Dhyāna, Sankalpa In English

 Part-8

Hello friends, in today's post, we will know about some of the initial yoga postures, its rules and benefits. So let's start ...

 6  DHYĀNA                                

Dhyāna or meditation is an act of continuous contemplation.

Sthiti: Any meditative posture.

Technique

• Sit in any meditative posture.
• Keep your spine comfortably erect.
• Adopt Jnāna mudra or Dhyana mudra as in the figure.
• Touch the tip of the thumb to the tip of the index finger, forming a circle. The other three fingers are straight and relaxed. All three fingers are side-by side and touching.
• Keep your palms facing upwards upon the thighs.
• Arms and shoulders should be loose and relaxed.
• Close your eyes and sit with a slightly upturned face.
• You need not concentrate. Just maintain a mild focus between the eyebrows and be conscious of your breath.
• Dissolve your thoughts and try to attain single and pure thought.
• Meditate.

Note

• For beginners, soothing music may be played in the background during meditation.
• Stay as long as you can.

Benefits

• Meditation is the most important component of Yoga practice.
• It helps the practitioner to eliminate negative emotions like fear, anger, depression, anxiety and to develop positive emotions.
• Keeps the mind calm and quiet.
• Increases concentration, memory, clarity of thought and willpower.
• Rejuvenates the whole body and mind giving them proper rest.
• Meditation leads to self-realisation.

 7  SANKALPA                           

Hame apne man ko hamesha santulit rakhana hai,

Isi main hi hamaraa atma vikas samaaya hai. Main apne kartavya khud ke prati, kutumb ki prati, kaam,

samaj aur vishwa ke prati, shanti, anand aur swasthya ke prachar ke liye baddh hun.

     SAṄKALPA (End the Yoga Practice Session with a Sankalpa)

I commit myself to always be in a balanced state of mind. It is in this state that my highest self-development reaches its greatest possibility. I commit to do my duty to self, family, at work, to society, and to the world, for the promotion of peace, health and harmony.

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