Why practice yoga to meditate? How does meditation work?

When new students come to yoga class, there is no awareness of the body. Therefore, yoga teachers have the responsibility to help them feel their inner body step by step and how to maintain asana.

At the same time, many new students are less aware of breathing, so yoga teachers let students take their attention to breathing, breathe deeply, and teach students to use breathing to guide their movements. The body of yoga, awareness and breathing.

So, what about the student's heart? Many teachers help students focus on their bodies and breathing, but less students to control their thoughts.

According to traditional yoga, controlling the fluctuation of consciousness is the main task, and asana and breathing exercises are auxiliary. If you look at your thoughts, you will find a lot of distractions. It's much harder than controlling your body and breathing. So, we always feel tired.

Too many things happen in life, old age, illness and death, career, work, family, all things happen at the same time. There will be a lot of changes in the moment, and the mood will fluctuate.

No one meditates for meditation! Meditation allows us to see our lives and circumstances, then to see ourselves, to remove illusions, to get rid of so-called emotions. So, sitting close your eyes and doing nothing can solve a lot of problems? Yes, I can say that.

If you keep thinking about something, it's like stirring the impurity water in the cup. If meditated, quiet down, the impurities will sink to the bottom of the cup and become clear.

I remember many years ago, my guru told me that asana practice is to sit down quietly and share this sentence with you today.