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Oṁ Karavindu Sāyukdhaṁ Nitya Dāyanti Yogīṁ Kāṁdaṁ Mokṣa Dāṁce Oṁ Karāye Namo Namaḥ. Sarve Bhavantu Sukhināḥ, Sarve Santu Nirāmayāḥ, Sarve Bhadrāṇi Paśyantu, Mā Kaścid Duḥkha Bhāg Bhavet. Oṁ Śāntiḥ, Śāntiḥ, Śāntiḥ. Ravabhatu. Salutation to the Cosmic Light, Lord of our hearts, omniscient and omnipresent, in the presence of the Cosmic Self. Dear sisters and brothers. His Excellency, the Ambassador of India, the respected mayor of this city, the respected people who take care of this beautiful park, and all sisters and brothers present here. The man‑made world is not perfect, but the God‑made world is perfect. We are standing here in this city, and I observe from Maribor to here the landscape, vegetation, and culture are beautiful. God has given such beautiful Slovenians. As His Excellency reminds us, today is the International Day of the Bee. On my birthday, every birthday, I announce something. Five years ago I said we shall save the bees, and our practitioners of yoga, through yoga in their lives, brought this into reality, so that the United Nations declared the Day of the Bee. But we see, and you may also feel, that this year the bees are already getting fewer and fewer. In all of Europe, about 65% of bees have disappeared. In India too, if there are no bees, our beautiful fruits and berries we will see only in pictures. Yet this park is a park where the bees are enjoying. All birds are enjoying, all different birds and different creatures are enjoying here. It is a heaven for them. I admire and thank those who take care of the park. My dear brothers and sisters, these symbols are very ancient, as His Excellency said. And this is the spine of the human. This is the hidden divine energy in the human. These chakras, which are here, are located along the human body. There are many chakras, but the major chakras are these eight here that we see. Mūlādhāra Chakra—mūla means the roots. These big, strong trees are here, but they stand on their roots. The Mūlādhāra Chakra, from the bottom, represents the qualities between animals and humans. The Svādhiṣṭhāna Chakra is the emotion of humans. The Maṇipūra Chakra is the center of the universe. The sun directly connects to our Maṇipūra Chakra, which is our navel. We call this the solar plexus, and solar means the light of the sun. Now we have solar panels to capture the light, and the energy in our body, and the roots, the center and beginning of our life—Maṇipūra Chakra is at the physical middle. Many diseases can be cured through this light from the sun. Coming to the next center, the Anāhata Chakra. Anāhata means limitless, beyond all borders. It is said, Nādarūpa Parabrahma, the resonance is the highest, the supreme. If you want to know what God is, then understand the resonance. Coming to the throat chakra, the Viśuddhi Chakra. “Viṣ” is poison. Viśuddhi Chakra is the place where we humans swallow all our problems and emotions; many, many diseases begin from there. It is also said that in Satyayuga, during the churning of the ocean in search of nectar, the first thing to emerge was poison. And that poison would have destroyed the whole world. It is Śiva who took that poison and swallowed it. If that poison had gone to the Maṇipūra Chakra, maybe even Śiva would not exist. But with the power of yoga, the power of Kriyā Yoga, the Lord Śiva took that poison and held it in his throat. His throat became blue, and that is why he is also called Nīlakaṇṭha, the blue‑throated Śiva. However, the symbols of this are the many diseases we have. Every organ in our body is affected by the Viśuddhi Chakra. How? Through our behaviors, our thoughts, our fears, and so on. And we try to hold them in our throat. Mostly, what we call our glands, the thyroid gland, is often ill or unhealthy because you have swollen or kept some kind of energy of fear, hate, jealousy, conflicts, etc. These five chakras are the qualities of the humans. Between these five chakras and the Ājñā Chakra, the eyebrow center, is the third eye of Śiva. So this is between the divine chakras. This is where it begins, exactly what we call yoga. The two petals of the Ājñā Chakra have two mantras: “ha” and “ṭha”. So “ha” and “ṭha” become Haṭha Yoga. Haṭha yoga is not just physical postures; it is a balance between our human weakness and our consciousness. The six chakras, from Mūlādhāra to Ājñā Chakra, have fifty‑two petals. Each petal is a resonance of the human body and human consciousness. According to that, it is called the Devanāgarī alphabet. And these alphabets are within the human body, along the spinal column, also called the Kuṇḍalinī. So there are fifty‑two resonances in our body. If we practice that, automatically many diseases will disappear. Finally, at the top of the head here, where we have hair, there is a circle on the crown. That is called Bindu Chakra. Bindu is a dot. And that is the nectar. Through the yogic technique called Kriyā, from the Bindu Chakra comes the nectar. It goes to the navel, Maṇipūra Chakra. Through the Kriyā, in our throat, we practice what is called Khecharī Mudrā. We catch and preserve that nectar through Khecharī Mudrā and the Bindu Chakra. And finally, when you reach the highest level of human consciousness, you are free from birth and death, and you come to the Sahasrāra Chakra. The thousand petals of the chakra represent the thousand rays of the sun. That liberation is all within the human body. Finally, it comes to Aum, and that Aum is the resonance in all three worlds: past, present, and future. Akhāṛā, Ukhāṛā, Makhāṛā. In America, they have researched this and captured the sound of the sun. You can see it on YouTube. And exactly the sound of the sun is that Oṁ. So it is not a religion. It is not a culture. It is the body of the human: physical body, mental body, subtle body, consciousness, awareness. That is the human. Out of 8.4 million different creatures, one is the human. If a human acts according to nature and what God has given, we will be happy, and the whole world will be happy. My dear brothers and sisters, it is my great privilege that I could come here. I have been waiting for the last four years to come here. And today, God gave me the opportunity. I observe that the whole park has many beautiful monuments, and I am sure that many people come and visit, but more and more will come. I wish for this beautiful village, our city, that God bless them, and they all should be happy and healthy, and they will be good hosts to all who come to visit. God bless this country. God bless all. Thank you, my dear brothers and sisters. Once more, I also want to say that His Excellency took the time and came here. Thank you very much. And all the artists who worked on this, I admire and thank them very much. And that is why I think the helicopter has come to take a photo of us. Thank you. Now, I have one suggestion: keep the distance as it is. Do not go between. It is a Kuṇḍalinī power. They call it serpent power, and the serpent moves like this. Until the serpent moves between your Kuṇḍalinī, your power, your Kriyā will not be successful. As soon as this power, this center, has been placed here, it is already there. Thank you. Enjoy. Thank you, and enjoy. God bless you. I invite you to take a seat, and you will do the practice of Kaṭhūpraṇām with Muktānanda. So, the second variation of Kāṭha Praṇām, but first we will chant Oṁ three times. Sit comfortably. Close your eyes. We make Chin Mudra. Indra. Deeper inhalation, exhalation a few times, and relax. We will chant Oṃ three times. Exhale and deep inhale. Open your eyes, get ready. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. Line runner. Feet together. Hands on the knees. Up. On the knees. Right leg. On the back. Up runner. Mountain. Cobra. Next posture. Arms back. Next posture. And we finish. Yes. Dobro. Hello. Always practice yoga peacefully, slowly. Do not cut the snake in two parts. There is no cobra and no rabbit. It is only bārikatu pranām. And those who do not know, go back. Because now they are filming, and for those who do not know, wait until your neighbor is doing it, then you do it like that. Four or five people who know it by heart should come to the front and make the demonstration. Thank you, and sorry to disturb you. Come on. Slowly. Correctly. Okay? You are demonstrating in front of His Excellency of India. The whole of India is here. Yes. He is representing the President of India. My God. Yes, thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Stay where you are. What is your name? Jyoti. Okay. That is right. So this is the next position. I do not know which number it is. Four. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Nine. Ten. Eleven. Twelve. Twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen. Stay there. I am your yoga teacher, so do not worry. Change every posture after ten seconds. So, ten seconds is: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten seconds. Okay? You count this. And many should go around and around the Oṃ. Yes, one meter distance. One meter here. This is a meter. And those who cannot practice should smile and sit in a nice spot, on the top or somewhere. Okay? Thank you. A girl, one meter. Okay, thank you. We need some more people on the top. You all will come in the Indian government magazine. That is why. Otherwise, I will not do anything. So, India must know that Slovenians are better than Indians. That is it. Slovenians must have the gold medal in Indian yoga, okay? I am not satisfied. Some are this, some are that, some have gone away. There should be no empty space. I think I will do something so that you will learn better, okay? Stand on the front of your yoga mat. And stand on one leg. And fold your hands, and say, “O Chakra, please, do not mind my mistake.” And those who have no energy will not stand stable, including myself. I have two legs, and I would have to stand on one leg on this side and one leg on that side, so that is why I am standing on my two legs, hands up, yes, take sunlight, hands folded, beautiful. So, I go to the top of the building, are you okay? So, I am on the top. Hands down. Thank you. You were the best, great. So now, you sit, go a little back. Now, please sit all in one line. Okay, so every ten seconds you change your posture. So it is like 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Then we change the posture, so please, we shall start. 1. Legs are straight, arms are straight. We bend the left leg and the right leg, back is straight, and the left arm is in front, and the right arm is at the back. It is a complete torsion of the body. Our head goes backward, looking backward. And we hold our ankle. Now it will go. Okay. Oh, oh, that is very good. Now you cannot hide. Facing my side, make sure that you are sitting all in one line. One is sitting on the last edge of your yoga mat, the other one goes this side, the other one this side, the other one this side. Do you understand what I mean? So, go to this edge of your yoga mat, the other side, the other, other side. Chik chak, so that I can see how beautiful you all are. It looks beautiful, yes. And do your prāṇāyāma. Anulom Vilom, go ahead. Yes, facing towards the āsana, cakras, ānanda āsana, because we are alive, because we are alive. Śavāsana is a dead body, śavāsana, dead body. Therefore, we are not dead, we are alive. Ānanda means blissful. So, we are blissful. Or do you want to die? No. People who are sitting outside should come inside. You are not outdoor people, come in. Now, turn your stomach and relax. Thank you for your demonstrations. Now you can do what you like. You can remain on your yoga mat as you are. Okay, thank you.