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Pranayama balances energy in our body
A teaching session on the uses of a yoga stick and the theory and practice of prāṇāyāma.
"This is a yoga stick. It was generally for the yogīs who meditate for a long time."
"Prāṇāyāma... we are purifying, and we give such flexibility that we can live and walk and feel comfortable."
The instructor begins by demonstrating the multiple uses of a traditional yoga stick for posture, support, and concentration. The session then transitions into a detailed discourse on prāṇāyāma, explaining it as the vital energy (prāṇa) that animates the physical body. The teacher connects imbalances in this energy to diet, emotions like anger and jealousy, and modern diseases, offering prāṇāyāma as a solution for purification and balance. Simple techniques like observing the breath and a method for Nāḍī Śodhana are briefly outlined.
Filming location: Sunshine Coast, Australia
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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:
- Yoga in Daily Life - The System
Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda. Ibera Verlag, Vienna, 2000. ISBN 978-3-85052-000-3 - The Hidden Power in Humans - Chakras and Kundalini
Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda. Ibera Verlag, Vienna, 2004. ISBN 978-3-85052-197-0 - Lila Amrit - The Divine Life of Sri Mahaprabhuji
Paramhans Swami Madhavananda. Int. Sri Deep Madhavananda Ashram Fellowship, Vienna, 1998. ISBN 3-85052-104-4
