Asana means a stable and comfortable meditative posture according to Patanjali. Also a specific position of the body that channels prana *, opens the chakras * and removes blockages of energy.

* Prana: vital energy force that sustains life and creation, which permeates all creation and existing in both macro and microcosms.

* Chakra: circle, wheel or vortex; pranic / psychic center in the subtle body responsible for specific physiological and psychic functions; point of conjugation of nadis *.

* Nadis: flow; subtle channel in the pranic body, leading the flow of shakti (vital energy force); comparable to the meridians of acupuncture

"If the practice is not done with devotion, there will be no surrender and it will become an obligation." An obligation is only external work, and with that attitude nothing will gain depth. We have to relate deeply to our Abhyasa (regular and constant practice), in order to become secondary, whereas it is the practice that it becomes primary, so we become practice and practice becomes soul. "

Matthew Vollmer

Below, postures - and some prepositions - used in the practice of the 1st series of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga (photos to be completed).