Hatha Yoga and Its Influences on the Human Body

Donya Jahedmanesh

English Comprehension

Mr. Dave McCredie

Word Count: 1069

24/11/2015

Hatha Yoga and its influences on the human body

Practicing Yoga daily is a very beneficial workout four own health and body. Yoga is divided by into numerous and different branches of yoga, like Hatha Yoga for example. Hatha Yoga has two main essential energies of the body that are being practiced with the harmony of a human body. These two energies are referring to Ha (the sun, is active and masculine) and Tha (the moon, is receptive and feminine), which are the forms of two individual and unique pair of different opposites. Since Hatha Yoga often mostly requires physical exercises of all different kinds of Yoga, it is being also called, “the forceful yoga”. Therefore, Hatha has a several choice of seating and standing Asanas (poses) to practice with. If we practice Hatha Yoga every day, then we can increase the help of bringing the peace to the mind and body, practicing the Pranayama (breathing practices), as well as preparing the body for a deeper spiritual practices such as meditation.

The key to help to bring the peace to the mind and body is to tend to practice the movements of Hatha Yoga in a slow and controlled way of the workout for the mind and body, including the internal organs. By practicing the Asanas poses it is always important to connect the energy flow within the human body, which is allows the balancing and the harmonizing of the body, mind and emotions to find a very quiet space in the human body. Cat-Cow is an asana posture, which is an example of how the key to help to bring peace to the mind and body is to tend to practice this energy flow as well as the harmony flow inside the human body. Cat-Cow pose is a posture, where you come on to your hands and knees, to be able to position your hands directly under the length of your shoulders and place your knees under the length of your hips. As you exhale slowly, you round your back and scoop the tailbone between your legs; and on an inhale, slowly you will able to tilt your pelvis and open up your belly towards the floor, while your spine is moving slowly into a torso to create a light and gentle backbend. As you continue this asana, it is important to maintain the breathing rhythm according to your pace, and after a while you will be noticing that your mind natural starts to calm down and is becoming with your body and breathing rhythm one piece to be able to growth the understand and intimacy thread that is keeping the body and mind connected. To conclude, it is essential to be able to have this growth of understanding and intimacy thread of peace between the body and the mind, so that the practice of the movements in Hatha Yoga can be done in a slow and controlled way of the workout for the mind and body, including the massage the internal organs.

By practicing the Pranayama, (the breathing control exercise), it helps you to control the breathing patterns during the asana practice of Hatha Yoga. Only when you have mastered it, it is easier to control the mind then. There are various steps and ways that should be followed to be able to control the breathing practices. For example, if you want to practice the belly breathing, then start with a deep inhale, so that the hand on your stomach rises, whereby the other hand is resting still on your chest. Another breathing practice would be for the chest. During this practice it is important to inhale deeply, where your hand is placed on the rising chest, whereby the other hand is still resting on your belly. Moreover, it is very essential to take a break of ten minutes between the breathing practices and the chest exercises. To be able to feel the differences of these breathing practices and chest practices, it is necessary to practice them every day for at least a week until you will be the able to master and understand the concept of the breathing practices and chest practices. Like every other practice is being done, it is imperative to start from the most basic breathing practices and chest practices, then slowly start moving to the next levels of the breathing practices. In conclusion, the breathing practices and chest practices work only the best, if it they are being practiced every day of the week.

The beauty about the preparing the body for the deeper spiritual practices such as meditation is a beyond stage of the Yoga styles. Meditation is a technique in Yoga, for allowing the mind to rest and to achieve the state of consciousness, which is very different from the state of being awake. During the meditation process, the mind is clear, and relaxed because the mind is not focusing on any events that are taking place around you. Furthermore, meditation requires an inner-state that is still and calm so that the mind becomes silent. Once, the mind is silent and nothing longer distracts you, the meditation is being deepens. Savasana, the Corpse Pose, is an example of how the body and the mind are being connected. It is important to remember the following steps; lie on your back with the feet apart, place your arms at each side of the body, and start feeling the weight of your body and its gravity. Be aware of the way you breathe, and feel the breeze flowing through your body. Furthermore, the Savasana posture helps to release stress and depressions, as well as helps to improve and to stimulate the blood circulation of your body. Moreover, it is calming the mind, the thoughts, and improves the mental health. Lastly, the goal of the Savasana posture is to develop a deep relaxation by releasing the muscles tension of the body; to be able to focus on the inner awareness of your entire body; and to be able to improve the health benefits by relaxing and just letting your mind, thoughts and body be free.