| The best hatha yoga tip I ever received, was from a | | | | purged. That cleansing will then allow you to have |
| yoga master who understood the inner workings of | | | | space and silence within, which are the necessary |
| life, karma and reincarnation. Employing this tip is | | | | ingredients for Truth to blossom. |
| essential if you are going to extract the full benefits of | | | | This important tip though extends far beyond your |
| a yoga practice. Without this piece of wisdom, hatha | | | | hatha yoga practice as well. Not only during your |
| yoga becomes just a series of physical movements | | | | physical practice should you practice this watching, but |
| and exercises. The tip is that all yoga should be | | | | you should continue at all other times as well. No one is |
| practiced with the Witnessing Consciousness active. | | | | really able to successfully be conscious throughout all |
| This is really more than just the best yoga tip, this is an | | | | twenty-four hours of the day, but the amount of time |
| essential yoga guideline. Yoga means, to join or yolk, | | | | you can stay aware is perhaps the best way to |
| and the joining that is being referred to, is the merging | | | | measure your spiritual progress. |
| of your consciousness with the Universal | | | | The person who can maintain their awareness ninety |
| Consciousness. This is the true purpose of yoga. To | | | | percent of the time is going to be much more spiritually |
| bring you to the doorstep of Infinity, so that you can | | | | advanced than one who is only aware only five |
| realize the true Oneness of Reality. | | | | percent of the time. In fact, this metric is probably the |
| Yoga includes many dimensions, and of these hatha | | | | best measure of the spiritual level of a person. Putting |
| yoga is just one. This dimension is considered the | | | | this tip to use, will certainly change your life. You will |
| physical aspect of yoga practice, but if done while | | | | have to make adjustments in order to practice such |
| employing the Witnessing Consciousness, this physical | | | | vigilance and the more you practice it, the more |
| practice becomes spiritual and much more. So what | | | | positive changes you will notice start happening. |
| exactly is meant by this tip? Let's discuss the details of | | | | A great time to practice this tip is, of course, while |
| that below. | | | | doing hatha yoga poses. This is because hatha yoga |
| The Witnessing Consciousness is the act of simply | | | | can be done without excessive mental activity. This |
| standing apart and watching that which is taking place. | | | | then leaves awareness available for the task of self |
| In other words, to have a third person perspective of | | | | observation. Of course, there are hatha yoga |
| what is happening in your life, within and without, and | | | | exercises that suggest bringing the mind and attention |
| using this observation as a source for self study. This | | | | to various regions in the body, as you do the pose, but |
| observation is pure simple awareness. It should be | | | | if you can, try to maintain some free energy and |
| without judgment or criticism, and it should be | | | | awareness for self observation. In fact, I would say |
| maintained as best you can from moment to moment. | | | | that maintaining the Witnessing Consciousness is more |
| Another way of describing this state is that it is the act | | | | important, than the mental requirements of a particular |
| of being in the world, but not being of the world. | | | | pose. |
| So, as you practice your hatha yoga poses and | | | | Finally, this tip is not limited to just hatha yoga either. |
| routines, keep this awareness active. Do your yoga | | | | Regardless of which yoga style you are doing, Kripalu, |
| and watch yourself doing it like you are watching a | | | | Hot, Power, Kundalini, Vinyasa or other yoga style, the |
| movie. Stay alert to the three dimensions of your being. | | | | most important aspect of your practice is to do it with |
| The physical, emotional and mental. This detached, | | | | full awareness. This is the key to finding the Truth, for |
| passive awareness will allow the content of | | | | as you will discover, the Witnessing Consciousness is |
| consciousness to come out, reveal itself and be | | | | really your True Self after all. |