The place of meditation in yoga practice
In yoga, meditation holds an essential place and belongs to the basic principles, directly drawn from the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali.
Meditation :
- Helps to pacify emotions and purify the mind.
- Increases the ability to concentrate and therefore brings more alertness and better memory.
There are several ways to meditate, some postures are more suitable than others and some practices are specially studied for meditation:
- Combination of postures and breaths (example: hatha-yoga ),
- Use of precise sounds repeated aloud (example: mantra yoga or Japa yoga),
- Visualization of images or colors (example: visualization of the chakras and the corresponding colors as in kundalini yoga ).
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