The Art of Vinyasa: Awakening Body and Mind through the Practice of Ashtanga Yoga

The concept of synchronizing body and mind is a total one, related to whatever work of art you execute or whatever life you lead.

Yoga involves preventing the mind from being molded into these permutations, the vṛttis, the impressions and thoughts of the objects of the world, such that puruṣa can regain its autonomous nature.

Initially, coordinating your actions may feel awkward and complicated, but with practice it becomes easy. Your breath, sound and pelvic floor will be so connected that they’ll always play nicely together. Anytime you take a big sounding breath, your inner muscles will naturally go along for the ride. You’ll find yourself effortlessly weaving sound,

In other words, as you work with being really faithful to the technique and being as precise as you can and simultaneously as kind as you can, the ability to let go seems to happen to you. The discovery of your ability to let go spontaneously arises; you don’t force it.