Why Practice Hatha Yoga?

May 2008

By Leslie Mouton

Patanjali says, in the yoga sutras, “Sthira sukham asanam.”
  

Sthira sukham asanam is the 46th sutra in the second chapter.  Sanskrit words are rich and full of meaning.  Each word can be described in English with so many words! To study Sanskrit, we can consider each word.

Asana (asanani plural) means posture. It also means state, as in state of being.  What is the state of the body while in the posture? [read more]  

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