Sthira sukham asanam
Sri Sri: What is asana? Sthira sukham asanam. That which is steady and which is comfortable is asana. Usually, when we are comfortable, we are not steady. We are not sitting erect. And, when we are erect, we are so stiff. We are not comfortable. You get it? Asana means that posture when you are erect, steady and at the same time comfortable.
You know, when you are happy, you are so up and when you are unhappy, you are so down. Your mind swings up and down, up and down. You are too much excited or you put yourself down. This is called dwandwa or duality. Asana is that which enables us to maintain the equanimity. Asana is not just doing exercise. Whichever posture brings you comfort and stability that is asana. Now, what is comfort? You have to define this. This is a very delicate issue. What is comfort is very different for different people. Shorter your comfort zone, the more miserable you are. This is because life is vast. But you are comfortable only in a limited sphere. Then your life becomes miserable.
Your happiness depends on the extent of your comfort zone. So asana is something that depends on your comfort zone. A baby would have done all the yogasanas from the time it is born to the age of three. A baby is born with adi-mudra (thumbs at the base of little fingers and covering the thumbs making a loose fist) and when it sleeps, it sleeps in chinmaya mudra (index finger and thumb slight contact and other three fingers touching the centre of the palm). Have you seen babies sleep? They do not sleep with their palms open like adults. They put on chinmaya mudra. You can examine a baby anywhere in the world whether it is Mongolia, Africa, South America, Russia, Asia everywhere, all the babies they, do yogasanas. So you have no choice but to be a yoga expert from your birth! The asana is only a reminder for us to reinvent, reuse those postures which we were doing in the past as baby.
Jai Gurudev
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