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Brahmari Pranayam and Kapalabhati

Stress is released through specific sound techniques. The practice of Brahmārī Prāṇāyāma, a humming breath, activates the nervous system and increases cerebral blood circulation. This clears blockages, preventing issues like memory loss or hemorrhage, and energizes the brain's glands. It is beneficial for headaches and chronic auditory disturbances. Support this practice with Kapālabhāti Prāṇāyāma, a forceful exhalation from the navel, which purifies the sinuses and internal organs. The foundational sound is Oṁ, whose vibration originates at the navel center and heals the entire body. Combining these three sound techniques creates a complete system for purification and stress release.

"Brahmārī Prāṇāyāma helps to improve blood circulation. It opens the blockages, and our memory recovers everything."

"When we inhale, we are taking a lot of air in. Not in, out, out. But the pressure is from the navel."

We have already had two sessions. This third one we are doing now is about stress: what is the cause of stress, and how we can release it, etc. The three main points were, first, to concentrate without stress. That was a very simple technique with numbers. The second we had yesterday was with the sound. In yoga we call it Brahmārī Prāṇāyāma. Brahmārī is like a wasp on the flowers, and everywhere one wasp is flying, making a humming sound. So first we will begin again with the humming sound. We plug our ears with these two index fingers, but please don’t do it now, otherwise you will not hear what I am telling you. There are different positions. If you do like this, it will be a different sound. The best is like this. But after a few times, our shoulders get tired, so then we can do like this. There are three levels of that sound. This humming sound is activating all the nerve systems from our throat to the whole head. It creates more blood circulation in the brain. We spoke yesterday about nāḍīs, nerves—72,000 nerves—and from that I mentioned some, and today we will complete that. It will be the second one. Third, when blood circulation is flowing very smoothly, where there is no blockage... if there is blockage, then what we call a brain hemorrhage happens. Also, memory goes down because there are blockages. So, blood circulation becomes very smooth, very clean, without any obstructions. Then, all the time, new energy, clean energy comes, and our memory remains very good, the best. People who have problems with memory after a certain time have blockages in the brain centers. So Brahmārī Prāṇāyāma helps to improve blood circulation. It opens the blockages, and our memory recovers everything. Also, when the Brahmārī Prāṇāyāma is practiced, it keeps a new energy in the brain. There are different glands, and these two glands—what they call the pituitary gland and the pineal gland—both become very clear and active. Through this Brahmārī Prāṇāyāma, it seems very easy. One thinks, "Ah, yeah, it’s not so." But it is very powerful. Very powerful means not in a negative way, or not in something we think will force our brain. But it helps very, very much. This is very good for people who are coming to a young age. By young age, I mean 75, 80, 90. There, we are the young now. Before, we were children, okay? So enjoy your young life, and that young life is very clean and everything. Many things are behind us, and if we don’t have interest in such things, we are very happy, very relaxed, very good. So we need again to get that energy in the brain. Brahmārī Prāṇāyāma also helps us, and it was recently spoken about in one conference, also regarding brain cancer. Those who will do it every day, three to four minutes, three times a day, there will be no disease like cancer. Now, this Brahmārī Prāṇāyāma is very, very helpful for people who have headaches. Suddenly, you have a headache here, and that’s only because the blood circulation is not clear. Those who often have headaches, some have half of the head, and that means this part of the hemisphere... Mahāprabhujīp Karatā Mahāprabhujīp Karatā... Then we need a support. We need a support for the Brahmārī Prāṇāyāma. It’s like somewhere in our water channels there is a blockage. Then we have to push something. What do you call it? A plunger. So we open like this, and that one is called Kapālabhāti Prāṇāyāma. Kapāla is again our head, mostly this part of our head, and headache is mostly here, but it is connected behind the back of the head. Kapālabhāti Prāṇāyāma is, you know, all of you, so I need now to explain to you. You know all, yes? Yes. No answer means no question. No answer. So you know all, yeah? But, well, you cannot answer for them. We are very clear with persons. Yogīs were putting a question, yes or no, that’s all. If you say no, okay. If you say nothing, then it’s okay. So, Kapālabhāti, you know very well, so I continue further. So, drinking of the water, and then the Brahmārī. So, those who have this problem, a very strong headache, then you should do Kapālabhāti three times a day, okay. Śrī Śrī... And blood circulation is moving so well, which brings clarity. Also, for those who have problems with hearing, it can also help. And there are some people who always hear some sound, whole day and whole night. When you are sleeping, people have a problem because you have so much sound in you, you can’t help that. This Brahmārī Prāṇāyāma will help you a lot. But three times a day, just a few minutes. Okay, now, when we put the fingers in the ears, then you close your eyes and listen. You will hear, you will feel the vibration of the whole brain. It will release many, many tensions and what we call distress. The best technique is to release the stress through the Brahmārī Prāṇāyāma. You will practice or do the Brahmārī Prāṇāyāma, let’s say, eleven times. After 11 times, put your hands down and just remember and listen to the sound, how you feel in the whole head. Eleven times, one time is... you inhale, and then the exhale is going with this prāṇāyāma, Brahmārī, like this. A very fine breath is going out. When the breath is out, you cannot anymore, so before that, you think, "Now I have little breath," stop, inhale, again. And now there are different levels when we do it without plugging our ears, is it different? And then it means they’re on the top of the head, top of the head. When you have small hair, you see here one, like a vortex, yeah, here. And there is a Brahmārī, that is, you have to awake, and this is the very center of our whole being, you don’t. Say it like this, slowly, okay. So, when, the 11th time, you chant it, place your hands down, and for a while, for a while, concentrate and relax. Then I will chant Oṁ. Oṁ. You chant with me, and then you open your eyes. It means we finished one round. No, there was feedback. You have to put some, is it here or there? Yeah, in the front. Okay, good. So, get ready, please. You hold, plug your fingers in your ears. Open your eyes. The other techniques are all connected to each other. So what I told you, Kapālabhāti. Kapāla is our forehead, this part of our head, and it is also connected to cleansing the sinuses. And this is like this. It should go from the navel. It goes from the navel, and all the complications in our thoughts, our hearing, our losing the sound, etc., are all connected; its center is the navel. So, when we inhale, we are taking a lot of air in. Not in, out, out. But the pressure is from the navel. All the systems in the trunk of our body, all the organs, which are the liver, the kidneys, the gallbladder, the heart, the lungs, etc., all these systems are connected to the navel, and from the navel, it goes directly to the top of our head or to a particular part of the head. Immediately, you will feel release from your headache. Immediately. But you think you are only purifying your forehead or sinuses, but you are also purifying all the organs because you are activating, awakening that, our navel center, our pituitary, and our pancreas. So, once you put your head and middle finger, touch your navel. It doesn’t matter with the left or the right hand, and then exhale, but don’t open your mouth. When you do this, do not move your shoulders so hard. Not like this. Only gently from here. It’s a technique. Otherwise, we do the wrong techniques, and everything is going wrong. So place your hands on the knees and release. Just close your eyes and feel your forehead. Everything is so relaxed. The energy is so much in the head, and all the blockages are gone. It means there is no more stress. It is a very simple technique, a yogic technique. There are many, many different techniques. Each technique has its benefit. So, we did Brahmārī Prāṇāyāma, then we brought the Bhasthrikā Prāṇāyāma, no, sorry, Kapālabhāti. Now, once more, eyes closed, from the navel, please. Don’t move your shoulders up and down. Go ahead, good. Just remain with closed eyes, relax your body, feel the energy in the whole trunk of the body, feel the purification of the forehead, the sinuses, relaxing, very clean, very beautiful feelings, good. After this, it’s for the whole body, all the gland systems, everything; that is one of the best techniques, and that’s called Oṁ Chanting. The seat of the sound is on the navel. Anything you want to speak, anything, it begins from the navel. When you talk to someone, it’s always giving pressure from the navel. The navel is the center of our body, the center of our body, or the center of the entire universe. Here is the beginning of our life, the beginning of the construction of our body. The first center, first is the navel, and that is very, very powerful, very powerful. So, A, A,... U, M, A, U, M, navel, the throat, vocal cords, and humming sound, the Oṁ, which we did also, similar to Brahmārī Prāṇāyāma. Chant all. No, you did wrong. I said only A, and you went to the M. I can listen, you know. Only A. These three techniques of the sound are healing all the organs in the part of the whole body, the whole trunk of the body, all. It goes from the lower part of the body, the anus, from there it goes to the head. Very good. Now we will combine these, all these three, then it becomes complete. Now, what we did, all these different, we put things, this part one, that part one, this. Now we have to put all in the right way, so it flows, it affects the whole body, Purījī, Purījī...

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