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Practising with Vishwaguruji

The practice begins with organizing the seating and performing Bārikhātu Praṇām. Sit straight in Vajrāsana for the practice. Focus on specific chapters. Prāṇāyāma follows. Sit with a straight back and relaxed shoulders. Inhale and exhale slowly through the nostrils, feeling the breath move from the belly to the lungs. Practice alternate-nostril breathing by closing one nostril at a time. Inhale through the left and exhale through the right, then inhale through the right and exhale through the left. Complete the practice by chanting OṂ.

"Place two fingers between the arm and the thumb. Close the right nostril, and inhale and exhale with the left nostril slowly."

"Inhale with the left, exhale with the right. Inhale through the right and breathe out again, left."

Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic

Victory to Śrīdīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān of Dev Purīṣā, to Mahādeva, to the Alak Purīṣī Mahādeva of Satguru Svāmī Madhavānandjī Bhagavān, and to all sages and great souls. Now, please, the seating arrangement: some people are too far apart, others are too close together. Can we adjust that area? It is not properly organized. There are not many people here in between. So, organizers, can you please organize this? Please do so every day. Now, first we will perform Bārikhātu Praṇām. Twenty? No, five times. Fifteen is also acceptable. Why did you come late? Now, no one else should come there; please sit on the grass. So, Vajranāḍī, Vajraprāṇa, and Vajratāḍī, okay? Vajranāḍī, Vajraprāṇa. And the iron. Vajranāḍī. Who is the master here? One person will give the instruction on the count of one, two, three. Počke, ne dali. One person gives the instruction. Will you do it? Yes. Okay, so sit straight. Sit in this position, in Vajrāsana. You stand, stay standing, because everybody knows how to do Bārikatu Pranām. Is there anybody who doesn't know? Okay, very good. So he is only giving you instructions. And don't worry if it gets cold; you don't need to take anything off, okay? Now sit deeply and focus on the Bhagavad Gītā, chapters 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, and 27. Very good. There are two people missing in that block. If anybody comes, then put them here. So, you should always take Barikatu Pranam next. Barikatu, okay? Every time. Every position? Yes. Not every position. When we begin again, we are going to practice Bārikatū Praṇām next round. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27. We are going to practice Bārikatu Pranām, but a little silently, a little shorter, slowly. Okay. We are going to practice Bārikatu Pranām, third round: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, and 27. We are going to practice Bārikatū Praṇām, fourth round: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24. Elbows on the front, and now 25, 26, and 27. Very good. Lie down, relax. Now again, sit up, please. And now, sit in a beautiful posture. Prāṇāyāma will come. So, of course, if you have a little thing to put on your shoulders because it is cold, yes. Everything is here. Place two fingers—the index finger and middle finger—between the arm and the thumb. Close the right nostril, and inhale and exhale with the left nostril slowly. Take the breath into the stomach and come up. Exhale from up to down. Inhale and exhale. Inhale and exhale. Go ahead with your own capacity, as much as you can. But first, feel the air below the navel. First feel the belly, and then come up to the lungs, and exhale again, emptying from up to down. Go ahead. One should not empty the stomach immediately from the bottom, like when we feel the water. In a cup or a glass, we take water first at the top, and it comes down from there. And when we inhale, we first pull the water down to the bottom, and we are coming up to our throat. Exactly the same is what you should do. Now go ahead. We are sitting straight, shoulders relaxed. The inhale is going to the nostril, the left one, and we feel first from the bottom, and we come up until our lungs are complete, until the heart, and from there we relax. Empty, and now place your hand on the thigh and feel the breath. How do you feel in the left nostril? But do not feel only on the left side; feel both sides. Again, place your hand, two fingers below, between the eyebrows. With your ring finger, close the left nostril, and inhale and exhale through the right nostril. Lift your thumb near the index finger. Do not try to feel too much air, but also not too little. Inhale with the right nostril and exhale through the right nostril. Try to sit straight. While exhaling, go all the way down. Then bring your hand down on your thigh or knee, close your eyes, relax, and feel the breath. Again, with both fingers close the right nostril, inhale with the left nostril, then with the ring finger close the left nostril and exhale through the right nostril. Again, close. Inhale through the left nostril, and out through the right nostril. Again, close the nostril, and inhale through the left nostril and exhale through the right nostril. Go ahead. When you feel the right nostril, when you take off your thumb, then bring the thumb near the index finger. Inhale with left, exhale with right. Inhale through the right and breathe out again, left. After exhaling from the left nostril, place your hand on your thigh. Someone’s telephone is ringing; please take it home. Feel your breath through the nostrils. How do you feel? Again, with both fingers close the left nostril. Inhale through the right nostril, exhale through the left nostril. Inhale through the left nostril, and exhale through the right. Inhale. Left out and hand down, left inhale, right exhale. Inhale, right, exhale, left. And now, with the inhale first from the left, exhale through the left, inhale with the left, exhale through the right. Inhale, exhale, inhale, exhale. Fifteen times. Petnáct krát. Then you place your hand on your legs. Now, chant the Praṇava mantra OṂ five times. From the navel. From the navel. OṂ. Śrīddhi Pūrṇa Bhagavān. Dev Purīṣa Mahādeva. Satguru Swāmī Mahādvāranjī Bhagavān Halak Purījī Mahādeva Kī Jai.

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