30-04 . . Not sure if this is accepted as backbending pose but trust me my back bended and first time on my yogic journey there wasn't any pain . . इन्द्रियस्येन्द्रियस्यार्थे रागद्वेषौ व्यवस्थितौ | तयोर्न वशमागच्छेत्तौ ह्यस्य परिपन्थिनौ || 3.34|| . Our senses will naturally run toward the sense objects and their mutual interaction creates sensations of pleasure and pain. For example, the taste buds experience joy in contact with delicious foods and distress in contact with bitter foods. The mind repeatedly contemplates the sensations of pleasure and pain which it associates with these objects. Thoughts of pleasure in the sense objects create attachment while thoughts of pain create aversion. We must try not to succumb to feelings of attachment nor aversion. In the discharge of our worldly duty, we will have to encounter all kinds of likeable and unlikeable situations. We must practice neither to yearn for the likeable situations, nor to avoid the unlikeable situations. When we stop being slaves of both the likes and dislikes of the mind and senses, we will overcome our lower nature. And when we become indifferent to both pleasure and pain in the discharge of our duty, we will become truly free to act from our higher nature. . . . #MishMashYoga #backbending #Day6 . . Thanking hosts and thanking the sponsors . #badassrebel #NamasteAsFuck #handstandprep (at Gauhati) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_mcoIzDlSx/?utm_medium=tumblr