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Nice article. A langhana practice is cooling, calming, cleansing with emphasis on exhalation and retention after, and a brahamana practice is heating with emphasis on inhale and retention after, warrior, inversions. Too much fire causes problems unless it can be put out. First drive the fire engine before you attempt Bikrams Ferrari. A teacher can balance the two. The fire comes from outside too, the full moon just passed and our interaction with others. Thanks for reminding me, just what I needed.
Question: Now what is vasna?
Answer: Vasna is thinking about same thing again and again. If you are constantly thinking about book or money or property or anything then that is called vasna.
Question: Why do we have vasna in our life?
Answer: See our existence is made of 4 parts. One is mind which I called Shiva or father ( which is not yourself because you can listen to your thoughts). Other is your body which i call mother earth, third is your prarna which is your self which resides in your heart and fourth is world outside you which i called Lord Krishna.
A yogi lives 80% of the times worshipping and taking care of his mind and body and 20% of time he takes care of his duties of outside world. For example if you are awake for 15 hrs per day (ie from 7 am to 10 pm) then yogi will take care of his mind and body for 12 hrs and 3 hrs for outside world).
Now outside world that happens around you leaves impression on your mind and that is vasna. This vasna or constant thinking of one subject has to be fulfilled if you do not want to remain poor because the vasna is work alloted to you by god.
Other type of vasna is due to indisciplined mind where mind keeps on thinking about one subject continously. This vasna can be controlled by yoga, pranayam, meditation etc. It is important that during day we do not think about same thing again and again because that is committing a sin. This vasna of indisplined mind removes focus from our duty for this world, we lose friends, we become isolated and our precious moments of life is wasted in vasna.
I hope this helps.
Regards,
Pushpendra Raval
Is there any surprise that the term Vasana only materialises in Hindu websites. Perhaps its something to do with it being part of a greater philosophical concept that has its origins in Hinduism. Yoga being part of it.
Feels like there’s a subtle attempt to dissociate yoga from religion. Perhaps the truth just isn’t profitable nowadays.