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Deep Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī, Devādhi Dev, Dev Puruṣa Mahādeva Kī, Satguru Svāmī Madhavānandjī Bhagavān Kī, Alak Puruṣa Mahādeva Kī. Today is the birthday of our Holy Gurujī, and today marks the conclusion of our lecture series here. Tomorrow we will have beautiful programs and breakfast, and then I do not know where my bird will fly. Always, always, and always. Anywhere, in any country, we should practice yoga in daily life. Yoga is one, but every yogī teaches different techniques, and each yogī believes their method is the best. Understand this: there is one mother who gives birth to a child, and everyone is very happy. The next month, another mother has a baby, and the whole village is happy. Two months later, another baby arrives on the same street. Different mothers give birth. What is the name of that child? Everyone gives different names, and the mother's name is also different. Similarly, there are thousands of yogīs, each with their own knowledge and feelings, and they each teach different techniques, believing theirs is best. But it is all yoga. We cannot say only one woman's child has life; the others do not. The mother's name, the child's name, the father's name—all are different. Now, what is happening? In India and across Europe, some want to say there is only one yoga and no other. Yoga is one, but you cannot bring India to Croatia and say it is India. It cannot be India. Yoga is yoga, but Croatia is Croatia. That is the first point. Second, when I came to Europe—52 years ago now—many people, even in Vienna, Austria, did not know what a yogī or a svāmī was. Perhaps they said "buddhi." Some people talked about yoga but did not truly know it. I was there, and they asked, "What, you don't eat meat?" I was traveling through Czechoslovakia, Croatia, and other communist countries at the time. They gave me yoga exercises and said, "You don't eat meat; in Austria, you don't eat meat, you will die." But I taught sāttvic yoga in Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Austria, and Germany, spreading it everywhere. We met many times on Saturdays, with no meat, no meat at all. Because life means the animals. They would say, "What? What?" And now, you see, people are becoming vegan. In these countries, people have much peace and love for animals—but only for cats and dogs, maybe a little mouse. As for cows, if a cow gives birth to a male calf, they kill and eat it, and the cow is only for milk. But now it is not like that. I do not say this out of ego, but people have come to this understanding. Now people are spreading more harmony and peace. I am sorry to say one thing—you may ask, "Swamiji, how can you say this?"—but many Indians eat so much meat, even hiddenly, unlike you. And many who teach yoga say we should not talk about two things: meat and alcohol. They say this because they are not yogīs. They are different, like officers and professors. That is why all sannyāsīs, all yogīs, have different names, and that is as it should be. Why not? Yogīs have different names, and that is correct. We have Yoga in Daily Life, and there is Śivananda Yoga. Yoga is yoga, but their names are different. We must be like this. We cannot make the whole world into India. Old Europe can be made of Croatia or the Czech lands. All countries are beautiful, with beautiful names, different vegetables, and different things. But we are human beings. Yes, Europeans, Indians, Chinese, Afghans—these are different lives of the people. Africans are very good. A human is a human, but a name is a name. Rang is a rang, and that is why we should know who we are. I am very glad that in this last year—more than a year, less than a year and a half—all our practitioners of Yoga in Daily Life, our bhaktas and yogīs, have not died from the coronavirus. In many countries, there was a lack of oxygen. Do you have oxygen in your house every day? Some hospitals have large oxygen supplies, others do not. Our exercises—what we did, the Brahmari prāṇāyāma and other practices you all know—are our exercises. We were not in a group; we were at home, practicing every day and even teaching our families. When you consume alcohol, oxygen leaves the body. So, many people gave up alcohol. Many, many people gave up meat. In America, especially, many said they gave up meat a great deal. This is our achievement. I will speak for 15 minutes more. But now we must do all of Yoga in Daily Life. Every day, first we must do Sarvāṅgāsana, a little like this and like that... yes, then sit in posture. Yes, Balikhaṭu Praṇām. Śrīnārāyaṇa praṇām, and this is that which is above. Yes, it was cosmic. Balikhaṭu Praṇām. Who does not know? Raise your hand. Then why did you...? One person, I do not want to say, was giving a lecture there and talking about Sūrya praṇām. So, one, please come, five times, OK? But not too quickly, not too slow. When you come into a posture, for example like this, we should be aware of the whole body. So all the time, these twenty-seven times, our entire body should be controlled. Be sure all my parts are there. That is called Baddhī Khaṭṭu Praṇām. Those who are always running to come to the front will roll down. So you can come here somewhere, please. Okay, now I will not disturb you. Please go ahead. So, Bārikhaṭu Praṇām, the first round. Get ready. One, two, four. Be aware of your body. Go ahead. Five, six, seven, nine. You take it, because no photos are coming, take it out. Two people come. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17. That’s good for Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara, okay? 18, 19, 20. You can leave it there. It’s good, leave it there. Make it 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27. Now the second round. One, leave it as it is: four, five, six, seven, eight. 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, and 27. Very good. Výborně. Stand on your toes. Hold your hands in praṇām, look at one point, stand up with both hands up, and bring hands down. Now we will sit. Position. Three programs. The prāṇāyāma. Yes. Inhale. And exhale. Only five times. Now, place your hands on your knees. Gently bend the trunk forward, and bring the chin to the head. I’m sorry—chest, chest. Check. Aśvinīmudrā. But do not hold. Just contract, harness, and relax. Contract, relax. Contract, relax. Contract, but feel the vibration from the spinal column coming through the head and coming down to the nostrils, coming again down to the body to our navel and going down. This is very quick, not so little. I will say, Lam, Lam,... 20 times and become straight, relaxed. Then we straighten up again and release. Āśvinī mudrā. Again. Aśvinī mudrā. Aśva means the horse. When the horse makes the plunks, the horse contracts and relaxes, contracts and relaxes. 20 times. One, two, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15. Go ahead and relax again, straight. Go ahead. You will feel the vibration throughout the whole body. It will go from down through the whole head and again come to the nābhi. It will go through the whole body up, through the head, and then again down to the nābhi and down. The cakras are along the spine, from mūlādhāra to sahasrāra cakra. The vibration comes from the whole body. When it begins, when you contract and when you relax, it is already coming down into the navel. When you finish this five times, relax, head straight. Five times OM from the navel to Sahasrāra Cakra. From Sahasrāra Cakra, bring it down to both your nostrils. And that goes again down through our navel. Inhale, feel your whole body. Peace, peace, very comfortable. To the whole body, no vibration, just oneness. Like in a pond, very peaceful water, no vibration and movement, a beautiful lake. And when we put one stone in the middle, we see ring-like vibrations. That is our navel. From the navel, the vibration, beautiful feelings throughout the whole body, like a cycle. Be in concentration from your navel. From your index finger, touch that in the navel. Yes, it will come very peaceful, hmm. Now again, sit in Vajrā Nāḍī. Vajrā. Hands up. Roll the head. And lie down in the front. Hands relaxed, elbows relaxed, feel vibration in your navel, and slowly raise up your body, hands on the thighs. If you feel comfortable with this posture, it’s good. If not, you can sit in other postures. And it will be 14 times. Index fingers. In the ear, you know that. So, the hands, elbows, at shoulder level, inhale, the vibration of Brahmari into the whole body, comes to the navel. The vibration or the sound of the primary through the ears and the whole brain. Equal both hemispheres. Let it go forth, immersed through the navel. Don’t go out, within thyself. You are physical and mental. Now, from the nābhi, five times OM, from the nābhi to sahasrāra, bindu, sahasrāra, and then through the nostrils. To the whole body. Five times. All together. Oṁ. Karata Budip, Karata Maha Budip, Karata Ki Sha Thi. Thi and place the palms on your face. Open your eyes and make praṇām. Adió.