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Yoga Sutras – Pratyahara Practices


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Lesson Overview

In this lesson, we introduce a variety of pratyahara teachings and practices.

Objective

Become familiar with the broad categories of pratyahara practice and learn specific techniques.

Description

Describe the general types of practices that are included in the category of pratyahara. Explain which of the senses can make it easier to control the rest. Define trataka. Explain how and why visualization can serve as a pratyahara practice. Provide an example of a mudra that is considered a pratyahara technique.

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