If you sink into the past, it will rule your present and determine your future. Going beyond this trap is Yoga.

When you experience the whole existence as part of you, when you can become pregnant with the whole creation - this is yoga.

The purpose of Hatha Yoga is to establish a body that is less susceptible to outside influences - a stable platform to build on.

If done properly, every asana is an energy process.

The most basic form of  yoga to this day is the cleansing of the five elements, known as bhuta shuddhi.