The Essence of Yoga. Apanasati pranayama. Andrey Verba admin, June 27, 2024July 10, 2024 Andrey Verba explains how to calm down your mind with Apanasati pranayama (meditation technique). Very useful lecture for modern people. Continue Reading
Why it is important to practice pranayama in the places of power. Andrey Verba admin, June 27, 2024July 10, 2024 Andrey Verba explains why it is important to practice pranayama in the places of power, that are strong energetically. – What is the place of power?– Practice in the places of power.– Understanding yoga practice in India.– What are the places of power in India and Tibet.– What personal experiences… Continue Reading
What is meditation and how does it work. Andrey Verba admin, June 27, 2024July 10, 2024 Andrey Verba explains what is meditation and how does it work. – Right and wrong ways to meditate.– Good and bad meditation techniques.– How to understand yourself.– Path towards your real self.– Types of meditations.– How to change destructive habits and tendencies.– What are classical meditations.– Apanasati pranayama meditation technique…. Continue Reading
Pranayama Plavini Pranayama admin, June 16, 2024June 24, 2024 When your inner abdomen full with air, you can swim as a lotus leaf in the water. “Plavana” means ‘swim’. Hatha-yoga texts say that plavini pranayama gives possibility for human to stay on the water surface (lay on the water). It’s non usual form of pranayama that can look like… Continue Reading
Pranayama Bhramari Pranayama admin, June 16, 2024June 24, 2024 Quickly inhale and slowly exhale by making loud sound as a humming bee ‘M-M-M-M’. Through this practitioner becomes lord of yogis and his mind merge with bliss. It is bhramari pranayama, sometimes called “humming bee pranayama” because sound that you create while doing this pranayama remembers humming of black bee…. Continue Reading
Pranayama Chaturtha Pranayama admin, June 16, 2024June 24, 2024 Chaturtha pranayama is both a pranayama and a meditative practice. It combines breathing, mantra and chakra awareness. It is a very powerful technique that is not widely taught. The Sanskrit word chaturtha means ‘the fourth’. There are two reasons for this name: 1. The first three types of pranayama are… Continue Reading
Pranayama Chandra Bhedana Pranayama admin, June 16, 2024June 24, 2024 Chandra means “moon”, “bhid” – root, “bhedana” means to penetrate, to pass through something. In Chandra Bhedana pranayama all inhalation happens only through left nostril. All exhalation – through right. Nerve on left side called Ida Nadi or Chandra Nadi. Nerve on right side of nose called Pingala Nadi or… Continue Reading
Pranayama Bhastrika Pranayama admin, June 16, 2024June 24, 2024 The sanskrit word bhastrika means ‘bellows’. Thus the practice can be called ‘the bellows pranayama’. This practice is so called because air is drawn forcefully and quickly in and out of the lungs like the bellows of a village blacksmith. The blacksmith increases the flow of air into a fire… Continue Reading
Pranayama Moorchha Pranayama admin, June 16, 2024June 24, 2024 There are various methods of doing moorchha pranayama. In this topic we will describe two types that are specifically mentioned in the yogic scriptures and which we teach in our ashram. They are both excellent techniques that can bring many benefits at all levels. Practice them yourself and choose the… Continue Reading
Pranayama Pranayama Sheetkari admin, June 16, 2024June 24, 2024 The sound shee or sheet is made during inhalation in this practice. The Sanskrit word kari means ‘that which produces’. Therefore, sheetcari can be translated as the pranayama that produces the sound ‘shee’. In English the practice is usually called ‘the hissing breath’. Shape of mouth 1. Press the lower… Continue Reading