Light on Yoga: The Bible of Modern Yoga

440 Light on Yoga the Supreme Soul. This is perhaps an allegorical way of describing the tremendous vitality, especially sexual, ...

Technique and Effects of Pral)ayama U;j ayz Prii1Jiiyama (Plate 597) The prefix ud attached to verbs and nouns, means upwards o ...

442 Light on Yoga 597 9· The entire abdominal area from the pubes up to the breast-bone should be pulled back towards the spine. ...

Prar)ayama 443 Effects This type of pra1;1ayama aerates the lungs, removes phlegm, gives endurance, soothes the nerves and tones ...

444 Light on Yoga 598 599 nostril with the tip of the thumb nearer the nail. Fill the lungs to the brim (puraka). IO. Then block ...

Pra:rJayama^445 I7. The eyes, temples, eyebrows and the skin on the forehead should remain completely passive and show no sign o ...

446 Light on Yoga Technique I. Follow the technique giVen m paras I to^8 of Siirya Bhedana Pranayama. (Plate 599) Empty the lun ...

Pra:1;zayama 44 7 cycle starts at stage (f) and ends at stage (i). Stage (j) is the safety measure to be observed after the comp ...

448 Light on Yoga r6. Retention and the lengthening of inhalation and exhalation should only be attempted with the help and unde ...

Pral)a yam as Bhastrika Pranayama Bhastrika means a bellows used in a furnace. Here the air is forcibly drawn in and out as in ...

450 Light on Yoga 5· Close the right nostril. Open the left nostril partially and repeat Bhastrika for an equal number of cycles ...

Priir)iiyiima 45 I Technique The technique of Bhamar'i Pdi�ayama is the same as that of Ujjayi. The difference is that in Bhamar ...

452 Light on Yoga 5· Protrude the curled tongue out of the lips. Draw in the air past the curled tongue with a sibilant sound (s ...

Pra1Jiiyama 453 Caution Persons with high blood pressure may find greater strain in Sitakar'i than in S'ital'i Pra1,1ayama. 2I x ...

454 Light on Yoga them after two or three cycles of deep breathing with piiraka and rechaka alone. For example do two or three c ...

Prcu:zayama 455 not, therefore, dream of attempting to practise it on your own without the personal supervision of an experience ...

45b Ltght on Yoga Technique: Stage I Viloma PraJ?.ayama can be done either in a sitting posture or while lying down. If done wh ...

Prar.tayama 457 Effects Viloma PraJ)ayama in the first stage helps those suffering from low blood pressure. In the second stage ...

458 Light on Yoga partially open, and exhale slowly and deeply to empty the lungs completely. 9· This completes one cycle of Anu ...

Pra1;1ayama 459 7· With the right thumb, press the right side of the fatty tissue so as to make the outer edge of the nostril pa ...