(Sadhguru): Surya kriya is a
powerful process of
activating the sun within you.
When I say activating the sun within you
sun is in every aspect of
whatever you see on this planet.
Fundamentally it is a solar energy
which is driving life in this planet.
So when we do Surya kriya
we want to generate that energy within the system.
There is a cousin to Surya kriya
which is Surya Namaskar.
Surya Namaskar is a kind of practice
that evolved out of Suryka Kriya
Surya Namaskar is largely
a way of saluting the sun
but surya kriya has more spiritual intentions
Surya Kriya has more
powerful connotations attached to it.
The different dimensions of Surya Kriya
physically it is a powerful process.
The way it trains your mind
there are few parallels to it.
There are mystical dimensions to it.
There are,
it is a way of adjusting your body
to the celestial activity
So this is the way of adjusting your system
not just your physical system
your energy system
your psychological process
to the celestial geometry
so that you are in sync with the existence.
The sun'’s cycles
happen in once in twelve and quarter to twelve and half years.
The moon'’s cycle happens in 28 days
If your physiological cycles run
in sync with the sun'’s cycles
your physical wealth would be great
your mental balance will be perfect
and your life will happen effortlessly.
So the idea of yoga is
that your body becomes a possibility not a barrier;
if that has to happen
everything within your system
should function with least amount of resistance
with least amount of friction
The idea of Hata Yoga is
to knead the system
not just the physical body
to knead the whole system in such a way
that all these frictions are
machined out
or smoothened out in such a way
that after sometime if you sit here
there is absolutely no sense of friction within you.
You have only the outside to deal with.,
Nothing else.
There is nothing that
this is not an issue anymore.
This being,
this mechanism is no more an issue.
Only if it becomes like that
you can deal with the outside
with the phenomenal ease and capability.
Now coming to Surya Kriya ,
Surya Kriya is a phenomenal process in that direction
to bring smoothness to the system.
This smoothness to the system
or this well oiled feeling within yourself
will not come
unless you are in sync with the larger system
which is the solar system.
The larger body of who you are
is the solar system.
That is why this is called as Hata Yoga