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    Yogasanas originated as positions that allow one to sit comfortably for extended meditation. In hatha yoga, specific asanas were found to open energy channels and psychic centers, enabling control of the body and mind. Asanas became tools for higher awareness by providing a stable foundation to explore the body, breath, mind, and higher states. Ancient texts listed over 8 million asanas representing stages of evolution, though today only a few hundred are practiced, with 84 discussed in detail to bypass evolutionary stages in a single lifetime.

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    Yogasanas originated as positions that allow one to sit comfortably for extended meditation. In hatha yoga, specific asanas were found to open energy channels and psychic centers, enabling control of the body and mind. Asanas became tools for higher awareness by providing a stable foundation to explore the body, breath, mind, and higher states. Ancient texts listed over 8 million asanas representing stages of evolution, though today only a few hundred are practiced, with 84 discussed in detail to bypass evolutionary stages in a single lifetime.

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    Yogasanas originated as positions that allow one to sit comfortably for extended meditation. In hatha yoga, specific asanas were found to open energy channels and psychic centers, enabling control of the body and mind. Asanas became tools for higher awareness by providing a stable foundation to explore the body, breath, mind, and higher states. Ancient texts listed over 8 million asanas representing stages of evolution, though today only a few hundred are practiced, with 84 discussed in detail to bypass evolutionary stages in a single lifetime.

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    In the Yoga Sutras of Pata11jali there is a concise definition of

    yogasana: "Sthiram sukham aasanam ", meaning 'that position


    which is con1fortable and steady'. In this context, asanas are
    practised to develop the ability to sit comfortably in one position
    for an extended period of time, an ability necessary for
    meditation. Raja yoga equates yogasana to the stable sitting
    position.
    The hatha yogis, however, found that certain specific body
    positions, asanas, open the energy channels and psychic centres.
    They found that developing control of the body through these
    practices enabled them to control the mind and energy.
    Y ogasanas became tools to higher awareness, providing the
    stable foundation necessary for the exploration of the body,
    breath, mind and higher states. For this reason, asana practice
    comes first in hatha yoga texts such as Hatha Yoga Pradipika.
    In the yogic scriptures it is said that there were originally
    8,400,000 asanas, which represent the 8,400,000 incarnations
    every individual tnust pass through before attaining liberation
    from the cycle of birth and death. These asanas represented a
    progressive evolution from the simplest form of life to the
    most complex: that of a fully realized human being. Down
    through the ages the great rishis and yogis modified and
    reduced the number of asanas to the few hundred known
    today. Of these few hundred, only the eighty-four most useful
    are discussed in detail. Through their practice, it is possible to
    side-step the karmic process and bypass many evolutionary
    stages in one lifetime.

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