Prati Prasav

Prati Prasav is a well known technique practiced by Patanjali disciples. Interestingly it is never mentioned mentioned in Iyengar Yoga. Yoga. Prati Prasav is the process of reabsorbing back to the cause, bringing eect back to the the cause the process of involution. !ects cannot be solved they have to be forced forced back to the cause. !very eect has to be led back to the cause. cause. "lways start by looking looking at the base of the asana and correct from the root upwards. #ack of awareness of the placement of the feet is the right starting point. $Prasav$ means birth ,Prati%prasav means you are again born in the memory. memory. You don$t remember it, you live it, you relive relive it again. Patanjali says, $&linging to life is the uppermost layer. layer. 'o deep behind it you will (nd a layer of repulsion, dwais.$ )ut why are you repelled* 'o deeper and you will (nd attachment. You are attracted towards a thing and if you are attracted, only then can you be repelled. If you are not attracted you cannot be repelled. "ttraction can create a repulsion repulsion is the other pole of attraction. 'o deeper %% another layer you will (nd is asmuta, the feeling of ego, $I am.$ "nd this $I$ e+ists through attachment attachment and repulsion. If rag, dwais, attraction and repulsion both fall, $I$ cannot stand there. $I$ will fall with it. knowing the cause, everything is resolved and the cause is lack of awareness. hat is there there to do for the yogi *. -on$t (ght with your your clinging, don$t (ght with your attachment and repulsion, don$t even (ght with the ego. )ecome more and more aware, become more alert, watchful and mindful. emember more and more and become alert. /he alertness will dissolve everything. 0nce the cause is dissolved, dissolve d, the eects disappear disappea r. Practicing Practicin g Yoga with alert ness is the message. )ringing every eect to the cause and and the cause is always unalertness, unawareness, avidya.