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Part 1: Yoga, Health, and the Discipline of Practice Good evening. Welcome. Yesterday we discussed theory and practicality. We spoke extensively about theory and put it into practice. Now, there is another very important topic. Some individuals have achieved scientific work regarding yoga in daily life exercises. They are compiling a script that will be published in scientific magazines. Specifically, they have worked on problems for women. This is a special focus. It is a time for change. Simultaneously, they conducted research on various physical difficulties, cramps, and so forth, and which yoga exercises are very helpful in daily life for the book. We have an expert here—a female doctor who works on this and is part of that research group. Today, she will tell us about menopause problems after a certain age. She works at the university clinic in Brno. Dr. Ārati, please, can I invite you? She speaks only English, but I am sure you understand English very well. You understood what I said, yes? You speak such good English. You speak Czech, and she speaks English, and then German, and I speak English. We will understand. The Austrians are just your neighbor country; they understand Czech. They don’t want to speak it, but where you can’t, then Bhakti or someone from the Czech group can help. Is there a translator from Czech? Okay, Bhakti, you can come, but translate only the words she doesn’t understand. Can you stand up? They want to see your face. Beautiful. Here, come here. Or give her a chair. Is there a chair? Sit here. Is it an interesting subject, yes or no? Yes? Ready? We go. So, good evening, dear brothers and sisters. I am supposed to say something about menopause problems, meaning problems of women in the changing time, around 50 years. I will try to speak English; if I am not able, I will switch into Czech and back to my translating in German. It is the time when many hormones are changing in the body. The hormonal system, which starts working at the age of 12, 13, 14, begins to slow down and finish its work. The organs which are producing hormones are slowly, slowly down, stopping producing them, and many, many changes come in this time. They are on the level of psychic, on the level of physical problems. Especially, the women feel a kind of heat. Sometimes it comes with a lot of heat and sweating, and it slows down. It also comes with the hormone changes, and the risk of osteoporosis is increasing. Also, the risk of cardiovascular problems, like heart attack or high blood pressure, and all these things. Also, all the tissues in the body are, let’s say, a little bit more soft, and it creates in the skin—you can see, I don’t know how to say in English, but you know, your face is a little bit changing. And it has also an effect on the pelvic bottom muscles, which are losing their tension, creating a decrease of the organs. It might create a decrease of the organs, meaning the uterus down. And these changes in the pelvic bottom come together with the incontinence of urine, problems with the urine. Many, many ladies have this problem, especially in this age, around 50, 60, 70, and it’s increasing. It has, let’s say, a connection with the delivery, with giving birth at a younger age, when there are children which are big, or there are some complicated deliveries. They can create damage in these muscles of the pelvis bottom, which the ladies do not notice and actually don’t have time to practice or do something in this age because the child, child… comes the problems around the child, and they have no time for themselves. And if they neglected this problem after the delivery, it may very often come that it actually is creating more problems in the old age when the decrease of the softening of the tissues in the body is coming, which you can feel, or it creates problems in the pelvic floor. So the ladies, after the menopause time, very often have problems with urine. It’s called stress urine incontinence, meaning that the drops of urine come when they are coughing and jumping. And they are neglecting this problem, or they’re ashamed to speak about it very often. And we can see it in the ambulance when the ladies are coming to our checkings and all these things; they do not want to speak about it. And there are very, very simple exercises in yoga which can help in prevention and also in curing. If the problem is very, very big and the incontinence is very strong, then there are also very, let’s say, simple operations recently, in the last 10, 15 years. So, it’s also the reason why this problem is coming up in medicine and is more spoken about, because we can, even the very, let’s say, strong problems of incontinence, which cannot be cured by practicing, quite by simple operations. So it is quite a new thing, so this problem is coming up now. About yoga and how can yoga help: all the yoga exercises are actually balancing the hormone system, and there is also research work done. It’s somewhere in America; I don’t know much about it, but it was proved that with the yoga exercises, after three or four months of practicing, they were measuring the hormone level, as to the oestrogen, before practicing and after practicing after three, four months, and the increase was, I think it was more than two hundred percent, which is actually amazing. I was thinking of trying maybe to do some kind of research about this, because it’s just a study which is not, let’s say, really scientific, that does not have this criteria. So the yoga exercises are actually balancing the hormone system, helping to go through this time of hormone changing smoothly and easily. And the exercises which are concentrated on the pelvic bottom muscles, strengthening, are helping to prevent the incontinence. So this is actually two levels on which the yoga exercises are working: the hormone level, which has some connection, of course, with the psychic-mental level, and the physical level. At this time, what is actually most important is the pelvic floor and also osteoporosis exercises, which are a prevention for osteoporosis. So these āsanas are for the strengthening of the pelvic bottom. You all know them. It’s just a row book. It’s like Kandarāsana, Setu Āsana. Mūlabandha is very good. Also, we can do Mūlabandha during the day wherever we are, and it’s helping very much. An important thing is also to know how the muscles of the pelvic bottom are lying. They have three levels, and we can practice, or we can really, because it’s a muscle which can be influenced by our will, like the muscles on the hands and legs. So we can consciously contract or release the specific layers of the muscles. We are not very much aware of that, because the pelvic bottom is the area which we are actually not aware of most of the day. We are working with hands and legs, and we are neglecting this area, and it’s actually the center of the body. It is the area where the Manipūra Chakra is, also the Svādhiṣṭhāna Chakra, and all these chakras. And it is the center of the body. And if we are actually somehow stable in this area, all the movements and the body movements and our acting are more sharp, because we are somehow based in that area, in our home, let’s say. So, it is this area from where we can actually gain the force to work. So there are many, many levels on which the yoga is working. I think it’s on a chakra level also. This is what I said now. So Swamiji asked us to make a book, Yoga in Daily Life for Women. We are cooperating with one lady from Prague. Her name is Pūrṇimā, and she is leading some classes for ladies who have problems with… in the time of the crematorium, this, this… so she was doing some kind of practices, and I don’t think she was doing research, but maybe also. And I’ve been working with pregnant ladies, and so somehow there should be a book which is for the ladies, and with the āsanas, and means with the specific āsanas focused on specific problems. Also in childhood, the girls have a problem with menstruation, very often cramps and these things, so there are also āsanas for this. So we are supposed to suck it from the system and to make something. Thank you, thank you, Doctor, for your very valuable information about our life situations, changes of the hormones, etc. May someone have a question for her? Yes, please. Mūlabandha, Makarāsana. So, yeah, so they are in the Yoga in Daily Life book, you have all. Marjari Āsana also very good. Vidyā Sādhana is very good. To be a tiger, ladies, okay? Any more questions, please? You can ask, don’t worry. The best thing is to actually start with yoga because it’s balancing the hormone system. This is the first thing. And if it doesn’t help, then homeopathy, Āyurveda is good. And then comes hormone replacement therapy, which are hormones that you can also take. So these are levels. Yes, of course. It’s what I said, actually. This is because the ovaries, which are the organs that produce, are dependent on the higher hormone-producing organs in the brain. So it can be influenced by yoga. With all its effect, it’s just pressing some kind of bandhas, which are working there. Also, the positions which are bending backwards, or Viparīta Karanī Mudrā, all these influence the brain centers also. So, this is the yoga as a whole influencing this hormone system, meaning decreasing, or slowing, the reduction of the hormone production in the ovaries. And if it doesn’t help, then you can use homeopathy. It’s working on another level; I don’t know how, but it works. Also, Āyurveda. And if this doesn’t help, then you can—there is hormone replacement therapy, which are pills there. They have hormones inside, like contraception or anticonception, the same, and you can have these hormones by this. It is very chemical. It is the most level, which is, but it’s also helping. So, I mean, prevention is best. There are many side effects, many. One of them, and the most dangerous, is that it’s increasing the coagulation of the blood. So there’s a higher risk of thrombosis and embolism. Yeah, it is quite a simple operation. It takes about 20 minutes. It also can be done with local anesthesia on the spine, without the whole anesthesia. So it can be done with all the ladies. It’s not recommended for them, the whole anesthesia, because it’s damaging the brain functions. So, yeah. But there are special centers that are doing this, not everywhere. And also, the quality is a question. Also, it is not like this; it’s very individual. It depends on the… yeah, it’s very individual. You cannot say that the ovaries are working, let’s say for 50 years, and it’s not like this. Some ladies have menstruation till 55, and some have menstruation till 40, and it’s ending already. So it’s somehow your individual disposition and also very much genetic. Ask your mother how she is. I guess sleeping problem: yoga nidrā, prāṇāyāma, and evening, don’t eat. After sunset, no more eating. I’m a woman doctor, but I think so. In which way is the problem? Sleeping. Too much sleeping or too little? Too little. Be happy. Practice mantra. Less looking to the television or to the laptop. Make mara, and while making mara… sorry, have you answered? No, you answered completely. So any more? I think that would be good. Okay, she’s doing it on television. Thank you, thank you. Without health… but health cannot be without body. And we need a body, and that body should have a healthy way of living. That is the first thing. And we can change many things. We can maintain our body in many ways. Our biggest problems are two. It doesn’t matter if it’s a man or a woman, male or female. Our biggest problem is, first, self-discipline. Practicing everyday discipline, this is the first problem. And second is our eating problem. We don’t eat what our body needs. We eat what our taste and our habits need. So these are the two main problems for our health. It’s much better if you can do some natural things to solve the problems, health problems or the change of the hormones in the body. It doesn’t matter if it’s male or female. And it’s natural, it’s really yoga exercises. Now, I come again to the same point, like yesterday I spoke. For many people, yoga became acrobatic. For many, it became commercial. And many just want to show that they practice yoga. Many are just doing it to have a good figure. But if we want to practice seriously, then a yoga teacher should have that long training to become a teacher, which takes about six years. And getting experiences to be mature in this took about ten years. Ten years of learning, training, and practicing, then you become a good yoga teacher. The problem is nowadays, you go somewhere for a 10-day seminar, holidays on the beach, everything is in one pocket: a flight, eating, accommodations, and yoga practice, and you come with a yoga teacher certificate, and you teach that. That can create a problem. It’s like in allopathic medicine, the very strict rules. And it begins with about 400 students to study medicine, and by the end of the year, there are only 40. Many go. Similarly, with the yoga beginners, and then at the end, out of 100, maybe they are left with about 30 or 25 people. And from that, to become a yoga teacher, maybe remains two. Because the great saint, Ṛṣi Patañjali, who wrote the yoga philosophy and who modified yoga—jñāna yoga, bhakti yoga, rāja yoga, and karma yoga—and every part of the yoga has its principle. And so he said very clearly to his students in the very beginning, "My dear ones, yoga begins with discipline." Atha yoga anuśāsanam. But not tomorrow, not yesterday, not next year. Just now, begin just now with the discipline, anuśāsanam. And that many people don’t want, or we have some problems, and we practice and practice. Till the problem is solved, then we say, "Tomorrow I will practice." Tomorrow, today my friend is telephoning me, and tomorrow your friend said, "Let’s go for a walk in the forest." She said, "Well, I can’t refuse him. Okay, I will tell him we go tomorrow." I have to practice today. You telephone him. He said no problem. My colleague, she’s going with me. So she’s okay. Fine. Thanks, yoga mat and this, but uncertainty inside, so that it doesn’t matter, both sides, left side, right side. We are too weak in our discipline and our decisions. So, Atha Yoga Anuśāsanam, and then in Anuśāsanam, if you practice, then it is a practice, theory, and study: Manan, meditation—many, many things to learn and to know. Now, Dr. Arati told us, yes, in all days, about above 80-90 years, also we can do local anesthesia because the danger is of falling into the coma, and then the operation is successful, but the patient is still sleeping, yeah, that’s it. So, an experienced doctor who studies medicine, days and practice, and then a special faculty, then becomes an anesthetist doctor and has made experiences, and that’s it. Why he or she is giving you doses very limited in certain parts of the body only? But who have, in 15 days, a certificate of a doctor? He will give you. We will say now, why not a little better? So in emergency, we can have a little longer operation anywhere in the body, and that’s happening with the yoga that many people are playing with, that many people mix the system, many things. In the last 42 years, 43 years, definitely many, many hundreds, thousands of people went through the trainings and teachings around the world, Yoga in Daily Life. Some teachers teach on a big, big ferry, on a big ship on the ocean, because the captains and all the crew, they would like to practice, and people who are traveling with that. If they offer them a yoga on the deck, a beautiful place in the morning on the ocean, one thing is sure: you can’t run away, and there’s no excuse for him to go walking anywhere. So there are many, many teachers, Yoga in Daily Life teachers. They are working in summertime, and like this, their schools, hotels there, and we don’t know who is teaching what. Many are not in touch with us. So, dekha, dekhi, sajhe, yog, ghathe, kaya, bade, rog. If someone is just imitating and practicing through imitation, then you will harm your body, and it will increase the disease. Part 2: The Science of Yoga: Body, Mind, and Consciousness Yoga is a science of body, mind, and consciousness. The body needs gentle care. It refuses very hard things, but our ego says, "No, I want to do this." That is a problem. Nowadays, they put people in this kind of "Yoga in Daily Life": Yoga Nidrā and Īśvara Hita Āsana for all, very gentle, where you feel very relaxed. Now they have given it the name "wellness." Twenty years ago, there was no name of "wellness." Yes, the word was in the dictionary, but no one had awareness about wellness. This is how, what we call, our intellectual property is manipulated in Kali Yuga. It is like that; previously it was not there. We always said, "Gandhījī said this," "Goethe said this," and etc., etc., many great learned personalities said something. But nowadays, you write a book and you just say it, that’s all. Change it one word, that’s all. Gandhījī said, "Be the change you want to see." And just now, they have cut it in half: "We will change, we will do." Yes, we will do. Thought, intellect, the wisdom came from someone, and that has to be protected, preserved, and served as reality. So here, yoga in the whole world is running, not as second-hand, but I think it is the 50th hand. Now they are teaching in many, many names: this kind of yoga, that kind of yoga. So what is that? Then people ask me. Someone said there’s a yoga called "wine yoga." Swāmījī, can you tell us what is wine yoga? I said, "Well, wine yoga is not a divine yoga. So there’s a wine and divine, which you want to choose. So discipline, slowly practicing." So Yoga in Daily Life is first physical, then mental, social, and spiritual health to maintain. There we need a strong willpower. When you say no once, then you keep it, yes? No. We have many different habits, and Holy Gurujī said it is easy to become free from the enemy but not from the habits. So these habits have controlled us. Someone tried and said, "I would like to have a drug." So, I would like to have a drug, and after some time, you don’t like the drug anymore, but the drug says, "I would like to have you." That’s it. So you are caught by that. The only way to come out is to make a śaṅkalpa, a purification. And when you have a certain feeling, sing bhajans, listen to the bhajans, so that you will overcome these different kinds of feelings. So, again, if you practice, then you should know for what you are practicing. And for that, we have particular postures, particular exercises, and breath also, and meditation. And the doctor, Āratī, mentioned the cakras and bandhas. You know, these bandhas are called Jālandhara Bandha, Mūla Bandha, Uḍḍīyāna Bandha, and Mahābandha. Bandha means to tie, to close, to block. Often, I give the example about bandha: we close our fist and hold our wrist, and then we open the palm and we look; it’s completely pale. Pale. This is the bandha because we blocked it. And now I will release the bandha, and the color has changed. It’s not just, well, it has a very, very big and positive effect on our heartstrings. And I believe the heartstrings have a great responsibility for our hormones, especially for women. Yes, Dr. Āratī, the thyroid. The thyroid has a big responsibility for our body and hormones. But many do not have the patience. Many say, "We do Ujjāyī Prāṇāyāma and Jālandhara Bandha." After some time, everyone is sitting like this. They think Swāmījī sees that I am sitting in Jālandhara Bandha, but he observes exactly. So, for the specific problems that our dear Āratī, Dr. Āratī, mentioned earlier, so is also our Viparītakaraṇī Mudrā. Who doesn’t know anything about Viparītakaraṇī Mudrā? Please raise your hand. Thank you. You don’t know. Who doesn’t know yet? The two women are eight and how many? Thirty-five years of practice, okay. Very good. Viparītakaraṇī Mudrā has a very positive effect on our heartstrings. Especially because for some people, they are not allowed to practice Sarvāṅgāsana. And that is why Viparītakaraṇī Mudrā is very, very important. And to begin with, if you don’t have any problems with hormones and so on, it is very important to practice Sarvāṅgāsana for at least one and a half minutes, three times a week. Sarva, Aṅga. Sarvāṅga means Sarva, Aṅga. Sarva means all, Aṅga means limbs. The limbs, all the limbs of the body. And this works very well, positively on our heartstrings. But yoga says, when you come to the āsanas, then never practice one-sidedly. Always counter-exercise. When you bend forward once, then bend backwards the second time. And so it is with the Sarvāṅgāsana. After that is the Matsyāsana, the fish pose. Then comes the Halāsana, and then comes Ustrāsana. Then you balance your nerve function, muscles, joints, everything. One-sided is difficult. There are people who have to work one-sided. For example, a dentist. Mostly, back pain and shoulder pain are caused by dentures. And for them, it is very, very important to practice sharp postures, which we have done today. Also, a car, handlebar, taxi, bus, truck, etc. For them, it is very important to practice Śrāvītāsana, Sultāna, Kṛyāsana, and other exercises such as Halāsana, Ustrāsana, Sarvāṅgāsana, Matsyāsana, and so on. And Jālandhara Bandha, Ujjāyī Prāṇāyāma, Viparītakaraṇī Mudrā, Sarvāṅgāsana, Matsyāsana, Halāsana, and Poṣpavīṭāsana, the head or neck exercise. These are the best for our hormones to regulate and to balance. Then you don’t feel the heat, or suddenly sweat, or suddenly your blood pressure goes down, or your blood pressure goes up. This often happens with women, but men can also have circular problems. Then a very important cakra in the body is Maṇipūra. This is the prāṇa center, Hara, which in Tibetan language is called Hara. This is the life force, and our life begins from the navel. First, the Maṇipūra Cakra is formed. From the universe, a light comes in a circular form, where the ātmā cells come in. And it starts first with this circular form, which is our intestine; the vertebrae begin, and then the head. So first, what is the intestine? The digestive system and the intestine. So, the Maṇipūra Cakra, from there also healing begins. Epilepsy. The problem begins from the Maṇipūra Cakra, not from here. Afterwards, it works in the brain. Stuttering, which cannot be pronounced correctly, as I speak German. Yes, I would like to have vegetables in the kitchen today. Herbs in the kitchen, working in the kitchen, kitchen,... of course. Kitchen, Austria, of course. It’s called Austria. So the Maṇipūra Cakra controls the whole energy system. This is the beginning of our life. And this is a strong and unique connection with the mother’s body, and through the body, the pull cakra, we get nourishment from the mother’s body. And this is very, very important. There are some beautiful poems. When you are born, and when the navel is cut off. For a mother, this is an emotional pain. Now, my child is separated from my body, and she never forgets for a lifetime the pain of the mother. Only the mother knows. And therefore, it is very important that every man, every son, takes care of his mother, sister, and his wife. And vice versa, of course, we are not guilty anymore. Why are men always guilty? What have we done? And so, this exercise, because she spoke a little too short, can be mastered very well by Agni Cakrīyā and Nauli when possible. Many can’t practice Nauli, but many can. Who can’t do it? Agni Cakrīyā. One minute every day. So from 24 hours, one minute you can give for your whole body’s well-being, well-feeling. One minute you can devote, please. For one minute, tell yourself, please, for one minute, give away your laziness. That’s it. That is Amṛta. The navel is the center for amṛta. Amṛta from the navel, through Viparītakaraṇī Mudrā, is transported to the Bindu Cakra. And all of the Bindu Cakras’ Amṛta comes from the Maṇipūra Cakra. Therefore, our Viparītakaraṇī Mudrā, Agnisāra Kriyā, Nauli, Uḍḍīyāna Bandha, and Mahābandha are very important for our health. Then there are two mudrās, Aśvinī Mudrā and Vajrolī Mudrā. Aśvinī Mudrā, aśva is the horse. The horse, when it is allowed to ride, then it practices the after-muscle for at least one or two minutes, pulls together and relaxes, and pulls together. There is a relaxation in the body, in the brain. So, Aśvinī Mudrā. Vajrolī Mudrā is connected to the Vajranāḍī from between the big toe and the second toe, up to our lower body, and that is about five centimeters below the navel. It depends, please. Everyone has a different distance. When you get a pumpkin shape from your belly, then there is more distance. And when we no longer pay attention to the pumpkin, then it becomes a pear shape. And the pear shape is where the belly hangs. With the pumpkin shape, the navel is straight in front, and then it goes down. There is more distance. And one has the form of a valley, the valley in the mountain. Like this. So you lie down on one side, the hips. You see these two bones. On the other side, the ribs, and this is the valley. And I had it so beautiful. You can’t imagine. You can’t imagine. When I show you a film, that was my life. I did everything. Five meters long string, within one and a half minute, everything in the belly. And it was taken out. That was all. I gave myself a lot of words. Not strained, not strained. Even more, slimmer words. I was torturing, and afterwards, Austrian peasant bread, butter, and cheese gave me a pumpkin. And now I get pumpkin oil every day, the Austrian pumpkin oil. Thank you. If my discipline had remained the same, it might have been different. And that’s why I’m telling you, the distance between the navel and the genitalia is about 10 cm. And in the middle is the muscle that is under the body, and that is called Vajrolī Mudrā. If you have a normal belly and no fat and so on, you can look down and pull the lower muscles together. Then you see a kind of brain shape, the two parts of the brain here. There sits Amṛtā Nāḍī, Vajra Nāḍī, and this practice is done every day. It takes one minute. So one minute was Agnisāra, one minute, that’s two minutes, one minute Aśvinī Mudrā, that’s three minutes, then one minute Mūlabandha, that’s four minutes, and so on. We say one and a half hours a day. That is our health, and so this Vajrolī Mudrā helps, especially very well for women’s problems, as our dear Āratī said. Because it always holds the muscles tight. And also for the men, very important and very good is that we have no problems with the buttocks and stand up more often at night. Except for other diseases, it helps the gallbladder. Very good. These are the exercises that we should do. And not that my muscles are so high and my stomach has gone in, that’s why Peṭla also has nothing to eat. Yes, so a man without a stomach is the sky without stars. Right? That’s it. So, no problem, boys, okay? Eat and enjoy. So, then comes Amarolī Mudrā. I haven’t introduced the Amarolī Mudrā yet. This is the nectar that goes from the lower cakras to the maṇipūra and then to the brain. This is a Kriyā with Amarolī Mudrā, and Amarolī Mudrā is not easy. It needs a lot of concentration and balance in the lower body muscles. That means you can suck in a quarter of a liter of water through your urinary tract and let it out. Just like Basti, through our abdominal muscles. After, pull in with Mūlabandha and soak water, half a liter. Go to the fields and let it out. Come back and soak. That was the origin, Kriya, what we say in Saṅk Prakshāṇam, Basti. And from that, there is also this, now in the hospital, how do you say it, a run-in? So, Aśvinī Mudrā, Mūla Bandha, Vajrolī Mudrā, and Amarolī Mudrā. Very few can do that, very few can do that. There is a face, maybe you are interested, but everyone would say it’s a joke. But sometimes people are comedians, right? People are interesting. Someone practiced, a yogi, had a yoga practitioner, and he gave a challenge. He only urinates oil. And he said to the king, "King, this person, what is proof?" He said, "Proof is that we light a torch and turn it on, and it burns like an oil lamp." Well, so let’s invite him in. I invited him, and before that, he sucked in half a liter of oil through his Vajrolī Mudrā and Amarolī Mudrā. And then the king said, "Is that true?" He said, "I don’t know, but please bring a bottle or something and try it yourself." I don’t try every day that I make light; I make light in my meditation. The king said yes, and he brought a little shepherd, and the king sat down and he urinated. And then he brought a daughter, and she jumped into the water. Pure oil. This is a Siddha yogī. Oh, Siddha yogī. Good. So, some people try to become famous somehow. So these Mudrās are very important for our Mūlabandha, Aśvinī Mudrā, Amarolī Mudrā, and Vajrolī Mudrā. Aśvinī Mudrā, Viparītakaraṇī Mudrā, and these four Bandhas. This is special for our fine organs in the muscles. And then comes Bhaktāsana. You know, what I have said is in this book, read thoroughly, look at every exercise, what is good and what is bad. And that is why I have worked very hard, of course with my students or friends, therapists, a doctor, a psychologist, a philosopher, and so on. And we have built together exercises and a whole system. Yoga in Daily Life is a system that can heal many diseases or, as I said, it is prevention. Prevention is better than treatment. So, exercise. We practice for our own interests. Live long and enjoy life. Also, enjoy your food. Practice it every day. Jāṭharāgni, fire in the body, so that you can digest everything. Some people don’t even eat, but they get fat. Once Hans Herzschläger, the Kriyānanda, said to me, "There are two types of people." I said, "What? One is a consumer. What he eats and eats never becomes fat. The body is always slim and beautiful." And the second is my effector. There is little, but I produce it inside. Always stretching and stretching, and that’s how it happens when our hormones and the cells of the body come out of balance. And yoga practice is that it brings it back in order. I’m telling you because of what I’m saying. But my body, maybe I can say it wrong, but my body doesn’t say it wrong; it speaks to you directly. So one month ago, when I came back from India, and I was on the road a lot for two years, I hardly had time to walk or practice. And my physical condition was a little bit not so good; it was the highest alarm. And I started my Yoga in Daily Life again. It’s the fourth, three weeks, good three weeks. Every day, 45 to 50 minutes, because that’s the first level. And I feel 80% better than three weeks ago, so exercise is very important. It helps. You have time to earn your money. You have time to go to the restaurant and so on. Okay, do it. But when you are sick and he is in the hospital, then your restaurant does not come to you, where you have visited every day. So our body, our temple, forms our soul, and wellness means feeling good with wonderful light exercises. He always says, "Beautiful in Austria, feather-like, yes, feather-like." And we are very selfish and fearful. We always say yes, but when the truth comes, we say no. And so it was that someone was telling a joke in Rome, in the Vatican, in front of the window where the priest comes and gives a blessing. And one day, he was supposed to come at 9 o’clock, 10, 11, 12, 1, 2, but he gave people who were waiting there, "Will come, will come, will you come, will you come? Just for once, come to us." A bishop came and said, "My dear brothers and sisters, the pope is sick and his heart... we are sorry. But he would like to come and comfort him. But the cardiologists are there, and he is on the operation table. He needs a heart, our dear pope. Who is ready to give a heart?" Of course, there were 5,000 people. Everyone was screaming, "My heart, my heart... please take my heart." He said, "Who am I to decide which heart I should take? I will ask the Pope." So he went to the Pope and said, "Everyone is ready to give their heart." He said, "I don’t need that much." But how do we decide? That’s a struggle. He said, "So, Mr. Bishop, take this fine, soft feather and let it fly there. And tell him which head or body this feather lands on. The heart accepted him, Mr. Pope. Quickly, quickly!" And he let the feather fly; it floats like this. And when it comes near, he says, "Take my heart. Take my heart." So we are. Today, I wish you a nice, pleasant evening and all the best. Tomorrow, our webcast will come again. At what time? 10 o’clock? Half past ten? Please? Okay, 9 o’clock the program begins, and the webcast too. And then I come. And I think Dr. Āratī will lead some exercises tomorrow that are very interesting for everyone. This does not mean that men should not come. Men also have a lot of problems with hormones and so on. So, thank you, and all the love. Oṁ Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ. Adió.