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Good evening to all my dear sisters, brothers, yoga practitioners, and teachers. To all yogīs practicing around the whole world in yoga and in their lives, and to all other yoga schools and ashrams. We know the time has come; Christmas is very close. Around the whole world, people are happy and preparing for the day of Jesus. The whole world is worshipping, and that is good. It is good. Every great saint and all whom we call gods are worshipped around the world, and they should be worshipped. It should not be only that "my God is my God," and we worship only our God and want no others. God is not for only one. In Sanātana Dharma, we worship all because there is only one God. At different times, people have said, "Yes, we have one God. This God was born. This God has a mother, a father, etc." But in the beginning, the God is for all. He gave to others, and that is the Bhagavān we wish to know: Śiva. Śiva gave the message to Viṣṇu, who then gave it to Brahmā. Śiva was just in his divine consciousness. From time to time, different negative things appear, and other things appear as well—both sides. What is to be done? Again, Śiva comes, and Śiva balances both sides. When this happens—negativities, and what some call gods and spirituals, and others talk of Rākṣasas—it is not easy to move them, for they are powerful also. And it is right, because both sides would like to be happy and good. But fighting is on both sides. One side is what we call the sāttvic and spirituals, the holies, those who are good for everyone: the spiritual gods and devotees. But the others also have that; they are very much doing wrong things, fighting. Yet both have to be balanced, like birth and death. At birth, we are coming, we are happy, divine, love; our child is born. And when we die, then they die. So death is waiting, and birth is also waiting. Who comes to the birth? They are worshipping and thinking, "The child will come, the child will come." It does not matter, male or female. We try to give a good life to our children. But in that birth, there are both. A birth can come, but they may be like rākṣasas. Or birth is together, positive and negative. So both are in one. There are people whose whole life is very humble, peaceful, full of love, everything humble and kind. And in others, more negatives awaken: fighting, many negative things. What is the nature in that birth? Who was born? The negative energies are developing and developing. They may not even respect parents or friends. Others are born with very much harmony, peace; they respect many things. So in each and every creature, there are two—negative and positive. Not only in humans, but also in other creatures—animals, trees, fish, and everything—they have that nature and are working with it. Those who have negative qualities are also very quickly attacking. It is said, let's say you have two twins born. We will see both have different power, different energy, and we will see they grow differently. When twins are born, there is a mother and father there. But when twins are there, between them is one that is called Śiva. And Śiva will control or take care of both sides, because Śiva will not kill one child and leave the other. No. They are both because our parents said, "They are my children, both my children." And who said, "My children"? We said. It is from our body, in our heart. It is from the mother, for nine months. She was protecting and protecting, taking the children inside her body. But we cannot do more. It is said parents can give birth, but growing further is their qualities. Like in yoga, we speak of Anuloma Viloma. This is the prāṇāyāma, and this is how we are doing it. In our yoga in life, there are Kriyā Anuṣṭhānas, Kriyā practices. There are many, many gurus and ṛṣis, and it is their books, not mine. It is from many, many ages, the same thing. Like Śiva, he meditates, relaxed. That is the meditation. So Śiva is not talking about this and that, but he is within all three worlds: past, present, and future. Everything. Therefore, now is the time. As I told Devī the day before yesterday, I will be already... Now that Śiva has opened his eyes—not the third—he breathed, and he will bring something again better, balancing. It can be that all will now be holy people. All will be God. All, not only some devils, but Śiva balancing. Humans, animals, birds, fish, the trees, etc., are in the balance of Śiva. So, let us take for example that balance. How is balance in you? There are two or three differences to balance. One balance will be today. Umapurījī will send you one or two positions, because it has to bring. There is a balance and unbalance. This is very important—anger or not anger. First, we come to the body: balancing how to do. Of course, it is everything with our body and our energy. But then we will come to the other program, tomorrow maybe. The inner balance is not easy because we do not know what we are thinking inside and what is reflecting outside. The physical bodies we can see; we can see if there is balance or no balance. Therefore, that yoga in daily life and many other yogas are making the beautiful balance: physical, mental, and spiritual. I think now, Umapurījī, please, can you show some balancing exercises? Even one balance is great. So, Umapurījī, Hari Om. And of course, I am also learning from you how balance is done, your student. Hari Om. Yes, Hari Om, dear friends. Again with our Satsaṅg, according to Yoga and Daily Life. As Swamiji mentioned, we do some balancing exercises which are very good. If we do the balance with our physical body, it affects our whole being, and especially our inner self: our thoughts, our feelings, and our inner being. Balance first. We stand straight in an upright position, both foot soles on the ground, legs parallel to each other. The big toes, small toes, and the heels are making the balance, the stabilization of the foot and the whole body. Back, spine is straight, shoulders relaxed. Take care that you are not bringing your lower back in too much in the lower poses, but be in a little bit of an upright pelvis position. Once, deep in, and exhale. Find with your eyes one point where your eyes can be focused. Of course, for this you need a light in your room. Focus on one point; it helps very much to keep the balance. We will see this when we close our eyes and try to keep the balance. But now we will focus on one point: legs together. This standing on one leg, which we have in part 3 of our Sarvajita āsanas, we had already, but it takes a lot to keep our balance, especially in advanced age. Sometimes, to do this āsana, also be near something where you can hold on for a short while to support this one-leg posture. It helps our digestion because we start with the right leg. So bring your weight, your whole weight of the body, onto your left leg, your left foot sole, and lift up your right leg. Hold your knee, bend your knee with both hands, and pull your leg towards the stomach. Foot is relaxed, shoulders focused on one point, and again bring your leg slowly down. Now, the weight on your right foot, on your right leg. Lift up your left leg, bend your knee, and hold your knee. It makes our lower back straight and relaxes our lower back. One focus: try not to sink on something. Keep your mind, your thoughts also on this point. And your leg down. So this is one of the best movements and exercises also for those who have back pain, because it relaxes these muscles and brings our pelvis again into the upright position. Very good. Now we come to one movement from our book, from our yoga and daily life system for healthy joints. It is very good for our hip joints. So we stand straight. Now show your face to the camera. Stand straight, your hands side on the ribs, not on the waist, on the ribs. Pīdyā, where are your ribs? They are a little bit more down, up. Your ribs are here, very good. So, on the ribs, and again, focus on one point. Focus on one point. Lift up your right leg in the right ankle towards the—bend your knee in the right link, yeah. And in this position, move your leg to the side. Keep the balance. Bring your leg down. Toes are facing outside, foot's on the ground near to your leg, to your foot. Like this. And then, side, lift again up. Side, bend your knee. Make the rotation towards the middle. And leg down, beside the other foot. Very good. Now, bring your weight onto the right leg. Again, slowly lift up your left leg to a right angle. Rotate to the side. Balance keeping. Down, foot facing outside, again lift up in the right angle, rotation to the middle, and again leg down. So this movement you will find in our book for healthy joints, a very good exercise, very, very good for the hips, hip muscles, and to bring this joint, I don't know, the head of the joint again towards the middle, center, in the center. So once more, I will not speak now. You just move, look, or try also. Focus on one point; this is important. Don't think on something. Very good, thank you. Hands down, very good. Now, the stretching of the whole body is also a preparation for the Tāḍāsana, keeping also balance and stretching of our feet, legs, stomach, back, and shoulder muscles. Actually, the whole body—there is nothing left except the face—and it increases our breath also. The inhalation increases the capacity of our lungs. So, inhale and side, lift up your arms, stretch your whole body. Come on the toes completely, legs together. Inhale, stretch stomach, stretch buttocks also, and exhale down. So the main thing here in this posture is that we keep our feet together. This is the main thing to keep the balance. It is not so easy with legs together as when they are apart from each other. So once more, right on one point, inhale, lift up. Don't keep with your feet outside; try to keep the balance on your big toe. Stretch and exhale down again. Keep the balance on your big toe. Don't keep your foot outside. And once more. Inhale, stretch your whole body. Very good. And exhale. Flex the part from each other, and slowly, slowly, with movement of the arms, shoulder plates bend forwards. Exhale. Head is hanging. Relax your neck. Actually, the shoulder plates are moving; the arms are only hanging and going with the same movement. Inhale, come up again. The head is the last, and with the same movement up, the head goes to the back. Very good, thank you. Relax your shoulders. One deep breath. Relax your elbows, belly, your whole body. Now you can sit in your meditation posture. The final—how to say—it's not an end, but the final finishing after. Close the eyes and remember your Gurudev, your Iṣṭadevatā. Deep inhale and long exhale. The feeling of thankfulness, devotion, Santosh—what is santosh in English? Contentment. Very good. In your heart. A human, as the Indian says, a human who has contentment is always happy. So this we feel within ourselves. Deep inhale. Deep inhale. Śānti, Śānti, Śānti.