are Concentration (Dharana), and Meditation (Dhyana) respectively. The preliminary stage is Concentration. Meditating with constant on the object of Concentration is Dhyana. Meditation brings serenity which is alert and conscious throughout the life is full of opposites-pain and pleasure, sorrow and joy conflict and peace. If one takes a decision the mind will coin so many excuses to counteract it. The mind can never stick to one’s decisions. The untrained mind flies aimlessly in all directions. Concentration is like a lamp which is covered and does not light up the area out side. When the cover is removed, the lamp lights up the whole area. This is Meditation, which is the expansion of consciousness. When the both the internal and external thoughts are stilled and silenced, there is no waste of physical, mental or intellectual energy. The joys and sorrows of the world are caused by the mind and the likes and dislikes depend upon the mind of a man. In Yoga the first means are the senses, thereafter comes the mind. As the Meditation grows and matures, the mind goes on becoming more and more pure. The concentration of the mind will increase. In Meditation there is no seeking or searching, as the soul and goal have become one. Meditation is essential for all family men, Doctors, Students, Lawyers, men and women, and shop keepers all are benefited by the practice of Meditation. The practice of Concentration (Dharana), and Meditation (Dhyana) leads it to stability, peace and Concentration. 

Sun Salutation (Surya Namaskar) Training Pictures.

Pratyahara (Withdrawal of Senses)

Pratyahara is the fifth step of Yoga. Pratyahara is the Withdrawal and emancipation of the mind from the domination of the senses, and sensual object. Pranayama, Pratyahara and Dharana are parts of the Yoga of knowledge. This is a discipline to bring the mind and sense under control, controlling the external and internal senses which effect the equanimity and peace of mind. Years of discipline and long uninterrupted practice of the moral and ethical principles of yama and niyama, training of the body by asanas and pranayama, restraint of the senses by pratyahara and dharana, ensure the growth of the mind and of inner awareness _dyana and samadhi.