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The beauty of yoga nidra

The first thought upon waking and the first step taken set the tone for the day. Upon waking, observe which nostril has dominant airflow. If the left nostril flows more, step out with the right foot. If the right flows more, step out with the left foot. If both are equal, stand with both feet. The initial conscious thought should be, "I am human," implying a duty to think rightly and avoid harming others. The body is a vehicle like a car or airplane, and the Self is the alert driver within it. One must become awakened and conscious in all actions. This practice integrates yoga into daily life, moving beyond mere physical postures.

"First, we should know when we wake up. Inhale, exhale from your nostrils. Where is more air coming?"

"When we open our eyes, we should think, 'I am human.'"

Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic

Jāke kalpanā lokhala jasa bata, jāke kalpanā nāra ke vairāgyānāve vājā lūsāntāryāmi me cā lūsā unādaśyā me jānā māna māraṇā pāṭraḥ ānāṁ mhāme mṛām ānāṁ jihāme ārāme saūṁ āmīme kṣāduḥ saūṁ sāma-jāke kṣokalāja sāma-kājāke khala-pāṇā. Dhāra ke vairāgyānabhijāsau kyaṇḍau jānachāsū rājanā. Kyaṇḍau jānachāsū rājanā Anaru, Anu, Rā, Anaru, Mahīpauche, Rāme, Ajā, Sādhā, Jākya, Nā, Rādhā, Kījai, Śrī Sattva Gurudeva, Kījai. Nāram Samrāṭ Swāmī Madhavānandajī Bhagavān Kī Jai, Viśva Guru Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Swāmī Maheśvarānandajī Gurudeva Kī Jai, Śrī Maṅgīlālajī Mahārāj Kī Jai, Nāram Samrāṭ Swāmī Madhavānandajī Bhagavān Kī Jai. I see now. Once more I should say Hari Om. Good morning, all my dears, sisters, brothers, children, everyone. We are very happy today; today is Sunday. On Sunday, there is always a good constellation. According to Jyotiṣa, when we see on that day that we should go from the house, or when we have some very important work, then we should go on that day. Constellation, not constipation—the constellation, sorry. There are certain points, and also for yoga exercises, meditations, concentrations, and prāṇāyāma. This is Iḍā, Piṅgalā, and Suṣumṇā. That is also power inside. So this is very, very good, that I know what time I should go. First, we should know when we wake up. From your hand? Inhale, exhale from your nostrils. Where is more air coming? Many times I was giving you this lecture, and it is said—this is what yogīs said, ṛṣis said, and jyotiṣīs. So, when we have to go from our house to somewhere, or you have some very important something to do, this is when we wake up. It takes no time. Just now, where is more air? It comes from the nostril. Perhaps both exist equally; that is also very good. Otherwise, if more air comes from the left nostril, then we should take the foot out of the bed to stand out. Yes. If from the left nostril the air is coming, or it is from the right one. Test this, sister. Then we stand out from the bed on the right foot. And if both are equal, then we should turn and stand with both feet on the floor. Try it for one week, then you will know really what it has come to. Very good, or it is very important. I’m very happy that it comes like that. So also, you know, that when we open our eyes, we should think, "I am human." We know that we are human, but when we wake up, at that time we should know what thought we should have, the first thought. Or when we are there in the morning, what will you think about? "I have to go earlier. I have to do some work. I have to do something. It will be good for me or bad for me." Many things. We are humans, we are thinking very much. So that is it: our bed where we are sleeping means the new day comes for us. Now, someone will say, "I have no bed. I sleep on the floor, a little yoga mat or something." Then, sit up and again, the same thing. First, we said, "I am the human." "I am human" means that I have to think very much. I should not do something wrong. Not do bad for others. Like I am telling you sometimes what is in the Holy Book. It says Jesus there: "And if there is something happening, giving me the right side, then give me the left also." Why? Because I am a human. If someone did it, you are, you can do it. But if someone gives a hair, I will give many. Then it is said, it is not a human. Many things, many, many things you have learned. Your Bible you read all. I not very much, but I know in my visions, my being, everything, and how was Jesus’ atmosphere, how he did everything that one can feel. And how we are doing now, I don’t want to tell anything, because I don’t know what you are doing. So when we sleep, we are sleeping on the floor with one, even some people sleep without anything. It is said the sleep doesn’t need even the bed or mat, maybe on the grass. Maybe I’m sitting and sleeping. This evening, in our very nice program, there were definitely five to six who were in such beautiful sleep. Then Mala and I were together. What a beautiful Mala, sitting straight, sleeping and saying, "Yes, I will." So, Nidrā, Nidrā is very important. But it is said, "Oh Nidrā, go somewhere else, I want to be awake." And so they were half asleep, half awakened. So it means sleep. Sometimes while driving. And that said, I want to go immediately now somewhere. So, it is said, in the car, the sleeping must not be there. Yes, awakened. I am awakened. So, there are three: we are awakened, we are sleeping, and we are dreaming. Now, all this, if you are aware of this, then you will see your sleep and going somewhere will be great things. Our constellation was not good, but how will we make that constellation better, good? It means while driving a car, very deeply you think you will sleep, then you wake up, put your car there, and walk. Look at your car, clean your car, and again go drive. Your sleep was given somewhere else. Jagrat, jagrat, that we are awakened. Dreaming that we are dreaming now, and then we are dreaming. So when we wake up, from which situation are you waking up? Sometimes, one was not sleeping because it was not good. "I will get up today, I have to go there," but lying there. Lie down, but jagrat, half sleeping, half awake. And if he is one tired, very tired, then he is sleeping on the sand. There are stones, but we will sleep there. Yes, and go to the dreams. So we were sleeping on the stones, we slept, and we went somewhere in a dream. So this is what the yogī said: yoga, that’s why yoga nidrā. So Yoga Nidrā is only a yogī can do, and now many yogīs who are from our Yoga Nidrā life, and every day they are making Yoga Nidrā here. And in this Yoga Nidrā, there are different kinds of beautiful. One is awakened, one is dreaming, the other is snoring. What a beautiful sleep, yes, and what? You don’t know what you are doing. Snoring, we don’t know. Dreaming, we don’t know. And sleeping, we also we don’t know. Come out of this. So in this sleeping, Yoga Nidrā, in Yoga Nidrā all three conditions are there: Jagrat, sleeping, svapna, and the dreaming. And your student is giving instructions in the class. Yoga Nidrā. Your student is giving instructions. And they are sleeping, but they are listening, they are understanding. And when students still told something, but time was gone, we are awakened. This is what we are doing. What our classes are, and what yoga and daily life are, is very different. So when we get up from sleep or bed, more or less we should know, and we will be. We came from the earth, we live on the earth, and we will become one with the earth. So from that, when we sit up, which dice we are turning, where we are looking, what we have to do. And otherwise, in the morning we say, "I am a human." Then I know where I will put my first foot there, and, "Mother, can I step on you?" Which mother? Mother Earth. And then we go to the water. Jal jagadīś, water is the God. And the first time when we touch the water, maybe only some drops, but each and every nerve system is giving throughout the whole body an awakening. That is called awakened, jagrata. When morning we will take water and put on our face, the whole body is awakening. So it is also when we are drinking water. Where is the Suṣumṇā or the other ones, Iḍā or Piṅgalā? It takes us time to understand and learn this. How? Now you will say, how will I go, how will I sit down, how is this? That you don’t need, you will know automatically. I can tell you that now you will understand; you are awakened. And that is, we need a guru. So now we are strong, we are about 20 years, years, when our country will let us drive a car, so the driver is giving teaching. That is our Guru, who is giving us instructions, and we are learning. So one month, two months, not only one day or two days, your teacher will say, "No, slowly, slowly, where, how." He said, "Yes, I can." He said, "Yes, but I have two places for..." On this side you are, and on that side is the driver. So he is taking care if one makes a mistake. Anyhow, now you know, everyone, mostly all of you have driven your car or a bike, etc. Now, when we sit inside the car and drive, you are alert, aware, conscious in the car. You are all doing this. We are looking forward, back side, left side, right side, below, above, etc. That means that you are alert, you are awake, and you are on every direction. We know we are driving, but we know the left side, also the right side. We are braking, we are driving, and we know if we have petrol or not. So when we drive that car, the car becomes a living life, and we are there as our heart, our soul. Then we are perfect. Similarly, when we wake up in the morning, then your car is your body, and you are the Self, the Ātmā, and this Ātmā is with you. So in this way, if we can come and learn yoga and all other things, this is yoga, which is driving a car. Our moving there, somebody, you know what is that? An aeroplane pilot is inside, and you know, a very big helicopter or the aeroplane, and it can be more than this. All of we are there, and how happy we are, also giving, eating, drinking, talking, sleeping, pilot. The pilot is alert. Similarly, we should be alert because our body is an airplane. So in that, after our body, our feelings awaken, then further we go through these many, many yogic kriyās. We come from the house, we go to our car, close it, open the door, sit inside, close the door, and we go. That is how we should be. This is in our sādhanā, in our today, and more you are practicing. So yoga in daily life is not only stretching our bodies left and right. Jagrata, we have to become the jagrata, and therefore this bhajan, yoga nidrā. Not like a yogī sings nicely, and after it will say, "A little time," then again, not immediately, okay. And here with Ruben’s instrument, you know, and so your vision, okay? You’re going in, your vision, oh, then there should be a gap, a little bit. I’m not a singer, I don’t do anything. I am just sitting with you. And I see you, I am happy with you. Maybe you are more. So all you are taking me, let me go away. Yes, you are powerful. So I am just sitting here, okay? Deep night, Bhagavān kī dayā, pūrī śānti, dayā kī sadguru Swāmī Madhavānandajī, Bhagavān, I like pūrījī, Mahādeva kī oṁ śānti. Harmonium should be nicely, otherwise no harm on you, okay? Śrī Devpurījī Mahādeva kī jaya. Sa hajā vichānī pankhā chale śveta sunā selānī, pankhā chale śveta sunā selānī kī janokyo, kī janodra lā santa jānā jānī kī janokyo. Kul kiliyā Sanamukha lakhi uradha mukhbani, Kultapula kiliyā Sanamukha lakhi uradha mukhbani. Kuriye tar lagyo nirdhāra Begam kī gamjani, Kuriye tar lagyo nirdhāra Vigam Kīgam Jani. Jano Kiyo Ganīndra. Jano Kirlasanta Janda Jani, Jano Kiyo Kirlasanta Janda Jani. namessurach chananta uga kudarata kalapichani. Khala khamala me jāge chetan puruṣha sujānī, kulatī khala khamala me jāge chetan puruṣha sujānī. Janokhī yoga nindrā jāno kiyo ganīndra, kira la santa jana jānī he yogī jāno kiyo ganīndra, jāno kiyo ganīndra. Kīrā lā santa jana jānī he, kiyo ganīndra Santatanta heranjan laga surta agham ghar jānī jaha sun chittan hai aur nazar nahi ānī hai jhanno kiyo ganīndra jhanno kīrlasanta jhanajhānī he ganīndra. Jhanno kīrlasanta jhanajhani he, jhanno kiyo ganindra adhvihaham kakarto ayyapushapurani. Ad vihādhinaham kākhārto pāya puruṣa purāni. Usi puruṣa sesena milāve mukha-bhatalāve bānihe. Usi puruṣa sesena milāve mukha-bhatalāve bānihe. Jāno nindrā, kiyo nindrā, santa jana jānī, jāno nindrā, itarā, jabdarśe, bala bhag mila jānī, Javādarśe bhālabhāgam ila jāni karasvāmī antarāyāmī yogakalājina jāni karasvāmī antarāyāmī yogakalājina jāni janmokhī yo rālasānta jana jāni Kṛṣṇa Sacha Sanyāsī Ita Hame Gham Ghanī He. God bless you. Heva Puriṣa Adbhuta Avalīyā Dheghvīna Deśāadi Kanihe Jano Ganīndra Deśī Vikoibhira Laha Jane Vohi Guru Gāmasenī Deśī Vikoibhira Laha Jane Vohi Guru Gāmasenī Amidīpa Sat Saganāsura Cetanā Ceta Cetanīhe. Amidīpa Santājanāsura Cetanā Ceta Cetanīhe O Gijanokya Yoga Nidrā O Gijanokya Yoga Nidrā Usa Nidrā Me Jagrat Janī Rātri Medivhs Uganī Usa Nidrā Me Jagrat Janī.

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The text contains hyperlinks in bold to three authoritative books on yoga, written by humans, to clarify the context of the lecture:

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