Before starting your Hatha Yoga practice take a moment to forget yourself. Start with forgetting your name then forget anything you were told about yourself, see it as a process of dissolving. Your past and memories, allow  everything to fade away, just for these few moment, forget your family, friends, country and anything you know about yourself, it is only for a few moments, nothing to be afraid of…
And then all that remains is the body, the time now and the place here. 
In this state of being, start your practice.