Arm ourselves with faith in God and self confidence

These two steps are enough. The body cells will transform with these qualities if nurtured. In addition if one needs to practice hatha yoga one can do so. But when there is a radical change in our outlook, the body behaves differently too.

Dont get caught in yoga of the body

Yoga aims at mental transformation - not the physical. The physical can be transformed if the mental is changed. Yamas and niyamas are more than adequate for this. Goodness, Goodness more Goodness- thats all we need. Divine life, truthful life, peaceful life.

Instructions on hatha yoga practice

Some practice hatha yoga with too detailed instructions which are not medically needed and some schools teach with no alignment and only breathing during practice of asanas. There is a middle path- minimum and necessary techniques and instructions and breathing needed to execute the asana. Hatha yoga instructions should not become a information overload pathway.

Less instructions in asanas, the better

Medically we do not need too many instructions while attempting an asana. There are a few

basic rules we need to follow- and this ensures perfection. Medically, trying to complicate the doing of the asana achieves little. Keep your practice simple and non- abstract.

Think of God and not the body

We may be able to keep our mind silent , unoscillating while in an asana . This may be good but its far superior to think of God who bestows the benefit of the asana itself! We cannot think of God while in an asana as we need to connect to the body and the mind has to focus. We may say we forget the body while in the asana but that is only to a point in that we initially do with effort and later the asana comes sans effort . This does not mean we can forget the body in the asana. If we do we will fall from the asana- a core degree of connection is needed.