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How many of you actually pay much attention to your gaze while doing yoga? Many of us. But the position of your eyes in yoga is as important as the position of other body parts while performing a pose.

Your eye gaze is called the Drishti gaze, which is a tactic that improves your practice.Drishti is the focal point where you bring your focus. This focal point supports your alignment, focus, balance and concentration, say, yoga experts. When the vision is used along with intent, it indicates the rest the body about how the shape should be.

Drishti gaze is important during yoga poses but to really notice its effects, you should try it while trying balancing poses. For example, while doing the tree pose when you are balancing your body on one leg, your gaze should be at something that is not moving. This boosts your concentration and provides you with something tangible to focus on while your body tries to adjust.The gaze helps in maintaining an overall balance when you are doing yoga.

The gaze of your eyes signifies how the rest of your body settles in a pose. For example, if you are doing a cobra pose, if you drop your vision down, it forces your entire neck, head and spine to slump. When you look forward and up, it encourages the chest and heart opener exercises to work better. When you focus, your body twists more properly and deeply and thus helps in a better pose formation. While doing yoga, we focus more on movement and breath, but when we start focusing on eyes, onlin