“Some students are in a hurry to begin "real" pranayama. They go right to the later stages without first laying a quality foundation, and their practice often suffers. First find out what is. This is also part of the answer to the question Who am I?” FirstsRealSufferingAnswersQualityPracticeStageStudentsYogaFoundationPranayama Book:The Yoga of Breath: A Step-by-Step Guide to Pranayama Source: The Yoga of Breath: A Step-by-Step Guide to Pranayama
“The first, sickness (vyadhi), is a physical obstacle, but the other eight can be considered mental. These include languor (styana), doubt (samshaya), heedlessness (pramada), sloth (alasya), dissipation (avirati), false vision (bhranti-darshana), nonattainment of yogic states (alabdha-bhumikatva), and instability in these states (anavasthitatva).” FirstsStatesVisionDoubtObstaclesEightSicknessWill PowerSlothInstabilityDissipation Author:Richard Rosen
