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The session explores the five upaprāṇas, the subsidiary vital energies supporting bodily functions. Nāga Prāṇa removes blockages and toxins. Kūrma Prāṇa controls the eyelids, protecting and moisturizing the eyes. Devadatta Prāṇa governs actions like yawning to expel toxins. Kṛkal acts as an emergency response, triggering reactions like vomiting or sneezing to expel immediate dangers. Dhananjaya influences the heart. These energies are vital for health. Suppressing natural expulsions like sneezing can damage the nervous system. Practice cleansing techniques like Netī and Kapālabhāti. Eating should be a conscious ceremony, not rushed, to properly receive prāṇa, the life force and light of the soul.

"The Kūrma Prāṇa is controlling our eyelids especially. It is the highest protection for our eyes."

"This blockage, which is harmful to us, can even lead to death if this prāṇa were not there."

Now, knees up, only on the toes, sitting on the heels. Your feet a little apart. Hands on the thighs. And now fold your palms. Oṃ. Now, hands sidewards, keep balance. Those who have problems with their toes or feet should not do this. You can stand on your knees. And hands up, bring your upper arms to touch your ears, and slightly look up. Very good, and try to stand up, if you can. Very good, and hands down, perfect. Hands on the shoulders, and we do today our sarvahitās, slowly. When you go back, then both your shoulder blades should touch. Raise your arms up and slightly bend forward. Hands to feet, hands to feet, knees straight, and try your best to touch the knees with the forehead. And slowly, in this posture, slowly try to sit up, sit down. And slowly, in this posture, slowly try to sit up, sit down, and relax. You have two options: either lie down with your head to my side, or sit. Relax. If you lie down, then you should be about 20 centimeters above your yoga seat. If you are sitting, remain comfortable. So, half butterfly. And hold the toes and do the half butterfly further, with knees straight. Foot on the thigh. The bended knee foot is on the thigh. Look to Gajananjī, bend forward, keep the knees straight, look to the toes. Try to look up and make your back straight. Very good. And now comes full butterfly. Butterfly. You can first support your hands with your knees, which are touching the floor. Then, hold your toes like this and try to pull your heels toward the body. Make your back straight. More straight. Let your stomach go down first. Like an aeroplane is landing, no? The aeroplane doesn’t land from the front; first the back tyres, and then the front. So, similarly, bend slowly, slowly,... bending, bending straight, straight, straight. And touch the nose to the toes, or make a tilak from your toes to your forehead. But keep your back straight. Very good. Slowly up, and lie down. Head to my side. So, the prāṇa. Upaprāṇa. We spoke about Nāga Prāṇa, which supports our body and removes the blockages in the nerves. The prāṇa and apāna work together and prevent the gas, removing the toxins from the stomach. Both legs together up, hands beside the body. And only, not so much. Don’t trouble yourself to raise too high, only 30 centimeters, 40 centimeters. Knees straight and forty centimeters. And I am sure you know what 40 centimetres is. You are nearly one metre. So keep your position. 40 cm, 20 cm, normal breath. Remain in this position. The Kūrma Prāṇa is mostly living in the area of the eyelids. If you are constantly moving, I can’t concentrate. Relax. Uvolněte se. Relax both legs on the ground. So the kūrma prāṇa is controlling our eyelids especially. It is the highest protection for our eyes. No part of the body is quicker than our eyelids. So these eyelids, which are constantly moving and protecting our eyesight, and also, it supplies the eyeball with moisture. It is spreading the tears on the whole eyeball so that our eyeballs are not dried. You are sleeping, so the high quality of the prāṇa is there. It is a protection. Everything is a very important thing in our body. But the eyes are especially very important. When the eyes are gone, for us the world is gone. And when the hearing sound is gone, then the company is gone. Or the satsaṅg is gone. Kūrma Prāṇa is very important. Now you can turn over to your stomach. Place your chin between your eyes. Put your chin between your hands and close your eyes. Imagine how you sleep. Yes, experience the sleep. How you go from conscious to sleep. And now, bend your legs and open your eyes. Hold your feet and press your heels towards the body. Remain comfortably. Just look at me. You see me? Wherever you see me, too, then we relax. Remain so, until you see me too. Yes, but not a photo. So, the Kūrma Prāṇa is controlling the movements of the eyelids. Opening and closing, these prāṇas are active when we are awakened. And when we sleep, then the prāṇa goes also for a rest. But they cannot go away from the eyesight. Even in the dream, you try to open the eyes, and the eyelids are controlled. But when we sleep, deep sleep, then these eyelids, eyesight, etc., are revitalizing when we are sleeping. Very good. Come to the Dhanurāsana. Perhaps now you will see me too. The practice of Trāṭaka, especially, it provides the balance and strength. Therefore, this āsana, this mudrā, this posture of the Ghaṭopadana, it influences us positively. Now, think over: what is the benefit of the Kūrma Upprāṇa, and what is the benefit of the Nāga Prāṇa? After the Nāga and Kūrma prāṇa, it’s very interesting. And it means you roll your body, hold your leg, and roll left and right. Slowly. We are rolling and we are sailing in the divine ocean, with the waves of high motion. Gurujī, we are sailing with you, very good. Turn over onto your back, bend your knees, hold your knees, and remain for a while. Press your thighs towards the body. Now roll to the left side, and right side. Go ahead. Continue. The Devadatta Prāṇa. Devadhāta Prāṇa. This is controlling and helping to reduce the oxygen. Take the oxygen and deoxygenating. Like after eating, or before going to prayer or sleeping, yawning. It means with high quantity, we are exhaling the toxins. So this prāṇa is also working similar to the Kūrma Prāṇa. This prāṇa is very important to remove the acidities. So slowly come to the āsana, what you call the cakra āsana. Now I know what the cakra āsana is. Very good. And sit up in meditation posture. Then comes kṛkal. Oh, that’s something very nice. Then comes kṛkal. Very nice. These fine upa-prāṇas, they are also working for emergency. Like an emergency ambulance. Like an emergency ambulance. Immediately take action. Immediately take action. The gas in the stomach can be very dangerous. It can lead to a heart attack. The gas is a kind of poison in the intestine. So it takes the accent to vomit it, to throw it out. Don’t think, "Oh, my food was so precious, I had very good eating." Just throw it. So similarly, there is something in the respiratory system, or suddenly we touch something very cold. It immediately affects the muscles and nostrils, the nāḍīs and muscles, or the dust. And people who have an allergy to the flower pollen, or dust. Some people have allergies to cats, to dogs, to different animals, and some people have allergies to people. So, in this case, we begin to open our blockages. And that is especially what we call sneezing. Oh God. Sorry. Pardon. Na zdraví. So, this blockage, which is harmful to us, can even lead to death if this prāṇa were not there. Therefore, the Jal Netī, Sūtra Netī, Kapālabhāti, and Bhastrikā, these are the best to get rid of the energy. After doing these kriyās, you put a little olive oil, sesame oil, or a little ghee in your nostrils. It helps really very much, and practice śīrṣāsana. More blood circulation towards jñāna and riyās. And therefore, the counter postures are very good. Do not suppress his sniffing, so people are doing this. Let’s come. Of course, you can have a cloth. But very few search the cloth. It is an emergency. But you can do so. In an aeroplane, everybody wakes up, so it should not be otherwise. We have to have social behavior. You know, yoga is for physical, mental, and social education, for social health. But still, it is not blocked. Do not do like this. That can damage very fine nerves in the respiratory system. Yes, particularly the waves of the movement in the breath. Disturbances of Dhāraṇā may cause heart attack. And the crackle that is weak, snitching indicates weak vitality. When you are, you want to know how long this person’s life will be. So if you do, do, child. It means that the time is approaching. How do you do like this? Everybody is, you wake up all, but don’t do that. But you can do like this, so these are openings of the jñānendriyas. Cleaning with the brush. So the strength of the lungs shows the length of the life still. And so there is the prāṇa. Yes, so these were the five Upaprāṇas: Nāga, Kūrma, Devadatta, Kṛkal, and Dhananjaya. The particular influence is the heart and heart muscles. Okay, more prāṇa you will learn tomorrow in the afternoon on the meadow with certain postures. And these postures will be numbers six and seven. Don’t miss the chance. If you can’t perform, at least you can watch how the technique is done. Wish you all the best. Do the prāṇāyāma. And also, good eating. Some people are eating too quickly. They say the Croatians eat too quickly. Why? Because they are aware of their obligation. And who eats slowly, slowly in the office, it goes on the nerve of the boss, the owner of the company. And you cannot force. Please finish your eating. You cannot, so some purposely eat slowly. And the boss gets so angry. He goes in and out, in and out. So one who is eating very slowly, if he or she has power, then say, "I will see who is going in or out." So, we should not do something purposely. But the work of the teeth, don’t give it to the intestine. The work of the teeth, don’t give it to the intestine. Enjoy. Nebo sladkosti. Nebo citron. Or different eating. So enjoy. But when you eat quickly and swallow it down, then there is no more taste. When it comes to reaching this element of taste, it is gone. So at least enjoy the taste. That’s healthy. So prāṇa is our life, source of our life, and prāṇa is the strength of our soul, and prāṇa is the light of our soul. So when you eat, don’t make jokes. It’s not that you are eating and talking to him, and you know it was like that. And someone puts you on a wasp. Oh, this will bite you. One can put anything bad in your food. One can change your plate. Eating is pūjā, it is a ceremony, it is a kriyā, but we do the yajña, we give out the svāhā, this is like you get food in your mouth. So, "Brahmārpaṇaṃ Brahmahaviḥ" is a mantra to yourself, to your ātmā. Śrī Ātmā Adio Deep Dhan Bhagavān Viśvagurū Mahāmaṇḍaleśvar Kī Jaya.

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