Play Full Episode: The Eight Limbs of Yoga–Asana (Yoga Postures)

In July of 2017, the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, N.Y invited Master Naficy to conduct his five-day higher-consciousness workshop. In this Omega talk, Kambiz Naficy teaches the eight foundations of Yoga as described by the Sage Patanjali. This talk emphasizes the third of these eight limbs called Asana (Yoga postures).

• To pursue your spiritual path, your body must be stable and strong.

• With a strong body, you can meditate long hours, while sitting in a comfortable, centered position.

• If your body is unstable, your mind will also be unstable. 

• Yoga Asanas impact all aspects of your physical body—glands, joints, digestion, blood circulation, muscles, even secretion of healthy hormones.

• Produce your yoga movements from the core (center) of your being.

• Be sure to celebrate your daily progress.

• Yoga is not a form of exercise; true yoga means meditation in action.

• True yoga means that every single yoga-posture is a meditation accompanied with mindfulness of the breath. 

• Masters of yoga asanas have reached Samadhi, the highest level of meditation, while engrossed in yogic postures.