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ESSENCE OF YOGA

Chapter 1: Yoga

5.Pranayama

 

 

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Pranayama is an exact science. It is the fourth Anga or limb of Ashtanga Yoga. It is the regulation of breath or control of Prana.

Pranayama steadies the mind, augments the gastric fire, energises digestion, invigorates the nerves, destroys the Rajas, destroys all diseases, removes all laziness, makes the body light and healthy and awakens Kundalini.

Pranayama should be practised when the stomach is empty. Be regular in your practice. Do not take bath immediately after the practice. Do not practise Kumbhaka or retention of breath in the beginning. Have only slow and mild Puraka (inhalation) and Rechaka (exhalation). Do not strain the breath beyond your capacity. Keep the ratio for Puraka, Kumbhaka and Rechaka as 1:4:2. Exhale very very slowly.

Sit on Padma, Siddha or Sukha Asana. Keep the head, neck and trunk in a straight line. Inhale slowly through the left nostril and retain the breath according to the ratio, then exhale slowly through the right nostril. This is half process of Pranayama. Then inhale through the right nostril, retain and exhale through the left nostril. Do not retain the breath for more than one or two minutes.

Do ten or twenty Pranayamas according to your capacity. Do not fatigue yourself. Increase the number gradually. You can go up to 16:64:32. This is Sukhapurvaka or easy comfortable Pranayama.

Practise Sitali in summer. This will purify your blood and cool the system too. Practise Bhastrika in winter. This will cure asthma and consumption. Repeat 'Om' or 'Rama' mentally during the practice. Observe Brahmacharya and diet-control. You will derive maximum benefits and will quickly purify the Nadis or nerves.

Prana and mind are intimately related to each other. If you control Prana, the mind will also be controlled. If you control the mind, the Prana will be automatically controlled. Prana is related to mind, and through it to will and through will to the individual soul and through individual soul to the Supreme Soul.

Start the practice this very second in right earnest. Control the breath and calm the mind. Steady the breath and enter Samadhi. Restrain the breath and lengthen the life. Subdue the breath and become a Yogi, a dynamo of power, peace, bliss and happiness.

 

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  • Sri Swami Sivananda, Essence of Yoga Chapter 1: Yoga, 1.Yoga
    Sri Swami Sivananda, Essence of Yoga Chapter 1: Yoga, 1.Yoga, Yoga is a perfect practical system of self-culture. Yoga is an exact science. It aims at the harmonious development of the body, the mind and the soul. Yoga is the turning away of the senses from the objective universe and the concentration of the mind within. Yoga is eternal life in the soul or spirit. Yoga aims at controlling the mind and its modifications. The path of Yoga is an inner path whose gateway is your heart at energyenhancement.org

  • Sri Swami Sivananda, Essence of Yoga Chapter 1: Yoga, 2.Essence of Karma Yoga
    Sri Swami Sivananda, Essence of Yoga Chapter 1: Yoga, 2.Essence of Karma Yoga, Karma Yoga is selfless service unto humanity. 'Your duty is to work incessantly but not to expect the fruits thereof.' This is the central teaching of the Gita at energyenhancement.org

  • Sri Swami Sivananda, Essence of Yoga Chapter 1: Yoga, 3.Hatha Yoga
    Sri Swami Sivananda, Essence of Yoga Chapter 1: Yoga, 3.Hatha Yoga, Hatha Yoga relates to the restraint of breath (Pranayama), Asanas, Bandhas and Mudras. 'Ha' and 'tha' mean the union of the sun and the moon, union of Prana and Apana Vayus. 'Hatha' means any tenacious practice till the object or end is achieved. Trataka, standing on one leg, (a kind of Tapas) and similar poses are all Hatha Yoga practices. Hatha Yoga is inseparable from Raja Yoga. Raja Yoga begins where Hatha Yoga ends. Raja Yoga and Hatha Yoga are interdependent. Raja Yoga and Hatha Yoga are the necessary counterparts of each other. No one can become a perfect Yogi without a knowledge and practice of both the Yogas. Hatha Yoga prepares the student to take up Raja Yoga at energyenhancement.org

  • Sri Swami Sivananda, Essence of Yoga Chapter 1: Yoga, 4.Yoga Asanas
    Sri Swami Sivananda, Essence of Yoga Chapter 1: Yoga, 4.Yoga Asanas, Health is wealth. Health is indeed a covetable possession. Good health is a valuable asset to one and all. It can be achieved by the regular practice of Yoga Asanas at energyenhancement.org

  • Sri Swami Sivananda, Essence of Yoga Chapter 1: Yoga, 5.Pranayama
    Sri Swami Sivananda, Essence of Yoga Chapter 1: Yoga, 5.Pranayama, Pranayama is an exact science. It is the fourth Anga or limb of Ashtanga Yoga. It is the regulation of breath or control of Prana. Pranayama steadies the mind, augments the gastric fire, energises digestion, invigorates the nerves, destroys the Rajas, destroys all diseases, removes all laziness, makes the body light and healthy and awakens Kundalini at energyenhancement.org

  • Sri Swami Sivananda, Essence of Yoga Chapter 1: Yoga, 6.Kundalini Yoga
    Sri Swami Sivananda, Essence of Yoga Chapter 1: Yoga, 6.Kundalini Yoga, Kundalini Sakti is the coiled-up, dormant, cosmic power that underlies all organic as well as inorganic matter. It is the primordial energy that lies at the basal Muladhara Chakra in a dormant, potential state. Kundalini Yoga is that Yoga which treats of Kundalini Sakti, the seven Chakras or centres of spiritual energy, the arousing of the sleeping Kundalini Sakti and its union with Lord Siva in Sahasrara Chakra at the crown of the head. The seven Chakras are pierced by the passing of Kundalini Sakti to the top of the head at energyenhancement.org

  • Sri Swami Sivananda, Essence of Yoga Chapter 1: Yoga, 7.Raja Yoga
    Sri Swami Sivananda, Essence of Yoga Chapter 1: Yoga, 7.Raja Yoga, Raja Yoga is an exact science. It aims at controlling all thought-waves or mental modifications. It concerns with the mind, its purification and control. Hence it is called Raja Yoga, i.e., king of all Yogas. It is otherwise known as Ashtanga Yoga i.e., Yoga with eight limbs at energyenhancement.org

  • Sri Swami Sivananda, Essence of Yoga Chapter 1: Yoga, 8.Control of Mind
    Sri Swami Sivananda, Essence of Yoga Chapter 1: Yoga, 8.Control of Mind, Mind is Atma Sakti. It is through mind only that Brahman or the Supreme Self manifests as the differentiated universe with heterogeneous objects at energyenhancement.org

  • Sri Swami Sivananda, Essence of Yoga Chapter 1: Yoga, 9.Nada Yoga
    Sri Swami Sivananda, Essence of Yoga Chapter 1: Yoga, 9.Nada Yoga, Sit in Padmasana or Siddhasana or Sukhasana. Close the ears with the thumbs. This is Shanmukhi Mudra or Vaishnavi Mudra. Hear the music of Anahata sounds. You will have wonderful concentration at energyenhancement.org

 

 

 
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