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Bhajans and Practicing form Vep

Yoga practice of Marjārī Āsana and Vajrāsana.

Begin lying down, then slowly come up and adjust into a relaxed position. Relax deeply so the stomach calms. Then sit in Vajrāsana. Stand on the knees, go down, and look up. This is Marjārī Āsana. Repeat five times, coordinating with breath: inhale while looking up, exhale while looking toward the navel. This practice benefits the spine, blood circulation, and reduces back pain from sitting. Move together as a group, with full attention on the backside, shoulders, and hip joints. After five rounds, stand on the knees and sit again in Vajrāsana. Then, on the knees, perform side-looking movements slowly, then stand up with hands raised, say Hari Om, and relax.

“Inhale, look up, and exhale, slowly go down.”

“This practice depends on the breath, inhaling and exhaling.”

Filming location: Vép, Hungary

We begin by lying down and then slowly coming up. Please adjust yourselves smoothly. Many of you know that we have already practiced with Mahāmaṇḍaleśvar—what was his name? He gave very nice instructions on how to practice. Now I would like to do something, and I do it very well, but this Mahārāja, Mahārāj, he will not let me do it. However, I tell you, please relax very nicely. Very nice. I think it’s good, we are relaxing more. That’s very good. We are relaxed so that our stomach will be calmed, and then we can go for eating. That’s very good. Now, please sit all in Vajrāsana. If you are comfortable in this position, you can sit with others. If you are uncomfortable, you may still sit in Vajrāsana. Now, stand on your knees. Yes, stand on the knees. And go down. And look up. And again. Slowly look. Again, and again… Again. We know this is very nice, yes? We will do it five times again. Repeat five times while continuing your breath: inhaling as you look up, exhaling as you look toward the navel. This is Marjārī Āsana. It is very good for our spine, but please all do it together. Yes, go down, look down, and come up, look towards the sky. Back down, and again. Good, good, done. Go down. Go up like this, but all together, all together. In a group, all. When one comes up, all should look up, and when they look down, all should follow. So continue, please. Swamiji was repeating five times, so we can count already; three times are done. Now you can look up to the sky, and then bring your back down. Now, go down. Look to the navel, all, once, and slowly again. Look to the sky, up, once more, and look again up to the sky. Keep the Gurujī’s blessing. Now, five times are maybe done, so you can stand on the knees. Come slowly up and sit in Vajrāsana. Very good. Then five times, okay. So again, go up, one, two, and here now we sit, one, and look toward the side, up, down, up, down, up, up… Look to the navel, and look up and down. Come up again, come up. Look to the sky, and again, and now look up. And stand, stand on the knees, and sit down, sit down in Vajrāsana. Now, Swāmījī will do it, like I told you, only five times. He will do everything. If somebody is going a little off, then everyone should move like this. Okay, so now he’s done. I received proper guidance, and I will pass his blessings on to you. So please, this is what Swāmījī was giving us: the practice of Marjārī Āsana. This beginning Marjārī Āsana is very good for all our bodies, for our blood circulation, especially our spinal column. Many people sit on chairs and have back pain. It will reduce the pain and is very good for our body. So now, please reach your arm up and come into Marjārī Āsana, all together. Look at your navel, and look toward the sky. See how beautiful these trees are, their very nice leaves. And slowly, please look at your navel. This practice, as I learned in life through the Guru Dev, depends on the breath, inhaling and exhaling. So you know very well, look upward. Look up to the sky again, please. Inhale, look up, and exhale. Slowly go down, and bring your back toward the sky. Up, not only the shoulders, but the whole backside—the area between the shoulders and the hip joints, the joints mostly. And again, look to the sky, and slowly come back. Now look to the sky again, and stand. Up on your knees, please, and slowly come to Vajrāsana. Now, all go up. Stand on your knees, please. Go down, down. Go up. Look towards the sky, up. Our breath is not due to me, but one. One, one. Look toward your neighbor. Two, yes. Down. Look up, and slowly look up. Inhale, and come again. Down, and come again. Again, look to the sky up, and again. Again down, and look again. Look up again, and again, and down. And stand up. Stand up on the knees and slowly sit in Vajrāsana. Is it okay? So don’t go as you wish; sab sāth. Again. Inhaling and exhaling, we have to coordinate our breath. Again. Once more, stand up, please, on your knees, and go down, look toward the navel, exhaling, inhale, look toward the sky, up, and slowly go down, look to the navel. It goes always. It goes. I go up, I go all the way down. Go down. All. Look to the navel, and look toward the sky. Up, sky, and look down, navel, and look up. Beautiful. Very good. Again, look to the navel, up toward the sky. You have to go down. Continue, down. Exhale and inhale, exhale and inhale. Up toward the whole sky and go down. Again up, again go down. Look again up, again down, inhaling and exhaling. This is very important for this exercise. All look, please, toward the sky, all. And now back. Look to the navel, and now stand up. Now, stand up on your knees and please sit down. Now, you do five times. I tell you, or he will tell, “Go up,” and this only: tell, “Go up, down, then go ahead.” We will not speak. All move with the head. Like that. All very nice. Okay, good. Let me do it two times. You do it. He will not speak, I will not. But you, once I tell, okay? Okay? One. Two. Go up a little, go back again like this. Go, yes, go. Go well, nicely. You are doing very good, very good you are doing. So now it is five times, go ahead. All very good, yes. Go yourself, yes. All together, very nice. Very good. You do it very nicely, but not like this. Still, I have to… Okay. Very nice. So, not quickly or like this, because everybody—somebody can do it slow, and then another can do it quickly. So, okay? Five times, okay? So this, one, two, and go ahead. One, two. One, two. Yes, go ahead. Go ahead.… Go ahead. Go ahead, and stand up. And stand up. This is a very nice coat, very nice. And another thing is like this, so that is very good also. So we go up, and we go down. And remain there. Again, go five times, and go up, and back in like this, and like this again, and now be here, okay? Okay, this is here, but the foot a little, yes, okay? So, try to look at your legs like this, and also look around. And on the other side, and on the other side again. And again, go to the other side like this. Further, and to the other side again like this, all at once. And to the other side again, and legs look down, and hands like this, up. And sit there. That will be very good for our practice today, yeah? So I will ask you to stand like this again. And sit like this, with both legs up. Yes. And then look to the left. Then the other side, and this side, and the other side, and the other… Side, but you should be like this, not like this. Yes, okay. Yes, this side, that side. Not from this, from this side. Look, yes, yes. And other side, look. So, yes, yes, and very good. Go ahead, and go up, and now legs down. And look like this, and look again like this, yeah. Go up like this, and go like this, and like this go, and relax like this. And it’s breath up, and hands up. And stand up. Hands down. And say Hari Om. And please look good. Send line, okay?

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