Understanding the Importance of Dharana and its Yogic Utilities: The School of Yoga #6

By Anand Gupta

"The School of Yoga - Book 6" continues the amazing journey of exploration and enlightenment centered on Ashtanga Yoga, also known as the Eight-Limbed or Raja Yoga. Book 6 brings the Yogi to the 6th limb, or part in the 8 steps of realization of the Divine, or attaining the highest level of spiritualism man can obtain.

The 6th limb is Dharana, also known as Attention. A fundamental block in the construction of any Yogi, attention and focus, that sole purpose, is almost more important that proper position and speed. This book offers a deep understanding of Dharana and it Yogic Utilities and even how it melds and shapes a Yoga experience and life.

Though this series should be read in conjunction, author Anand Gupta has wisely offered glimpses and brief explanations of previous volumes, giving readers an overview of the Limbs and books you may not have read. Though hardly a replacement for the deep knowledge the books impart, this summary will allow those unversed a way to find their path on the journey, even if Book 6 is the first you lay your hands on.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Books on Demand
• Release date: Feb 8, 2021
• ISBN: 9783752654547

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Introduction

It is a well-known fact that yoga has crossed several national borders and become a topic of intense discussion and appreciation all over the world. People want to perform yoga to lose weight, to calm their minds, to improve their focus or memory retention power, to improve their sleeping patterns or digestive systems, to get rid of those annoying aches and twinges that we feel in various parts of our body, to experience tranquillity in a world that is generally filled with pressure and chaos. In short – yoga has solution for nearly all problems. Even if it cannot eradicate a problem altogether, it can certainly work towards containing the problem to a large extent or to grow the ability to tackle it in a better manner. The beauty of yoga is that when done correctly and over a period of time, it has a slow but marked effect on a person. These effects will last him or her for the rest of their lives should they choose to perform yoga