In Yoga the Greater Tradition by David Frawley, He talks about Pratyahara. Pratyahara is known as the "forgotten limb" of yoga. Today very few teachers know what it is or include it in their classes. "Pratyahara is about the right use of the senses, just as Asana concerns to the right use of the body and prarayama is the right use of the breath"(Frawley 67). In the yoga system, our five types of sensory impressions are the five subtle elements and they correspond to the gross elements. Our senses are as followed: sight, sound, smell, touch, and taste. The five elements are: fire, ether, earth, air, and water. Frawley says, "The gross elements build our mind through the sensory impressions we take in"( Frawley 68).
I really enjoyed this chapter of the book. It made me want to stop and listen to what my senses were telling me. When Frawley made the list of our senses and elements that went with them it really surprised me. I did not expect or even consider fire to go with sight, but after I read it, it made perfect sense. I also liked the sentence where he talked about the gross elements and the subtle elements. It made me think and I was able to learn something new.
Frawley, David. "Pratyahara: The Yogic Internalization of the Sense." Yoga, The Greater Tradition. 2008. Print.
I really enjoyed this chapter of the book. It made me want to stop and listen to what my senses were telling me. When Frawley made the list of our senses and elements that went with them it really surprised me. I did not expect or even consider fire to go with sight, but after I read it, it made perfect sense. I also liked the sentence where he talked about the gross elements and the subtle elements. It made me think and I was able to learn something new.
Frawley, David. "Pratyahara: The Yogic Internalization of the Sense." Yoga, The Greater Tradition. 2008. Print.
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