Yoga Sutra 3.01 dharana is binding the mind to a place
Sūtra III.1 Dhāraṇā is binding the mind to a place Dhāraṇā is binding the mind to a place. It is binding the mind, as a purely mental process, to the navel circle, the heart lotus, the light in the head, the tip of the nose, the tip of the tongue, and other such locations; and…