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Practicing from Garrison

A guided practice moving from physical movement to inner stillness.

Begin by chanting Aum, feeling the elements within the body without force. Proceed through a series of gentle stretches and twists, activating the body's energy centers. The focus is on relaxation and comfort, not perfect form. Movements include leg stretches, spinal twists, and poses where one lies down, raising legs or the upper body. The process reveals physical limitations, often tied to simple causes like a full stomach. Conclude by rolling gently side to side before resting. Finally, sit quietly and chant a peace prayer to conclude the session.

"Just relax. If you can’t feel, it doesn’t matter. But just be one with thyself."

"Relax, relax. It was too much breakfast, that’s why the body doesn’t go up."

Good morning, everybody. Let's have some practice, not too much talking. But we need to practice also, no? Okay, so let's chant Aum. Inhale and exhale. Inhale and chant Aum three times as we all inhale together. Feel with this the element of the water, and feel very pleasant, feeling in the body your temperature, neither cold nor too hot. Feel all five elements of your body. Do not create too much concentration, just relax, just relax. If you can’t feel, it doesn’t matter. But just be one with thyself. Be one with thyself. Relax. Eight, nine, ten. Relax. Legs apart, slightly, slightly, and relax. Try to stretch your hands on the ground, hands apart, hands sidewards. Right heel on the left toes. Right heel, heel on the toes, left toes. Yes, yes. Now slowly turn your legs, your feet left so that your right toe will touch the left side on the ground, and look with your head to the right hand. Yes. Paras is on here, normal breath. Try to touch your right big toe on the ground. You may twist your hip towards the right, with hands touching the ground, the palms touching the ground. Yes, slowly come to the middle, and leg, right leg on the floor, the left heel on the right toes. The left toes are twisting towards the right, the head is looking to the left side, and slowly, in the middle, the left heel is on the ground and the right heel is on the left toes. Twist your back and touch your right big toe on the ground, looking to the right hand and middle. Change your leg, toes towards the right, and look left, head left. Try to touch your toe to the ground and relax. Come back. Bend your right knee and place your right foot outside your left thigh, bending your right knee toward the left until it touches the ground. You can take the help with your left hand, yes. Looking right, and hand palm on the ground so that you are relaxed. Make yourself comfortable, but your right foot is touching your thigh or your knee, and the right knee is touching the ground. We have time enough. I will wait, give you time, until you come to ground. Yes, all chakras will be activated in these exercises and will slowly come to the middle. Leg out, stretch out, right leg stretch out, and the left knee. That’s right, very good. What is that sound here? Suffering. Or do we have some? Did we turn something? No, it cannot clean on the same, but it can be all the time the same rhythm in the middle. And right knee, bend right knee, the feet, we have a shout, very good, you know all. This is yours, it was yours. Very good. There’s more prasad. Just a little moment. Make more prasad. Give me that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Now, the hands straight on the ground and chin on the ground. Chin on the ground. And one leg up as far as you can. Only one leg. And down. Hands on the ground. Stretch your hands above the head. Stretch your hands. That’s it. And the right leg up. So do it yourself, please. Three times with each leg: once left, once right. One cheek on the ground. Hands and elbows will be on the ground. And raise both your legs up without bending the knees. As far as you can, but chin and cheek should be on the ground. At least half a meter you can. Relax. Once more, one cheek on the ground. Relax. Chin on the ground, legs relaxed, and raise your hands and your head up as far as you can. Keep your hands closer to your body. Your legs on the ground, legs on the ground, so that you are more comfortable. Legs down, like this. She’s good. Okay. And relax. Again, raise your hand, chin, chest. I can tell you one story. That once, what happened, that person said, "Relax." And then the story was, now you can completely, how do you call it, lift yourself up, the whole body, legs and hands and everything, all legs up, all hands up. And now you know what the obstacle is, that it can’t go up? The stomach. Relax, relax. It was too much breakfast, that’s why the body doesn’t go up. Once more, normal breath. Bend your knees, hold your feet or your toes, and stretch up your leg like that. Slowly remain there. Once more, and relax. And once more. And relax. And once more. And swing. Yes. Lunch you have to have heavy after that. Relax. Relax. And bend your knees again. Hold your feet and touch your heels to your buttocks. Keep your knees together. And now, roll your body to the left and to the right. Comfortably relax. Yes. Left and right. Left and right. Perfect. Now stretch your legs. Lie down on your back or on your stomach, as you like. Relax. Relax... As you like. Just relax. What? Child, why not? But for all? Not for all. Okay, then leave it. Buddha. Buddha Jīvata. Only Buddha. You tell your daddy, "Daddy, this is yours." You got this. Yeah. Similar. Yeah. Relax and sit up. Close your eyes. Sit in comfortable meditation or vidhā. And we will chant the peace prayer, and I will chant first, and then you. Okay, you sit down. We will chant now. Amṛtyormā Amṛtaṁ Gamaya, Sarveśāṁ Svastir Bhavatu, Sarveśāṁ Śāntir Bhavatu, Sarveśāṁ Maṅgalaṁ Bhavatu, Sarveśāṁ Pūrṇaṁ Bhavatu. Sukhaṁ Samastha Sukhinobhavantu, Nāhaṁ Kartā Prabhuḍip Kartā, Mahāprabhuḍip Kartā, He Kevalaṁ Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ... He... Rub your palms, place your hands on your face, and open your eyes. Peace. Adiós.

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The text contains hyperlinks in bold to three authoritative books on yoga, written by humans, to clarify the context of the lecture:

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