transition, vrttis, & David Bowie
The concept of transition in yoga is enormous. Check out my transition from Warrior II to Triangle for an example of what this looks like. Moving from one pose to another is the time when we are most vulnerable to distractions: thoughts, sense perceptions, egoic pride. These disturb the single pointed concentration of practice. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali call these disturbances vrtti (VHR tee), aka mental fluctuations (aka thinking ceaselessly), which yoga seeks to eradicat