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Pranayama with Vishwaguruji

Equality is the foundation of spiritual practice. All are equal as practitioners, regardless of external status. The practice of Prāṇāyāma purifies and balances the system. Sit straight and relaxed, maintaining awareness of the body and breath. Begin by inhaling and exhaling fifteen times through the left nostril, using the right hand to close the right nostril. Then, close the left nostril and breathe fifteen times through the right. This completes one round. Practice alternate nostril breathing: inhale left, exhale right; then inhale right, exhale left. Perform several rounds. Follow the breath from the navel to the crown chakra and back. Conclude with Brahmrī prāṇāyāma, inhaling deeply and creating a humming sound with fingers gently closing the ears. Observe the internal vibration and balance. "In yoga and life, people are very equal." "We inhale and exhale. Prāṇa is everywhere."

Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic

In these days, we had a beautiful seminar, and many of you came from very different places. There are many different people here: some are doctors, some are professors, some are farmers, some are bankers, and many other things. But I have seen, and others have told me, how our yoga teachers and students are very humble, very kind, and very spiritual. Sometimes, some come like a little officer and say, "Oh, I want to sit there," or, "I cannot sit with these people." Why are people not like this? In yoga and life, people are very equal. All are sisters, brothers, yoga practitioners, and teachers. They are all together, whether in first class or second class. We are sitting like all brothers and sisters. What you have practiced, of course, you will do some kind of practices at home. Now we have some practice; this is a final session for this seminar. So sit straight, relax, be comfortable, but sit straight. Straight, but not very rigid, because after some minutes you will slump. That is only because you have just had your breakfast. If we pray four times, then our stomach will feel not so relaxed and comfortable. Five times all together, you can have eyes closed or open as you like, from the navel to the Bindu Chakra and Sahasrāra Chakra. So, take a deep inhale, and from the nābhi, comfortably, eyes are closed, but if you want your eyes always open, you can do it. When we open our eyes, then we get those views which are not good. So, close your eyes and go within thyself with your whole body and the breath. Be aware of your whole body. Awareness from the whole inner parts of the body. And happiness is being whole ourselves. Now, from the right hand, place the index and middle finger between both our left and right nose and eyes. And put your right thumb in your middle. With your nostril. Fifteen times. Inhale in and out. It is one. So, as comfortable, but longer, breath in and out. So now begin. Inhale and exhale through the left nostril. Feel relaxed, feel comfortable, aware of your breath, with the left nostril. Always, we should first inhale and exhale through the left nostril. The left nostril. When you have finished fifteen times, then place your hand again on your leg. Remain with closed eyes and feel the inhalation. The left and right nostrils feel comfortable. In oneness, what we were doing with one left nostril for purification. And again, we are together. One left and right nostril, equal, we are breathing. Now again, from the right hand, both fingers, index and middle fingers, thumb inside, two nose together, the thumb we are closing. Not with the thumb, sorry, the ring finger, left nostril. And the thumb is aligned near the index finger. Fifteen times, deep inhale and exhale. Inhale and exhale. Three times we will inhale and exhale. Three times coming, going, both, but three times. Five times inhale and exhale from the right nostril, then bring your hands on your leg. After 14 times, place your hand on your thigh and feel the breath. This was one round. Second round, left nostril, then right nostril. With the right nostril, this will be two rounds. The third round yourself, both nostrils. You have been, or not complete, inhale left, exhale right, inhale in, exhale right, five times, four times. And then inhale from the right, exhale left, inhale right, exhale right, also fourteen times. It’s one round. Three rounds. He can make some instrument, anyone. With prāṇa, inhale left nostril, exhale right nostril. Inhale left nostril, right nostril. When this finishes five times, then begin. Right nostril in, left nostril out, also five times. And when you finish this round, we will change it, and we will continue again. Five rounds. Inhale right, exhale left, inhale left, exhale right. Try to see your spine. If it is straight, are you bending down? Again, please sit straight. Finished, place your hands back side and turn a little with the head up and your spine stays. Whole straight back side with your hands. And now, straight again. Hands on thighs. Feel yourself relaxed. And again, both fingers, inner fingers and middle fingers, on your chest. Little below the eyebrows, a little more, a little more,... yes. Close your eyes. Inhale left nostril. Exhale through the right nostril. Inhale from the right nostril. Exhale with the left nostril. Inhale left. Inhale from left. Exhale right. Inhale right. Inhale left, fifteen times. Be relaxed, be comfortable, but straight. Fourteen rounds, left in, right out, right in, right, left, go here. Left, right, right, left. In prāṇas, we are in the hall, the big hall. So, we are at a distance, a very great distance. Windows are open, very nice air, made very nice, clean, and at most, nice air. We are going with prāṇayāmas, the prāṇas, with Iḍā Piṅgalā. Inhale and exhale, exhale, out, inhale, left, inhale. We do Prāṇāyāma with Iḍā and Piṅgalā. We inhale and exhale. Prāṇa is everywhere. We inhale and exhale. When you finish this round, then lie down, head to my side. When you finish this round, lie on your back with your head facing me, but you have to finish the exercise. You are all about understanding yoga and daily life. You have practiced for many years. Therefore, your breath, what you are doing now, you should do for a long life. Inhale long and long, and exhale long. And again, inhale from the right and exhale left. Deep breath. It takes at least 20 minutes, and you are not 5 minutes finished. And now, sit up. Sit straight by the side. Sit in Vajrāsana. Vajrāsana. Both hands on the thighs. Sit straight. Close your eyes. Relax your elbows. Comfortable. Close your eyes, and understand and feel how you were practicing these prāṇas now. How you were inhaling, how you were exhaling, eyes closed. Hands on the thighs. Maybe you are touching your thighs or your hands are up. Remain comfortable like this. Eyes closed. And ten times, inhale and exhale. This breath from the navel, sometimes inhale and exhale sound, breath from the navel to the Sahasrāra Chakra. Coming through both nostrils out, exhalation. Inhalation, getting from there, go to the navel, and we go up. We inhale, and we feel our breath till the navel. And then we are inhaling up to the Sahasrāra Chakra and coming again down through our Maṇipūra. Inhale from the nostrils down again, inhaling through both nostrils, coming to the navel. Exhaling, the breath will come out automatically. We go through this, which is one of the very, very important and very good programs we have done in our practice in our hall. This is a very good and important exercise. With the breath, we inhale through the nostrils. We follow the breath as it goes towards the buttocks, and with the exhale, we follow as it ascends up to the sacrum and then out through the nostrils. These are all chakras. We were going through the chakras. Now, take a deep inhale and pull your ring finger into the ear, and then make the sound back, but close that. Brahmrī. Ten times. Then sound Brahmari. That is one round. Inhale and again. Understand, see, feel, how is the Brahmrī sound. The Brahmrī is like a bee. So, inhale deep. Inhale, fingers out, hands down. Now, three times more. But, your teeth should not bite. Jaw relaxed, the lips closed, and the sound is very clearly and controlled, like this, but I have to know from you, from this vibration, sound, therefore, fingers are inside, it will be. Only three times, but try to understand both hemispheres. If both have vibration controlled as it is, or more left side or right side, you have sound and the other side is empty. Yes. Three times you will find out yourself. But not that one’s left, and that one has left. I will think, I can’t help. So, you have to yourself, whole brain, that is the Vedenī Brahmārī, that will something, my God. So, three times, deep inhale, always fingers inside. Three times, deep inhale, three times. Go ahead yourself. I will not say yes now, inhale and exhale. If you hear me, where your fingers are inside, and hear from me, it means your brain is not right. Yes, completely closed. Once more. Hands sidewards. Okay, so tell me, who was whole? At times, both hemispheres were the sound inside, complete. Hands up. So who was hearing? You one? Okay. Do not. This one, three times you put your hand, I try to douse this. No, no... you were not completely. Your husband was a little better, please. And who was not controlled? Sometimes left or right, please, hand up. Very good. So some said both, yes, I had. Few. And then who said, "Yes, both, completely. I have my brain vibration good, exactly." So, how many hands were up? So there are one, two, or something, three. So someone said, "Yes, I was not in control." Others said, "Completely in one control." But many said nothing, so you were sleeping. Few people said, "I heard very nice in my brain, exactly good balance." Some said, "Not life," sometimes yes, and this, OK. Others said nothing. So you have no brain. Next time, practice at home. And in the next programs, please be careful, so brain, brain,... control, control,... nabi, nabi, hariyom, hariyom, hariyom... Hariyom, Hariyom... Hariyom, Hariyom... Hariyom, Hariyom...

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