09/08/2022
Prayatnaśaithilyānantasamāpattibhyām
prayatna = effort
śaithilya = relaxation
ananta = infinite
samāpattibhyām = meditation
🦚 Perfection in an asana is attained by the relaxation of effort and the total absorption of awareness on the infinite.
🦚 In order to reach this state in asana, we have to understand how to soften our desire, relax extra effort, and accept what we cannot change.
➡️ Try to cultivate this softening and non–efforting by finding the space within the engagement of the shape, and accepting your body and the pose as it is.
➡️ Work towards letting go of trying to make something happen, and instead allowing what is to unfold naturally.
🦚 When effort becomes effortless, asana is at its highest level.
🦚 It takes time, patience and compassion to learn how to let go of the need to push yourself.
🦚 As we learn to let go of our expectations and desires, we naturally cultivate more effortless effort.