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Kapalbhati
Kapalbhati: kapala -skull bhati- shining A technique for cleaning the sinuses and other respiratory passages, it also stimulates the digestive organs and abdominal muscles. Kapalbhati floods the body with O2 and prana and has an energising effect on the nervous...
Pranayama, controlling energy through knowledge of the breath.
PRANAYAMA PRANA- Universal life energy, Chi, Ki, The subtle force that permeates all matter and gives form to Chaos or in the words of the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas 'The force that through the green fuse drives the flower' YAMA- Control, Extension,Increase. The breath...
Anapana, gateway to insight
Anapana is a preparatory practice for the powerful Vippassanna technique of Buddhist meditation. It is based on observation of the breath and the sensations around the nostrils and upper lip. The breath being the link between conscious and unconscious minds,...
Know thy breath, know thyself
For centuries wise-men and sages have admonished man to awaken and become truly self aware. Many techniques have been promoted to achieve this awakening. From simple self observation to self flagellation, from discipline of the mind with meditation to purification of...