A practitioner of Hatha Yoga goes through three phases of practice. Sanatan Kriya details them as, The First or the Beginner's Stage : This state assumes that the practitioner is a normal human being, who is attracted to the various aspects of the physical world, he wants to enjoy everything to the hilt, he wants to miss nothing, he wants to live life, which he thinks is life, to the fullest. Yoga says why not? Go ahead, enjoy and go beyond, do not suppress your desires, go and sail in the ocean of life, but do not sink in it. Be like the boat which is in the water but the water is not in it, it sails through the ocean and misses no part of the ocean and yet completes its journey, experiencing the ocean in totality. The beginners stage of Yoga deals with very simple asanas and pranayams , preparing you for the journey ahead; your vehicle, that is your body, is taken through etheric and physical purifications with the aid of ...
Journey of the spirit 'Sanatan Kriya'