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Practising Asanas

There are five variations of Trikoṇāsana. Practice each according to your own capacity, not in competition. The posture benefits the kidneys, liver, digestion, and back muscles. However, do not practice it if you have problems with the hips, spine, discs, dizziness, epilepsy, knees, or headaches. Always practice with open eyes. The quality of yoga is found in doing as much as one can, for as long as one can, without force. Separate from the physical practice, be cautious with intense gazing techniques like Trāṭak in daily life; simple practice for health and concentration is best.

"Do as much as we can. No competition, no challenge, only do as much as we can do."

"We should not run behind different things. Do your good yoga exercises for your health and concentration."

So, how many variations do we have in our yoga and daily life for Trikoṇāsana? Five. Pīṭha. Pīṭha... Very good. So, keep your legs a little apart and go ahead with the first variation. Do it yourself, and it is completely wrong. Who is doing it? 90% is wrong. So, who said that five? So, which is the first one? So again, please, number one. Yes, again. It means we are not very plain; we practiced our yoga in life. So, the first posture or pose movement, which is that? Yes, that’s good. Like, he’s the best one. Good, come up. He is about 38 years old. 38 years. Okay, this is the first one. Okay? He was good, he was good. He was not. He was good. She was good, he was not good. So, now the first is like one, two. So, now everybody will know. Number one, and back. It will be easier if you can move your legs further apart. If it’s more comfortable, you can come to the side. Next, the other side. One. Normal breath. And bring your upper hand, fingers near the armpit, but not making a fist. It is just like this, along the side of the body, and your shoulders or your knees. Výborné. It is called, "What is good and what is not good." We should not practice this posture in five different variations. When you have a problem with the hips, don’t do it. If you have it in the, what we call the, spine, then don’t do it. The disc. Otherwise, it’s good. Also, if you are dizzy and you go like this, you can fall down. Anyone, have what we call this person, wife of God, you can become dizzy and fall down. Epilepsy. So this we should not do in standing. Other direction? Yes, you can do the web and cast. The web is in Hungary. Cast is here. Try to see your elbow and come back. Next slide. This is very good, according to yogic tradition, for the kidneys, liver, and very, very good for our intestines. It is very good for digestion and good for the back muscles and back. Come up and hands down. Perfect. You were good, all. The number two. So who knows number two? 1, 2, very good. Remain there. 3, 4, very nice. 1, 2, try to look up. You are very good, perfection. I don’t like this. I have nothing to make you good. Three and one. Looking up, hands straight. And make your Tāḍāsana. Individually? Very good. And one time we do our posture to sit on the chair. Go down as long as you can, then come up. Only as much as we can. Because we have advanced, and some are beginners, and one are the teachers. And one is experts, so it’s good. Okay, number three, Trikoṇāsana. So, who knows this? Because our beginners are here also. So, one, two, stay there. Place your upper arm against your ear, on the side of your head. And if it’s possible, look straight, three and four, one, other side. Therefore, of course, everyone cannot be perfect, and who is perfect cannot do any more. And definitely, we are of different ages; we are not under 20 years old, that we can demonstrate. Eighty years old, but they are perfect. So we shall do as much as we can. No competition, no challenge, only do as much as we can do. Our postures, movements, and how long we can remain. That is the quality of yoga. So, one. Oh, I don’t know. Is it me? Okay, let’s see that we all should be looking this side. So that we can... you? Me? Oh. I don’t know why this line is... No, no, no problem. It’s good. It looks nice, you know. It’s like someone on the stage, yeah. And dancing and so on, and saying, "Oh, oh, oh." So, we are looking to the south. Again. The third position. No, it’s third or fourth. So, one, left side down, left side down. Two, remain according to your capacity. On the other side, two, remain. Try to stretch your side, the left side. Stretching, middle, and relax. One, left side, stretching the right side. It was my program today, but from the morning when I got up till quarter to eleven, they occupied me all. And slowly come to the middle, hands down, and look to me, this side, and legs together. Sit in Vajrāsana, hands on the thighs, and relax. You are good. Children, practice good. Yes, you are good at practicing with eating chocolate. Now, the toes are stretching. Heels up. Sit on the heels. Sat Nīti Sī Na Pety Vyborne. And with the balance on your knees, looking to—let’s see this time—north. East to north, no? Legs apart. And now, which one? Number? Fourth one. So, you know everybody? If you don’t know, you can look to others and then do it. Okay, one. Left side, two. Yeah, Swamiji is here. Yeah, three. Up. Four. So, according to your capacity, legs apart, it will be easier. It’s very good for the kidneys, for the liver, and good against constipation. So, one, two, three, four. If you are dizzy, don’t do it. If your knees are okay, if you have problems with the knees, then also don’t do it. And always with open eyes. Legs together, and tāḍāsana. According to your capacity, up and down. Good, very good. Very good. So now, which is the fifth one? So, one, right side, two. Touch your head or forehead to the knee, or touch your toes. Of course, come up according to your feeling. Come up and hand sidewards, one, other side, two, no force, slowly, comfortable. We have no competition. And come up and sideways. Perfect, but remain there. Now, hands up. Which is āsana. Yes. Go ahead. Ten times. One. Two. But don’t do it if you have a headache. Good. Perfect. And come up. I think we should not go too quick. Perfect, like this. Because for the young, it’s okay. For others, it can be the slippery slope. There is Dr. Martin, you know. So, we don’t have any problem, and we have an ambulance, but Martin said, "Please, can I practice?" So, once more, please. One. Go ahead, but also not too slow. Legs together. Now, looking to the east. Very good. Now, barik hatu, praṇām. Who do not know, then make according to who is there. And now, you come up and automatically bring your hands to the back. So please, this will be the final. And legs up or on the ground? Ground. Hands on the back. Legs straight. The feet flat, the legs together, and, according to your capacity, you can raise up your chin and your chest. Now, next, hands there, and go a little higher. Next, just raise your buttocks up. The next, one leg in the front and one leg in the back. Now, hands near the front foot. You were up, we were up, no? Okay, sorry, then... Then the other leg is in the front. Další pozice. That you can balance and relax, that you don’t get dizzy, and try to make your back straight like a horse’s back, not a camel’s back. So you have to look up. Then on the back, it was not. Yes, go up. Now, down. Go down and hands on the back. One leg back, hands. Again, on the back. In time, try to look up. Ākāśīmudrā. Always with open eyes. Nimiṣotpatti Check. Next. And hands down. Good. Still some confusion. So, still the driver will have to learn driving. But we can go on immediately. Our gear is automatic. Okay, so one more round. She will not give instructions. She will say only one or two numbers. Now, standing on one hand, legs up, and right hand for the mosquitoes, one hand on it, easily we will turn to the other side. Hari Om. Remain there. Turn to the other side. There was a question about it; was it in Netī or in Trāṭak? When we have one leaf, even dry. And just gaze on the tip of the leaf, and then you close your eyes and you have the vision. Druhá možnost. Takýto. Čiernym atramentom, and put it in the front. And you look to it and close your eyes. The black will show the color of the light. If you have another color, it will be different. Or a candle. Which is a good candle, and there is no wind, then gaze on the tip of the flame for one minute, or maximum two minutes, then five minutes, close eyes. This is very good. Do not go too much. We should not go beyond. You have a husband, then you should not make too much tratak. Because then you will come home and you look to the husband. He will say, "Yes, how are you?" Moment. Tratak. The husband will say, "Tomorrow we go to the psychiatric." Or sitting together and having a candle. You, with your friends or your husband or wife, don’t gaze on the flame. For half a minute, it’s okay. We are looking at a good candle and so on. But if you look more and more on the light, That means you have schizophrenia, so we must be very careful. If a yogī is in the Himalayan caves, it doesn’t matter. Because they have nothing to gaze upon, but we are normal people. We are living in this, our civilization, so we should not run behind different things. Do your good yoga exercises for your health and concentration, but your mala, your mantra, your prayer, and a little meditation are always inside. Yes. This is easiest and good. That is good for us.

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