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Feel your heart
Focus on heart-centered awareness and breath.
Place your right hand gently on your heart to feel its warmth; the breath originates from here. Then bring awareness to the navel, focusing on these two points. The main practice is to think only in your heart, which is difficult as the mind wanders. Feel the warmth in your chest; applying no pressure allows great things to happen. Many problems arise from the heart, so placing your hand there brings peace. Keep your eyes closed and look inward, bringing attention back if it goes outward. Sit straight without leaning forward, using a comfortable breath. This practice involves prāṇa; even after death, something remains in the heart according to yogic tradition. This week, take good care of your body through mindful eating and daily practice.
"The breath originates from here; it is warm."
"First, we should not lean forward. That is not good for the breath or for our heart."
Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic
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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
