Pratyahara is what connects the outer and inner aspects of yoga and helps us make sense of our experiences. We can’t expect a daily asana practice to help liberate us from our traumas and our suffering. That’s too big of a leap. We need to develop the mind-body connection first, and we do that, according to yoga scholar David Frawley, by gaining mastery over the breath and the senses, which are what link the mind and the body in the first place.
