Posted on April 08th, 2009 in Ramaswami Articles
This article appeared in Ramaswami’s April 2009 newsletter. It is reproduced here with his kind permission.
The Sanskrit word ‘aasana’ comes from the root ‘aas’ to sit, to sit
quietly. Patanjali explains aasana from the yogic point of view as
sitting with comfort and steadiness. Even though several ‘non-seated’
poses are called asanas in Yoga, ultimately one has to [...]
