In Hata Yoga, this organ comfort is always considered. The order of the asanas is not according to my or your preference, it is the way the human system is made. Let’s say you have one or one-and-a-half kilogram of food in your stomach and you lie down for a few hours, depending upon how you are lying, this weight could cause serious damage. If the stomach is full and you lie down, it presses on other organs. In India, they always told you that you must eat before or just after sunset, and leave at least four hours before you go to bed, because the food should have left the stomach by then. This is why they say you should never lie down right after food. If you lean back, one organ will press on the other. In a moving vehicle, you must always sit straight, so that your organs have greater comfort. If you sit in a recliner, especially in a moving vehicle, your organs will suffer enormously. The vital organs in the trunk are not firmly fixed with clamps and bolts or flanges but hang in connective tissue like in nets. If you sit in a recliner, only your muscles are relaxed, but there is a lot of stress on the skeletal system, and above all, on your organs. If you sit up straight, this will not happen. You may have noticed that if you travel for some time sitting reclined in a plane or a car, by the time you reach your destination, you will be exhausted. If you sit in a reclining chair, your muscles will be comfortable, but your joints will be strained. In your system, there is something called skeletal comfort, muscular comfort, organ comfort, and energy comfort. Sadhguru: The order is not something that you or I invented – it arises from the observation of how not only the physical body but the whole human system functions. Questioner: What is the importance of the sequence in which we are doing the asanas? Can we change the order?
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