Dristi is something that you fix your gaze on for concentration to hold a pose. It can be a spot on the floor, the mat in front of you, a picture on the wall, anything.
Dristi:
The recommended drishti, or gaze, is down the nose into the chest. This promotes a grounded calmness and effortless extension from your core.
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Dristi is the practice of focusing on a point with your visual awareness, helps you to do the pose more easily, and is very important. Breathe slow and deep in a relaxed way. Your neck should be long and extended, not crunching.
It tells that the trataka on the nose tip (nasagra dristi) reduces mental tensions (kleshas) and trataka on the eyebrow centre (bhrumadhya dristi) facilitates attainment of khechari - a higher yoga practice.
Look to nasagrai (nose) dristi and breathe deeply for five full breaths. Relax your shoulders and, working with the directional energy of uddiyana bandha, continue to lengthen the space between your pubic bone and sternum with each inhalation.
Dristi: A soft gaze, focus or awareness that keeps you attentive to what your body is doing in relation to your breath and your mind.
 See also: Yoga, Energy, Asana, Body, Breath
  
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