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Practising asanas concentration and bhramari pranayama

A guided practice integrating physical posture, energetic seal, and meditative awareness.

Begin standing with feet together, then apart. Execute movements with the arms and gaze to each side, synchronizing with breath. If necessary, one may sit. Kneel, placing one leg forward, fixing the gaze on a single point. Extend the arms and return slowly. Raise the hands overhead, palms pressed, then close the eyes. Sit with crossed legs. Form the gesture with thumb and index finger. Perform the specific seal twenty-one times, coordinating with the natural breath. Recite the sacred sound eleven times with eyes closed. Perceive the vibration moving from the central point upward to the crown and back to the nostrils. Become aware of the stations along this internal pathway. This is an introductory instruction for working with the subtle energy and its centers.

"Perceive the normal inhalation and exhalation."

"Become aware of how many stations there are on the path."

Excellent, thank you. Are you still tired? Are you feeling warm? So, you are not cold. Excellent. Thank you. And now, let us stand up. Feet together. Let us reflect. We need to practice some āsana. So, legs apart. When you turn on your karimace, make sure you have enough space. Left hand down. Right up. And look up to the right. To the center and hands down. One, to the right, inhale up and exhale bringing the arms down. One, two, three, four. One to the left, and the right hand is on the head. The arm is straight. So we have the right hand on the head, placed on the head, but it is straight. Two, three, four, one, two. Three, four, now hands straight, one, upažíme jedna, and right hand to left leg, and the right hand to the left leg, try to see your fingers, and look at the fingers of the left hand, three, four, one, one, other side, to the other side, three. If you can no longer continue, it is not a problem and you may sit down. One, two, three, four. Excellent. Feet together. Now we will try to place the left hand. Let us kneel on the left leg. You can place your leg like this, from the side onto the thigh, or as I do, that is, onto the thigh from the front. And with our eyes, we follow a single point in front of us. Excellent. And now we go down. You can, for example, focus your gaze on the corner of the mat in front of you and concentrate there. Or you can place something in front of you to focus your attention on. So that you may be drawn out. So, one, we look at one point in front of us, arms extended to the sides, excellent, slowly we return. People who practice yoga in daily life are so wonderful. Yes, all teachers can fall like masters. And that is why we have, why we are always on two feet. Once again, one. Let us contemplate. Hands down, three, and foot down, excellent, and to the other side, the other foot, one, we straighten the arms into upaṅga, the gaze fixed on the corner of the kalimatka, hands down, foot down, and the other foot down as well. Excellent. Now the other leg. Raise your hands above your head into an extended position, palms pressed together. And let us close our eyes. Excellent. On the other hand. Excellent, we are going down, and now both legs up, and sit with crossed legs, so sit with crossed legs. There are many āsanas. There are many āsanas. But we should sit there. But we should sit there. But we should sit there. Thumb and index finger together. Thumb and index finger together. Then place your palms on the shoulders, on the legs.... Chin down, and we do Aśvini Mudrā 21 times, not staying there too long. When you finish, straighten your head, the eyes are strained, and we remain. Again, twenty-one rounds. It’s just like your breath. Don’t make it too long. Like inhale, exhale. Inhale, exhale. Normal. Like a normal inhale and exhale. Once more. Ještě jednou. Lam. Eleven times recite the Mantra. Mantra means that when we chant Om, Eyes are closed. Keep your body very comfortable. The body is in a comfortable position. You know the breath, inhalation and exhalation, very well. We perceive the normal inhalation and exhalation. And we simply feel our vibrations from nābhi to sahasrāra, from sahasrāra back to the nostrils. And we will feel the vibration from nābhi up to sahasrāra and from sahasrāra into the nostrils. How many stations are there on the path from nabhī to sahasrāra and from sahasrāra down to the genital openings? Let us become aware of how many stations there are on the path from nābhi to sahasrāra and from sahasrāra down to the orifices. And from there, the breath goes inward again, an inhalation inward, upward into the sásnāha and downward. So this is an introductory instruction for working with kuṇḍalinī and cakras. Now, with love, your hands, index finger, brahmari. You also have many stations or steps, like om which you had. So here, too, be aware of how many steps there are on that path in this practice. Twelve, pardon, eleven. And practice yourselves.

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