Vajrasana

Asana: Vajra – asana
Posture: Vajra-asana - The Thunderbolt or Diamond Pose
Translation: The Sanskrit word vajra means thunderbolt or diamond.
Pronunciation: vuh-drah-sa-na
Difficulty: 2

Instructions:

1. The vajra-asana is a seated posture. Begin by sitting back on your heels and placing your knees, legs and feet together.


2. Keeping the back straight place the palms of your hands down on top of your thights.


3. Breath gently thorugh your nostrils and sit in this position for at least three minutes.
   

Comments:

1. The vajra-asana is a versatile posture well suited for meditation, rest in between other seated postures, oras an aid to digestion.


2. The vajra-asana is the position in various other yoga postures such as the anjaneya-asana (salutation posture) and the ushtra-asana (the camel).

Duration/Repetitions: The vajra-asana can be held for as long as is comfortable (and depending on the reason for doing the posture).

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Hatha Yoga or Hatha Vidya

The word Hatha is a compound of the word "Ha" and "Tha" which means sun and moon respectively, referring to Praana and Apaana, and also the principal nadi--energy channel, of the subtle body that must be fully operational to attain a state of meditation or samadhi.

In Western Countries, Hatha is associated with the word Yoga and is practiced for mental and physical health.

As per the Hindu tradition, Lord Shiva is credited with Hatha Yoga. It is said that on a lonely place, assuming nobody else is around, he gave the knowledge to Goddess Paravathi, but a fish heard the entire discourse. Lord Shiva took mercy on the fish and made him a Siddha, who came to be known as Matsyendranatha.

Hatha Yoga mainly focuses on the physical health and represents opposite energies such as hot and cold, male and female, fire and water, etc. It attempts to balance mind and body via physical exercises called asanas, controlled breathing, and the calming of the mind through relaxation and meditation. More correctly the techniques described in Hatha Yoga harmonise and purify the body systems and focus the mind in preparation for more advanced chakra and kundalini practices.

The Hatha Yoga system includes asana along with the six shatkarmas (physical and mental detox techniques), mudras and bandhas (psycho-physiological energy release techniques) and pranic awakening practices. Fine tuning of the human personality at increasingly subtle levels leads to higher states of awareness and meditation.