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Kaṭha praṇām is something different and much better than what you call Sūrya Namaskār. Those who understand this know what it is. This is a blessing for you in yoga and in life. So please continue. And camera on the Kaṭha praṇām posture, please. Hirabodhi, you didn’t record my talk? Yes. Pomali, polako, slowly, langsam, dhire, dhire. After this round, remain seated in Vajrāsana. If you feel cool, think warm. Empty all your emotions. So, now all together, please. Not individually. So, one, two, slowly, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. 10, 11, 11, 12, 12, 13, 13, 14, 14, 15, 15, 17, 17, 18, 18, 19, 19, 20, 20. It is now 20. So now, a little with speed, but not very quick. And meanwhile, our dear Ekta from Vienna will come, and she will concentrate and give you a demonstration, and we will practice all the postures which have to do with Vajranāḍī. So, Kaṭha praṇām, we will continue. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20. 13, 13, 14, 14, 15, 15, 16, 16, 17, 17, 18, 18, 19, 19, 20. Further: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19. Little slowly, little slowly, polako. You should follow her, so I will see how you follow. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty. So, two rounds left. Do it yourself in the same rhythm together: all one, two, three, four, five, six, seven. 11, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20. Very good. One round left, so you count. One. Slowly, yeah? Two. Five seconds. Three. Four. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Nine. Ten. Eleven. Twelve. Thirteen. Fourteen. Fifteen. Sixteen. Seventeen. Eighteen. Nineteen. Nineteen. Twenty. Very good. This Kaṭhopaniṣad is in every aspect the best for us. So first of all, it is our humble salutation to Mahāprabhujī. Mahāprabhujī is the guide, the light, the destination for us. The most divine energy comes from Devpurījī. Our seminars, our sādhanā, I would say, Sādhanā or upāsanā—Upāsana is connected with saṅkalpa. The saṅkalpa, that period of time where you have made a decision to follow, it’s called upāsanā, and during this period, what you practice, that’s called sādhana. Upāsanā. Up means near. So we are near to God. We are near to the Master, like the Upaniṣads. Our consciousness is near to our destiny. And that sādhanā is what we dedicate the time to and we practice. If one thinks that āsana and prāṇāyāma are not higher techniques, only the meditation and kriyās, then you don’t have any knowledge. Can you imagine this tree standing without roots and a trunk? Of course we can imagine. We make a plastic tree and then hang it in the air, but that is not a reality. Body is not everything. svou upāsanu. And therefore, you have to keep hold on your āsanas, prāṇāyāmas, simple exercises, and take care of your nourishment. Only meditation cannot give you everything. Yes, meditation is after that. That you can walk, but you have to make an interval to recharge the energy, the physical energy. Understand the system of your body. Listen to your body. Are you sure? What are you doing? Does your body accept this? Are you sure what you eat, your body accepts this? Or is it a torturing of the body? This body is temporary, but it is a temple of our spirit. So learning, practicing āsanas, or guiding someone properly through āsanas, these are very high techniques. Without the body, you can’t meditate. Without the body, you can’t make kriyās. So if the body is here, everything is here. And if the body is not here, nothing is here. Think over how much Mother Nature had to work, or God’s creatures. The heavenly, the divine architectures. For nine months, they were so busy, working in shifts day and night, testing all the cables, what we call the nerves, from the toes to the brain. Like when you make a big, big house or factory, or let us say an aeroplane, every cable has to be tested many times, so that it properly functions and there is no short cut in it. So this is very gentle in the body, how Mother Nature has done this. And we are thankful that we got this. Therefore, don’t say the body exercises āsanas, prāṇāyāma; these are lower techniques. Simple techniques. I was observing, sitting on the balcony in Jardin. And under our big neem tree, there’s a beautiful nest. And there’s some white bird, like a kingfisher, and give the egg. Now, when the bird gives an egg, in the egg is only liquid. Nothing else, a little thicker, but mostly just the liquid. Now the egg is lying in the nest, and the mother comes, and most of the time she sits and gives her body warmth. And after some days or weeks, a beautiful baby develops in that liquid. Have peak, legs, wings, feathers, everything. Is there any science in this world that can make a plastic egg, or from any material, a kind of a little ball, a ping-pong ball, and any kind of liquid, whatever you want to put it in, with your best knowledge? And you can give your own body warmth, or in some countries. Will a nice baby come out? Of course. It will come stinking out. So, now, it doesn’t matter; we can tell many times. This body is nothing. I am Ātmā. I am wisdom. I am on a higher level now. I don’t care about the body. Yes. Suddenly you fall down, and you broke your bones. And you call the ambulance. You go to the hospital. Why did you call the ambulance? Why did you go to the hospital? Let it break, because you are the higher now. Body is nothing. Just do it like this and throw it away. One leg broken, also twist it and break it away. Who is there? Such a person in the world can do? Therefore, my dears, we adore our body. We love our body. We are happy that we have this body. And therefore, we should listen to our body. Do you agree with me? Only four people said yes. Others wanted to pull the bones out. So, similarly, in the womb of the mother, there is also only liquid. There is no ready-made baby inside. That soul comes in, and you pull out—how? From what kind of this liquid? Suddenly, a miracle happens. Manifestations out of this liquid—a beautiful body. Human is coming, that is Swayambhu. Understand this: Swayambhu. So God’s miracle, God’s talents are the nature’s talents. Beyond and beyond and beyond our understanding. Therefore, this body, Holi Gurujī said, "Manus Janam Amolak Hiro," this human life, human birth, is a precious diamond. You can’t buy this anywhere, your body. And you can’t borrow your body. This body is very old. And you said, "Okay, I will go to the market and buy a new body and put it on." Therefore, we can make arguments as many as we can, but without this, my dear, impossible. Therefore, it is divine creation, and we should not neglect, we should not humiliate, we should not torture. We should respect, adore, and listen, and this is. Given for that one who is sitting inside, that he now is capable to work, to do something, to do karma. Therefore, āsanas, gently, gentle movements. This all other many exercises is torturing, not for all. There was a time of telepathy, and few could do telepathy. Not all. And who could do the telepathy? All were surprised, or jealous. I could also do it. There was no approach for every common person. So the telephone came. Everyone can use it. Everyone can speak. Telephone, the word comes from telepathy. Of course, for that you have to pay the money, and for that telepathy, you have to make the Guru Seva and do something for Gurudeva. And when you stop to do something, your telepathy is out of order, no reach, no range, out of range. So you can do many times, "Hello, hello, Gurudev," nothing functioning. So we humans make complications. This all is designed commercially. They give us many facilities, and we have the possibilities for our utility. But others also have the benefit out of it. So yoga in daily life is very rich; it has everything. You begin from the liquid form, and you come out as a Brahma Ṛṣi, that you have reached that Brahmajñāna. So we were talking about nāḍī systems. This is like electric cables through the buildings. These nāḍīs are transferring the transcendental process of the cosmic energy. Bring the prāṇa, and the powerhouse is somewhere else. And if that powerhouse will switch off, these nāḍīs can’t work anymore. And nāḍīs just come together. They close. Even a little ant can’t go through. But as long as you are alive, the cosmic powerhouse sends to the heart, and this is the second connection meter in our body, and this is pumping. So this meter has limitation. When its validity is gone, it stops. It means, again, there is no supply of the cosmic energy. No circulations, they said in one minute, five liters of blood is circulated. It’s not less. So, how many years are you? So, how many thousands of cubic liters of blood have been pumped by your heart? That’s why it’s called sweetheart, dear heart. Warm heart. Many blessings sent to you from my heart. Does anybody send you blessings from Brahmajñāna, from the brain? I send you blessings from my brain. The reader will be a little bit surprised. So, Vajranāḍī is many, many postures in our yoga in Delhi, like book, are concentrated with Vajranāḍī. So there, you know, I told you there are a few nāḍīs. It’s very important. Some yoga books say 84 nāḍīs. And main āsanas, major āsanas, are 84. They compare this with the 8.4 million different lives. So 84, they stuck on 84. So 84 becomes 3. 8 and 4 is? 12 and 1 and 2 is? Shiva, Vishnu, and Brahma, that’s it, the Trinity, that’s it. So body, Jīvātmā, and Ātmā, these are three. So today our deal is Ekta. She is a very expert yoga teacher, a Yoga in Daily Life teacher. She is very loyal to our yoga in daily life, and she teaches very exactly. She keeps the quality of yoga in daily life. In every aspect, in eating, in sleeping, in practicing, in teaching, in working, except in speaking. Because sometimes she had to speak to her other friends differently. So she is concentrating today on all those postures which influence or activate and give more strength to our Vajranāḍī, which is connecting between the big toe and the second toe. She will demonstrate and, at the same time, she will speak. Yes, that’s right. So you can give this mic to her, and then you take it. Should we move this, or is this place enough? Here, is here enough place? Yes. Or you can come this side. So please welcome our dear Ekta. Her name is Grund Eier. The eggs on the floor, on the ground, Gurudāyā, yes. Thank you very much. Shanti, thank you, Swamiji, for your nice words. Yes, then we start with a variation of Vajrāsana. Like we did yesterday, put your toes on the ground. And keep your concentration between the big toe and the second toe, and sit on the heels. Sit on the heels unless you have a problem, then don’t sit. So next we did, but we will do it again. Please come in, Caterpillar. Now you’ll feel your chin on the ground, your chest, your knee, and your toes, and the hands, the elbows are up, and the concentration is again between the big toe and second toe. Then slowly bring your legs to the ground, and pelvis, legs apart. We will practice Triyak Bhujaṅgāsana, toes up, chin on the ground, arms like before. Now, push your pelvis on the ground, and then slowly come up, shoulders down, so that your neck has enough place. Then, look over the right shoulder to your left, and here, with inhaling, come. Back, look up, and slowly come down. Relax for a short concentration again between the big toe and second toe. Now again, push your belly on the ground. With the inhaling, slowly come up. Shoulders down, exhaling through the left shoulder to the right heel. Inhaling, come in front, look up, and slowly, with exhaling, come down. Then, put your arms on the side, legs together. And a cheek on the ground, and for a short feel the reaction of this āsana and relax your back. So then put your hands again beside the shoulders and slowly come back to your heels. Give the elbow a little bit on the side. Try to keep on the ground, then come to your heels and into Vajrāsana. The next āsana will be Uṣṭrāsana. First, feel your body in Vajrāsana. Put your arms in front. Slowly, with inhaling, come up. Exhaling, right hand to the right heel. And the toes up, left hand up, and look to your left arm fingers. Belly is in front, normal. With the inhaling, bring the right hand back in front. Exhaling, slowly come down to the heels. One, inhaling. Two, left hand to the left heel, toes up, and look to your right foot. Belly is in front. So with the inhaling, come back again, arms in front, exhaling slowly down to your heels. Now cross twice, arms in front, one. Come up, inhaling, to right hand to the left heel, left hand up, and look to the left. Inhale, arms in front, exhaling back to Vajrāsana. Arms in front, inhaling, two, left hand to the right heel. Right hand up and look to your right fingers, inhaling. Arms in front, exhaling slowly back to your heels. If your back allows, we can do the third variation with both hands to both heels, but only if your condition allows it. Or you can repeat the first or the second variation. And if you have a sleep disc, don’t do it. If you have a slipped disc, please don’t do the third variation. Don’t do the first or the second variation. Arms in front, one inhaling, toes up. Second, pose arms to the heels, normal breathing. And if your neck allows, you can put the head back, but only if you have a good neck. Carefully come back with the inhaling. And come back in Vajrāsana. Feel the effect of this āsana. And feel the effect of Vīrāsana. And again, concentrate between the first and second toe. Feel also your breathing. Next āsana will be Tāḍāsana. Now, slowly stand up. Both legs are in one line. And when we come up, then concentrate a little bit more on your big toe. Now, bring your hands together, and between your hands we stay, inhaling. Bring your arms up to the sky, the inside of the hands, and then come on your toes. Neck is long, pelvis is straight. Then bring your heels back on the ground and your arms apart. And repeat this āsana two times. Then relax your shoulders. Look to the ground. And feel the effect of this āsana. Also, give your concentration between the first and second toe. Next āsana will be Vīrāsana. Please come in Vajrāsana. Left toe on the ground. Right foot on the ground, beneath the left knee. Left hand on the thigh of your left foot, leg. And right elbow on the right knee, and give your chin in the right hand. Back is straight. Try to keep your body light and look in front. Normal breathing, and feel the effect. Again, try to concentrate between the big toe and the second toe. When the back is straight, you can feel more lightness in the body. Then change. It’s a little bit late, but if you have knee problems, then please don’t do this āsana. So we will do it a second time, on both sides. Maybe you will feel better the second time. You can change whenever you want. This will be the last, yes? Yes. Now, all please come again into Vajrāsana. And our last āsana will be a variation of Vīrāsana, with both feet on the ground, and knees up, and hands on the thigh or on the knees. Look on one point, then bring your hands together in front of your chest. Slowly, your arms are going up, and slowly they are going down. And again, back on your thighs, on your knees. And then again in Vajrāsana. So, thank you very much. Very good, thank you.