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- Persons suffering from blood pressure, heart ailments and nervous
disorders should not attempt it, as the results will be disastrous.
- Sahita and Kevala Kumbhaka Pra'f}ayama
Sahita means accompanied by, together with or associated with.
When pr�yama practices are observed with the intentional aid and
deliberate accompaniment of bahya and antara kumbhaka, they are
known as Sahita Kumbhaka Pra�ayamas.
Kevala means isolated, pure, absolute and perfect. When the practices
of kumbhaka becomes instinctive, they are called Kevala Kumbhaka.
When the pupil has mastered Kevala Kumbhaka, he has isolated
himself from the world and is in tune with the Infinite. He has
obtained a measure of control over one of the most subtle and powerful
of elements which can pervade the smallest crevice as well as the
vast sky. His mind is completely absorbed with Pr�a and becomes
as free as Pram:t. itself.
As a wind drives smoke and impurities from the atmosphere,
pra�ayama drives away the impurities of the body and the mind. Then,
says Pataiijali, the DIVINE FIRE within blazes forth in its full glory and
the mind becomes fit for concentration ( dhar�a) and meditation
(dhyana). (Yoga Sutras, chapter II, 52 and 53.) This takes a long time.
By degrees is the darkness banished by the dawn.
