Free yoga exercise - Exercise N°1

Yoga Exercise 1.

Hy ,

Today is the first exercise.

Yoga Exercise 1.
Sit still; relax your body all over and then neck, chest, and head heldin a straight line; legs crossed one under the other and weight of thebody resting easily upon the ribs; right hand on right leg, left handon left leg.

There should not be a single movement of the muscles inany part of the body. Mind, you must avoid all rigidness and tension ofthe body. There should not be the least strain on muscles.

You shouldbe able to "relax" completely.

Start with 5 minutes. Continue till youcan accomplish the 5 minutes sitting without any conscious effort,increase to 15 minutes which is about all you need. The aim is to giveyou absolute dominion over all involuntary muscular movements. It is alsoan ideal "rest-cure" after fatiguing physical and mental exercise orexertion.

The principal thing is "STILLNESS" and you can, if you like,practise it even sitting on a chair or anywhere else; the idea is one of"relaxation" and physical and mental quietude. Let not the apparentsimplicity of this exercise deceive you.

It is not so very easy afterall. You will find that by concentrating the mind upon a particulartrain of thoughts or ideas or by joining the mind to the Larger Self,you can easily lose all idea of the body and thus maintain this stillnessfor a considerable length of time.

Genius, inspiration and intuitionare more or less the scientific and psychological results ofself-forgetfulness. "When he sits down to meditate," it was said ofVivekananda, "in 10 minutes he becomes quite unconscious of the bodyalthough it may be black with mosquitoes." Do you understand now?

Absolute physical self-forgetfulness is essential to deep concentration.Dr. Fahnestock called it the "STATUVOLIC" condition or that state inwhich the Will-Power is really active and the 'outer-self' is totally inabeyance and forgotten.

See you tomorrow ? Please give me yours comments about yoga exercise.

Mat