6th Limb of Yoga- Dharana
(contemplation, concentration)

The final three limbs of yoga are not practices, but progressive states of consciousness.  In dharana, we spend some small amount of time absorbed in what we are doing.  We are briefly touching into the vast ocean of consciousness and experiencing absorption.  And then we return to the breath.  Over and back, over and back.

We each are like drops of water in the great ocean.  We struggle in life because we forget we are the vast ocean; we think we are separate- we think we are small.  In dharana, we are absorbed, however briefly, in the vast ocean.

An advanced yoga student is one who can stay with the breath.