Dharana ~ Calm Focusing of the Mind

The WISDOM podcast  Season 3  Episode 98

 

~ Concentration is the binding of the mind’s attention (focused awareness) to one particular point (to the exclusion of everything else).  ~ Yoga Sutra 3:1  ~

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:: episode timestamps:

Lending Us Into Dharana ~ 0-0:31  |  Podcast Intro ~ 0:32-2:12  |  Dharana In The Yoga Sutras ~ 2:12  |  How to Practice Dharana Daily ~ 3:55  |  What Is Attention? ~ 4:33  |  The Truth About Multi-Tasking ~ 5:40  |  How Concentration is Necessary to Achieve Anything ~ 6:46  |  Dharana As One Pointedness ~ 10:00  |  How to Achieve Dharana ~ 13:14  |  Podcast Outro ~ 18:12

 

 

If you’ve been joining me in this series on the Yoga Sutras ~ the eight-fold path of classic yoga, we are in this episode here at the sixth limb ~ Dharana.

 

Classical Yoga is a system of spiritual Knowledge coming from the scriptures (the Vedas), and handed down by a lineage of teachers. 

 

Calmly focusing the full attention of the mind and consciousness on one point to the exclusion of everything else = this is dharana (concentration).

Dharana comes from the word dhri ~ ‘to hold firm’.

 

This is not generalized attention where the mind is still engaged in thought processes but to the yoga technique of ‘one-pointed’ (ekagrata) concentration: a continuous flow of consciousness inwards either on an internal object (antara-visaya), or an externalized object (bahya-visaya).

 

Here I share the four ways to Achieve Dharana ~ in daily life.

Please have a listen to any of the previous episodes in this series (the Yoga Sutras) to build the spiritual practices and the teachings of living enlightened.

 

 

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Resources: The Yoga Book: A Practical and Spiritual Guide to Self-Realization by Stephen Sturgess

 

 

Pratyahara (the Fifth Limb of the Yoga Sutras)

Pratyahara ~ Awareness of the Senses | The Fifth Limb | S3 E65

Pratyahara ~ Freedom of the Senses | 'ask dorothy' S3 E66

 

Pranayama and Breathing Techniques (the Fourth Limb of the Yoga Sutras)

Why Taking A Deep Breath Feels Good ~ The Self-Healing Benefits of Deep Breathing: What You Need to Know  [The WISDOM BLOG]

PRANAYAMA ~ Extension of Life Force  [The WISDOM Podcast S3 E63]

 

 

Asana (the Third Limb of the Yoga Sutras)

Asana ~ A State of Being  [Podcast Episode S3E61] 

The Seat of Meditation ~ Asana ~ 'ask dorothy'   [Podcast Episode S3E62] 

 

 

The Niyamas Series (the Second Limb of the Yoga Sutras)

SAUCHA ~ Purification  [Podcast S3 E49]  * The Niyamas Series: 1/5

SANTOSHA ~ Contentment  [Podcast S3 E51]  * The Niyamas Series: 2/5

TAPAS ~ Self-Discipline  [Podcast S3 E53]  * The Niyamas Series: 3/5

SVADHYAYA ~Self-Study  [Podcast S3 E55]  * The Niyamas Series: 4/5

ISVARA PRANIDHANA ~ Surrender  [Podcast S3 E57]  * The Niyamas Series: 5/5

 

 

The Yamas Series (the First Limb of the Yoga Sutras)

APARIGRAHA ~ Non-Attachment  [Podcast S3 E47]  * The Yamas Series: 5/5

BRAHMACHARYA ~ Non-Excess  [Podcast S3 E45]  * The Yamas Series: 4/5

ASTEYA ~ Non-Stealing  [Podcast S3 E43]  * The Yamas Series: 3/5

SATYA ~ Truthfulness  [Podcast S3 E41]  * The Yamas Series: 2/5

HIMSA ~ Nonviolence  [Podcast S3 E39]  * The Yamas Series: 1/5

 

 

Meditation and Mindfulness

The Five Best '5-Minute' Mindfulness and Meditation Life Hacks  [Podcast Episode S1 E15]

 

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