01/02/2023
What is the tristhāna?
Tristhāna means “three dwelling places.” The three parts of the tristhāna of Ashtanga yoga are usually understood as breath, bandha, and drishti. However, there is an integral relationship between breath and bandha, so some people interpret the tristhāna as breath/bandha, drishti, and asana. However you break it down, these aspects of tristhāna in Ashtanga yoga are objects of concentration. As we dive more deeply into the practices of breath, bandha, and drishti, we develop concentration, which is the foundation of more subtle limbs of our eight-limbed practice, like meditation.
Text extract from yoganatomy.com 👌✨