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Chanting AUM

The practice is to chant oṃ from the navel to the sahasrāra through seven stations. Sit in vajrāsana. Perform five rounds of prāṇāyāma with the mantra oṃ. Direct the sound from the navel upward through seven steps to the crown. Return the sound to the navel afterward. Close the eyes to concentrate. Hear the sound in the ears during the chant. The common way uses only three steps, but true yoga requires the sevenfold navel path. With proper learning, the energy will also descend from the navel to the mūlādhāra. Refine the chant using vowel sounds like a, u, and i. Let the sound flow beautifully through the nostrils and travel upward. Feel the resonance in the eyes and ears comfortably. When the lips close, the sound goes from the palate down to both nostrils. Then it moves to the bindu and again to the sahasrāra. Practice daily to understand this ascending movement.

"Five times this 'oṃ' from the navel to the sahasrāra."

"When we close our lips, at that time, it will go from the palate, coming down to both nostrils, then it will go again into bindu and sahasrāra."

Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic

I have to say something so that my thoughts come in good. So, five times prāṇāyāma, mantra, āṇā, oṃ. Yes, and sit in vajrāsana. And children should go to the playground. Five times this “oṃ” from the navel to the sahasrāra. Then, one point more: so, seven stations from the navel till the sahasrāra, and then giving back to the navel. So now again, you should do it yourself; you should learn it. I will make once more something, you will not understand those words because there is little. So, seven steps. It comes also in the ears, so five times, please. Eyes closed so that you can concentrate. Very good. Well made, officer. Now, it was very good, very good, but now, try to make, when we do a, a, u, u, this alphabet, like our oṁ, i, u, i, u, till it should come beautiful from the nostrils and going up also. And also in the eyes, oh no, in the eye, ears, nicely, comfortably, very good you have. So again, you should yourself try to know, learn how seven steps. Generally, we are doing only three. It’s okay, normal. But when we really, if yogic and yoga, then it is something from the navel. And it will come after, when you have learned it properly. Then it will come more, and it will go down to the Mūlādhāra, but it will go from the navel. That is very difficult, but it will come. So now, chant again yourself from the navel to the sahasrāra. Coming back also to the nostrils, watch the sound in the ears. You have to learn, you have to hear, and you have to listen. Again, please. And now, no more, but feel from the navel to the sahasrāra. When we close our lips, at that time, it will go from the palate, coming down to both nostrils, then it will go again into bindu and sahasrāra. This is very, very comfortable to learn, but every day you should try to learn how it is going up.

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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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