dharana
धारणा dhāraṇāConcentration, the holding of attention on a single point; the sixth limb of ashtanga yoga, following pratyahara and opening into dhyana.
Where this term appears
- Meditation and the Eight Limbs Yoga
With it, the work turns inward. Dharana , concentration (3.1).
- Pranayama: Working with the Breath Yoga
Thin that covering, says 2.53, and the mind becomes fit for dharana , concentration, the very next limb.
- What Are the Yoga Sutras? Yoga
… pratyahara , the withdrawal of the senses; and then the inner three, dharana , dhyana and samadhi , concentration deepening into absorption.
- What is Hatha Yoga? Yoga
Hatha Yoga is the yoga of the body and the breath, a medieval system that purifies the physical body, controls the life-force (*prana*), and awakens the dormant…
- What is Yoga? Yoga
…on), pratyahara (withdrawal of the senses), and then the inner three, dharana, dhyana, samadhi (concentration, meditation, absorption).
- The 64 Śākta Tantras Lineages
…r of the shadowy Rudrayāmala , is a jewel: a hundred and twelve or so dhāraṇās , centering techniques, each a doorway to the infinite consciousness the tradition calls Bhairava.
- The Vijnana Bhairava Tantra Lineages
…er, in short dense verses, he gives her around one hundred and twelve dharanas : literally "holdings" of attention, what the translators call centerings — concrete ways of turning the mind so that the boundless…
- Dharana, Dhyana and Samadhi: The Inner Three Yoga
They happen wholly within. Three stages of one descent Dharana comes first.