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The Blissful Posture and the Glory of Khatu Move your body slowly from the Ānanda Āsana. People often have fear of Śavāsana. Śavāsana means the posture of a dead body, and mostly people have fear from the dead body. Actually, this posture of lying on the back is appropriate for giving explanation, and its name is called Ānanda Āsana. Ānanda means bliss. Ānanda means happiness. Ānanda means pleasure. Ānanda means without tension. Ānanda means peace. And Ānanda means fearless. Therefore, it is appropriate to give the name Ānanda Āsana. In Yoga and Daily Life, we have also researched the names of the postures. And mostly, we know everything is coming from nature. My dear, today I will shed light on the Kathopaniṣad. The Kathopaniṣad, which has a completeness in it. It has got more beautiful, upgraded postures. It is a beautiful village in Rajasthan. And there is a beautiful hill, a mountain. That mountain has the most beautiful stone; it has a rainbow color, five colors of stones. And unfortunately, they are now making mines and digging out all these stones. Especially, the stone is exported to the Middle East. Because it has a beauty and a feeling of coolness. It observes the humidity, and in the hot summer, it’s cool. If you go to Dubai or some Middle Eastern countries, you will see a lot of these stones from Katu. There is a majority of Muslims, and there is a beautiful mosque. And they are all in harmony, Hindus and Muslims. The Muslims adored our Grand Master, Bhagavān Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Mahāprabhujī, who lived there. And the Muslims from there used to say to Mahāprabhujī, "the Pīr of Khatu." Pīr is the holy one. Well, it is a mountain which is radiating peace, harmony, love, and understanding. And so, in our Yoga and Daily Life, for many, many years, nearly four decades, we developed this, called Khatu Praṇām. Glory to that colorful mountain. So it’s the name of the village, not the name of that mountain. But when we, the villagers, live on these hills, we include that mountain too. In Kathopaniṣad we made a few corrections or endorsements, an upgrading gradient, and it’s also been practiced in some of our centers. Some of the postures are very nicely inspired, practiced, and researched by our Sadhvi Śivjyotī in Brisbane Āśram, Australia. So, our Mahāmaṇḍaleśwar, Swāmī Vivek Purījī, he will guide them verbally, and you all will follow and practice. So, it is beautiful. Slowly sit up please, and turn to my side, and sit in Vajrāsana. Do you have the headset? So, Āṭu Praṇām improves immunity in the body. It is the best for the lungs, for purification of the lungs, and for the breath. If someone has respiratory problems, it supports and cures them. Ghatuprāṇām removes the stiffness of the muscles and joints, and Ghatuprāṇām gives a stress-less life. It’s beautiful and harmonious. We are using technology to close the curtains. Thank you very much, because people have too much sun on their face. More. Mosquitoes come. So, okay, leave it. Thank you, boys. Hold. Keep on holding. Sit down. So, Swami Vivek Purījī, the floor is yours. Now we will start with Kāṭuprāṇām. Relax in Vajrāsana. Palms on the thigh muscles. And now, slowly, with inhalation, raise your hands. One, two, slowly go down in Vajrāsana. Now, one more movement. Three, slowly go to the front. And put your hands behind your body. Four, put the hands back a little in front. Five, Bhujaṅgāsana. Six. Heel under. Seven. Eight. Now put your hands back. Nine. Hands up. Ten. Again, back ten. Again, back. Eleven. Twelve. And now, thirteen. First, we will put the palms on the knees. Fourteen, slowly come up. Fifteen, again palms on the knees. Sixteen, go down. Seventeen. Eighteen, not palms back, yes. Nineteen, up. Twenty-nine, up. Twenty, hátra. Twenty-one. Huszonegy. Twenty-two. Husonkettő. Twenty-three. Slowly go down. Twenty-four. Twenty-five. Twenty-five, hand again put on the back, feel the circulation to the head. Twenty-six, slowly budge. Twenty-seven, twenty-nine, palms on the knee. Twenty-eight, yes, once more. One, two, exhale. Three, a little in front and a little in the back. Four. Five, pelvis remains on the floor. Six, seven, other leg. Eight, hands back. Eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, thirteen, slowly go up, fourteen, again on the halfway with a little weight. Moszkvodj meg a térdeden, fifteen. Go down, fifteen. Hajolj le, sixteen, sixteen, seventeen. Hands back, seventeen. Kezek hátra, eighteen. Slowly go up, eighteen. Slowly go up, nineteen. Again slowly, twenty, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two. Slowly go, twenty-two. Lassan le, twenty-three. Twenty-three, twenty-four, hands back, twenty-five, twenty-six, I missed one number, and twenty-eight, now palms on the... One, this posture stretches the side muscles, abdominal muscles, and strengthens the back muscles. It also relieves the pain from the hips. And for people who would like to grow a little more in body height, it helps very much to become taller. But you have to then have your bathroom doors higher. It’s good for breathing. So there are all the shoulder muscles, side muscles, back muscles, and especially the Vajranāḍī, which is responsible for immunity. Two, two, slowly. Now, this is a posture where a lot of blood circulation goes towards the head, and the face muscles are relaxed. It’s beautiful. It is also, you can make like praṇām or you can greet Mother Earth. Now, slowly slide your body down and bring your chin, chest, hands, knees, and toes to the ground. All five parts of the body are touching. Toes, knees, chest, hands, and chin. And slowly raise your chest up and press your stomach down. And toes flat. Beautiful. Try to, without supporting too much with the hand, giving weight to the hand, use more your back muscles pressing together near the shoulders, between the shoulder blades. It removes the stiffness from the shoulder muscles. It strengthens the back muscles and also strengthens the whole back, and removes the tensions. It influences our pancreas and solar plexus, abdomen muscles, as well as the chest. And chest muscles, looking up, which influences our thyroid and strengthens our throat muscles, influencing also the alimentary channel. When we eat, the entire alimentary channel stays clean and circulation improves. Good for the heart. Four. You have missed it. Yes, you missed it by one position. Head on the ground. Knees on the ground. And hands on the back, so head, knees, and toes are on the ground. This strengthens our neck muscles, our cervical muscles, and our bones. It’s good for the eyes and vision. It gives immense circulation to the brain. Yes, it gives physical and mental balance and abilities. Five, hands down. Six, Sumeru āsana. Seven, one knee in the front. Eight, hands on the back, expand your chest, open your lungs more so that you can breathe. Beautiful. And which number have I forgotten? Nine. Oh, beautiful. Ten. Eleven. Twelve. Sometimes it can happen that when people come up too quickly, they fall down because of the circulation. Therefore, this next posture in between makes it easy. Number 12. Support your hands on the knees and look up. Thirteen, fourteen. Support your knees with your hands. Good. Fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, hands on the back, how beautiful, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty-three, thirty-four, thirty-five, thirty-six, thirty-seven, thirty-eight, thirty-nine, forty, forty-one, forty-two, forty-three, forty-four, forty-five, forty-six, forty-seven, forty-eight, forty-nine, fifty, fifty-one, fifty-two, fifty-three, fifty-two, fifty-three,... fifty-three, fifty-three,... fifty-three. Twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty. Relax. Well, we have nine more postures in this to make it more comfortable, more effective, and complete. It is also a moon cycle, like from new moon to new moon, or full moon to full moon, or dark moon to dark moon, or one complete month. So this is a beautiful, very comprehensive posture, and it is completeness. Five rounds in the morning, five rounds at noon instead of drinking coffee, and nine, ten, or five rounds in the evening. You will see. Make a research. Experiment on yourself. Five rounds morning, five noon. And five evenings. And after one month, let me know what changed in your body. Physical problems, mental problems, feeling of wellness, harmony of body, mind, and soul, so it’s a beautiful... it gives a person inner strength, so one is inspired, and when inspiration is there, then the willpower becomes strong. And when the willpower is strong, then the awareness awakens. Awareness is the supervisor, so the awareness instructs the body. And all the awareness will say, "You need now to practice, you need to drink water, you need to eat," etc. In the āśram. Otherwise, sometimes people are workaholic, and they work and work and forget eating because they are not anymore aware about their bodies. So the Kaṭhūpraṇām has a very positive effect on the body. Physical, mental, social, and spiritual, which bring calmness and peace, love and light to understand oneself. So if you understand thyself, you understand nature, you understand people, and that is how we can lead a happy, relaxed, and peaceful life. It blesses us with good health. This is the Kaṭhūpraṇām. So again, one, so it was wrong, hands down. It has to go at once. Okay, so everybody should go with the number immediately, okay? And wait till the number is eight. One, two... This is a spiritual lecture about Yoga in the Indian tradition. Twenty-eight and thirty. Relax. Clear? Do you have any questions? It’s more comfortable, no? It’s like when you’re climbing on the staircase, and between there are little two steps walking, which makes a much different. So we have a little bit of space between. We walk on the staircase, then take a few steps like this, and then we go up. But these few steps give us again a kind of relaxation. So everyone shall try to make, again, an experiment, a research of the Kāṭhā Praṇām on yourself. And we will make a nice chart from this. So tomorrow morning, if the weather is good, in a suitable place. So, it is like the body postures. They are not only for the body, but they are influencing our energy and our whole body. It is influencing our breath and regulates the breath. Then, the influence is very much on the mental level. So it means it makes the mind free of stress and attention. After the mind is more calm and relaxed, then the intellect functions properly. When the mental and intellectual are harmonized, then we have harmony and a good life. After that mental relaxation, spirituality develops. Spirituality means that we call purities. Sāttvik, organic, pure nourishment. Drink very clean, good water. More water than tea, coffee, and juice. Tea, coffee, and juice are a supplement for the food. Well, wash your laundry and put one liter of apricot juice or cherry juice, and see how clean your dress is. So, if we drink juice, it has a different effect on the body, and it is a supplement to our nourishing food. But the mental purification and more clean water, so it purifies the whole body. After that, our thoughts, intellect, the buddhi, then harmonize and control everything. So likewise, the Kaṭha Praṇām is very scientific and is a very good combination of all different postures. So, I wish you all the best, and practice again something from Kathā Praṇām. And someone who understood should type it nicely. And we shall take the picture of these two boys and girls that we can... Tomorrow, we will make a very beautiful video and send it to YouTube in the field, or maybe in the afternoon. So, bring your yoga mat. Good noon and good appetite. Adiós.