After all, one of the often overlooked meanings of hatha is “force,” and there are times when a measure of strict discipline is required. When the body and breath are not responding to the subtle use of breath and mind, perhaps, like Han Solo, we need to adopt a less subtle fix-like a swift kick to the control panel. Unfortunately, our personal spaceships are as temperamental as the Millennium Falcon and don’t always respond to the command to accelerate into hyperspace, regardless of how urgent our desire to escape the confines of ordinary reality. It’s like making the jump into hyperspace in the Star Wars trilogy. Then we can enter the realm of inner awareness and spiritual experience where meditation is joyous and fruitful. We can then manipulate the lunar and solar nadis until they flow freely and sushumna is active. Ideally when the nadis are clear, the mind is clear, and the flow of energy in our being responds to mental direction and the subtle techniques of concentration and breath control ( pranayama). The yoga techniques for directly manipulating the pranic field are particularly powerful for balancing and equalizing the solar and lunar currents, and activating sushumna. The essence of hatha yoga is working with “ha” and “tha,” the two major nadis that dominate our experience of the world. In that case, the central current ( sushumna) is active, and this is the nadi that allows us to escape the mundane world of sensual experience. But there is a third option: when both nostrils flow equally free. Most of the time one nostril is flowing more freely than the other. This alternation is reflected in resistance to the flow of breath through the nostrils.
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For the most part, our attention is focused exclusively on the manifest world, and our experience of ourselves shifts back and forth from the solar perspective (“ha”) to the lunar perspective (“tha”). In the mystical language of yoga, “ha” and “tha” are the solar and lunar currents representing the dual nature of manifestation.
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Likewise, when all the subtle channels of the pranic field ( nadis) are clear and responsive, our spiritual life can flourish. As my brothers and I discovered, increasing the hydraulic pressure in any given channel washes out the debris blocking the flow, and when all the channels are clear and flowing equally, the whole garden blooms. In a subtle way, this is what many of the practices of hatha yoga aim to do-systematically control the flow of the life force ( prana) through its many channels. Enjoy! Hatha Yoga Poses Sequence – Intermediate Class 1.Growing up on the arid high plain with parents who were undeterred by the forces of nature, my brothers and I spent hours tending the flow of water-the precious life-giving nectar-through variously devised channels, ditches, and hoses, in order that the cherry trees might bloom and the tomatoes bear fruit. Email this sequence to yourself by clicking on email share button at the bottom of the page. I road-tested this Hatha yoga poses sequence in my classes and have performed it many times for my home practice. If you’re a Hatha yoga teacher you probably have it already or you should get this “bible” of Hatha yoga right away. I created this original Hatha yoga class using my favorite yoga book Asana, Pranayama, Mudra, Bandha by Swami Satyananda Saraswati. Just click on the yoga pose, if there is an active link, for a detailed explanation. You can follow this yoga sequence for your home practice or teach it to your yoga class.
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Here is a complete Hatha yoga poses sequence for an intermediate class with a duration of 1.5 hours.