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Drishti is the art of staring, but not creepily, at a singular point. Practitioners of yoga and meditation often “find a Drishti” to envelope and cull a state of concentration.
The intention is to keep your focus singular and soft to roll into a gazing state. The spot where you rest your attention could be anything from a crumb on the floor, a candle wick’s flickering, an electrical outlet, ooze inside a lava lamp, or a symbol on a mandala.
How might finding a Drishti help your practice?
A still, subdued gaze allows for increased harmony in yoga. Wandering eyes do affect balance when intending to move with slow movements. Drishti, loosely meaning 'gaze' in Sanskrit, isn’t typically used in a vinyasa flow but comes in handy when transitioning from warrior II to warrior III and moving into a tree pose.
Other pose combinations that use a Drishti include:
For those engaged in meditation, you may use various energy chakra points on the body for internal visualization. If in sitting meditation, those areas may include, from the bottom to the top of the body: root, sacral, solar plexus, heart, throat, third eye, and crown.
To extend your study on Drishti, consider a deep dive into the yoga branch of Ashtanga. This yoga method offers a prescriptive Drishti plan that encourages us to focus our gaze and energy inwards with nine different focus points throughout the body: from nose, navel, hand, toes, thumbs, up, and side to side.
The goal of finding a Drishti is a soft and fuzzy gaze, not boring a hole through something with your intensity. Think free flowing rather than stiff, rigid, and unwavering. Compassion for trying to hold a gaze wins over a yogi any day.
Read more Drishti: On & Off the Mat.
By Tricia Louvar; All Rights Reserved @2021
By Tricia Louvar; All Rights Reserved @2021
