Yoga: The maintenance of good posture and the muscles of the chest in good condition

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Let's start with the maintenance of good posture and the muscles of the chest in good condition. And help us in this yoga. 

Good posture - it is always nice. In most cases posture is an indication that its owner monitors their own health. As you know, preserve the flexibility of the spine extends his youth, and this means the absence of many diseases. 

Recall that the involve in carrying out multiple muscle groups. 

Step One: Warm - 

1. Stand up straight, feet fully on the floor. Muscles tightened, his shoulders straightened and freely omitted, the muscles of the abdomen, back, legs stretched, the chest is fully straightened, chin parallel to the floor, the spine is fully extended. On the inhale lift your hands up, joining hands straightened arms above his head. The hands are drawn up, feet stay on the floor. Stay in this position for several respiratory cycles. On the exhale, lower hands along the body ( mountain pose). Repeat several times. 

Step Two: Base 

2. Legs wide apart, his arms raise and breed in the hand, feet parallel to each other, palms parallel to the floor, back straight. On the exhale, maintaining posture, bend to the right, sliding his hand along a straight right leg. Save the position for several respiratory cycles. On inspiration to return to the starting position and repeat the exercise to the left - pose an elongated triangle). Repeat several times. 

3. Stand up straight, feet fully on the floor. Muscles tightened, his shoulders straightened and freely omitted, the muscles of the abdomen, back, legs stretched, the chest is fully straightened, chin parallel to the floor, the spine is fully extended. On the inhale lift your hands up, joining hands straightened arms above his head. Start to squat until thighs are parallel to the floor. Thus the spin must remain straight and if possible not to lean forward. Hands are drawn up. Wait a few breathing cycles. On inspiration to return to its original position - pose rage).  

4. Exercise from a prone position. Lie on the floor face down, arms stretch forward, his legs are joined together. On the inhale bend the elbows and place palms on the level of the hips. Raise the upper half of the body, straightening arms. Maximum gently bend back. The legs should remain straight and tense. Rib cage is fully expanded. Stay in that position for several respiratory cycles (cobra pose). Repeat several times. 

5. We should sit on the floor, legs outstretched. First, bend the right leg at the knee, grab the foot with his hands and put it on the left thigh, the heel should ideally be near the navel. Then the same thing done with the left foot. Back should remain straight. The left hand to lift up, bend at the elbow and put his hand along the spine, palm down. His right hand bend at the elbow and put his hand up between his shoulder blades. Throw in his hand. The back is still straight. Chest is expanded, but not bulging forward. Stay in this position for several respiratory cycles (a combination - lotus posture and - poses a cow). Then change the hand position. 

6. Remaining sit on the floor with your legs crossed and leaning back, slowly lie down on the floor with his back, chest upwards. Try to put your hands on the floor behind her head, stretching them. Stay in this position for several respiratory cycles - fish pose). 

Step Three: relaxed 

7. Sit on the floor, legs outstretched. Bend the left leg at the knee, hands to take a foot and put it right thigh. Bend the right leg at the knee, hands to take a foot and put it on his left ankle so that the heel was directed upward and the toes were left thigh. Hands placed on his feet - back of the hand touch the knees. Keep free breathing (attitude wise). 

8. Lie on your back and totally relax. Brushes should be based on your palms up. Heels together, toes apart. Close eyes (corpse pose). 

Complex of exercises takes time no more than 30-40 minutes. All should be done smoothly and slowly, when an uncomfortable occupation must end. It is worth mentioning that try yoga can a person of any age, but he must be sure that it has no contraindications. In addition, you can not immediately require a precise implementation of, accuracy is achieved in the training process. Can master the first one exercise and then connect them to the complex.

Kriya Yoga

Kriya Yoga 

Kriya Yoga is a very specific system of yoga, which has survived to this day thanks to the works of Lahiri Mahasaya (born 1861). Yogananda denounced her to a wider audience through his book "Autobiography of a Yogi". This system consists of a number of yogic techniques that improve the spiritual development of practices and help him to achieve a deep state of calm and unity with God. 

Yogananda writes that the practice of Kriya Yoga mentally directs his life energy to the circular motion up and down the six spinal centers (medulla, or medullary, cervical, dorsal, lumbar, sacral, and coccygeal plexuses) which correspond to the twelve signs of the zodiac that make up cosmic personality. Thirty seconds of motion energy sensitive to the vertebral column can move a man in his evolution. This thirty-second practice of Kriya Yoga is, the spiritual practices. 

According to Yogananda's Kriya Yoga was well known in ancient India, but at some point lost due to the sacrament of the clergy and the indifference of ordinary people. History of Lahiri Mahasaya received initiation in Kriya Yoga of Babaji, the immortal yogi Mahavatar in 1861, recounted in "Autobiography of a Yogi". In describing that memorable meeting Yogananda said that Babaji told Lahiri Mahasaya: "Kriya Yoga, which I give you the world through the nineteenth century, today it is the same science that Krishna gave to Arjuna thousands of years ago, and which later became known to Patanjali and Christ" . 

Quoting the words of Krishna Yogananda wrote that Kriya Yoga is a discipline of body, mental control and meditation on Aum. When he says, perhaps through the practice of pranayama, control of expiration and inspiration. 

Kriya Yoga is a set of dynamic exercises. In fact, Kriya Yoga absorbed the techniques of Hatha Yoga and Raja Yoga. Compilation of these techniques counterbalanced the task of harmonizing breath, the use of asanas, mudras and bandh (a variety of body positions and body parts) and the concentration of mind on the divine sound Aum. 

Thanks Lahiri Mahasaya Kriya Yoga soon spread throughout India. Yogananda - disciple of Swami Sri Yukteswar, who, in turn, was a disciple of Lahiri Mahasaya, who later brought Kriya Yoga to the United States and Europe in the twentieth century. Since then it has spread around the world under the leadership of many gurus, many of which have positioned themselves as the descendants of Lahiri Mahasaya. 

The best-known disciples of Lahiri Mahasaya were Swami Sri Yukteswar, Sri Panchanon Bhattacharya, Swami Pranabananda, Kebalananda Swami, Swami Keshabananda and Bhupendranat Shanval (Shanval Mahasaya).

Kundalini Yoga

Kundalini Yoga 

Kundalini yoga is a physical and meditative practice, consisting of elements designed to train the mind, senses and body to create a connection between mind and body. Kundalini yoga focuses on the mental and spiritual growth, as well as the potential of the body to mature, have a special mission for the role of the spine and the endocrine system in the understanding of yogic awakening. 

Kundalini Yoga concentrates on psychic centers (or chakras) of the body to accumulate spiritual force known as kundalini energy. 

Kundalini is the potential form of prana (life force), which is dormant in the body of every person. It is portrayed as a curled snake (in literary translation from the Sanskrit "Kundalini" means "that which minimized the rings, although some insist that the transfer should be a" lock the Beloved ') lying at the base of the spine, which can be awakened through spiritual and individual practitioners. 

The practice of kundalini yoga consists of a series of exercises for the body, expressive movements and utterances, characteristic of rituals, rules respiration and concentration levels. But none of these components of practice should not be perceived by future yogis as simple stretching exercises or the type of gymnastics. 

Shannahoff-Khalsa describes some of the techniques of Kundalini yoga in its "Protocol Kundalini Yoga" (2004). Most of the techniques are characterized by such features as pose with crossed feet, of the spine (usually - straight), different methods of control of breathing, use of mantras, closed eyes and concentrating the mind (usually on the sound of their own breath). The author focuses on the fact that these techniques should not be taken as substitution of medical consultations and medical treatment. 

Kundalini yoga is a relatively new phenomenon in the West. It was first presented to the United States in 1969, when Yogi Bhajan came here from India and began to train teachers. Usually it is quoted with the statement "I did not come to collect uchenieov, I came to create teachers. Like other types of yoga, Kundalini yoga links movement with breath. Main, what distinguishes it is a direct focus on moving energy through the chakras, stimulating the energy of the lower chakras up to the higher chakras. Chakras are energy centers, making a total of seven, parallel to the vertebral spine from the coccyx, and finishing top. In Kundalini Yoga there and eighth chakra, which is an electromagnetic field, sometimes called the aura. It is believed that mangers strengthened and purified through the practice of Kundalini Yoga. The system awakens the energy of the chakras and passes it along the nerve channels connecting them. 

Despite the fact that this system is tied to the physical plane, the main benefits come from its internal practices. Kundalini Yoga is called the "yoga of consciousness", because it awakens the kundalini, which provides an unlimited potential that is present in every person. 

When the uncertain potential energy wakes up in the body, it stimulates the upper centers, giving the individual enhanced intuition, purity of mind and the potential of creative forces. For this reason, the kundalini in ruling circles was considered a dangerous practice and its concept in the course of history was kept secret. Knowledge transfer personal teacher to student only after a lengthy initiation process that determines the level of consciousness of the pupil. Yogi Bhajan spent many years traveling through the Himalayan mountains, to find the hermits, saints and yogis, collecting their individual exercises Kriyas and pranayyamy before openly began to teach in the West. 

Before be represented a broad audience of Kundalini is a term describing a movement of energy after the practice of any form of traditional hatha yoga and pranayamy.

Sahaja Yoga

 Sahaja Yoga

Sahaja Yoga (Sahaja in this context means "born with", and yoga - "Union") is a form of meditation created by Nirmala Srivastava, more commonly known as Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, and the followers just call her mother. They believe that it is the embodiment of Adi Shakti, the primary divine force. The term Sahaja Yoga is also used as the title of world organization Sahaja Yoga Vishwa Nirmala Dharma, "new religious movement", which she founded in 1970 in Nargole, India. 

Practice and related organizations has grown in India and spread throughout the world, and now their meditation centers can be found everywhere. Comprehension practice Sahaja Yoga was made free for all concerned, but the organization itself claims that the result of lessons Sahaja Yoga is a quick self-realization and the awakening of kundalini. The practice of Sahaja Yoga taught prisoners in Italy and the United States to help them achieve social, psychological and spiritual recovery. 

Sahaja Yoga teaches that in the subtle body, there are seven major energy centers or chakras, which can be sbalansirovannaymi through the awakening of kundalini, usually dormant energy that exists in every human being. In the tradition of Sahaja Yoga Self-realization is the first encounter with reality, or the awakening of kundalini. When attained self-realization, one can feel the cool breeze on his crown. If there is a feeling of warmth or heat, the body has not reached an appropriate balance. 

Sahaja Yoga offers a simple method to achieve this state compared with the traditional practice of hatha yoga, where the basis of the method lies in the physical postures and breathing exercises. Sahaja Yoga says that besides our physical body, there is also spiritual: fine system, consisting of channels (Nadi_ and energy centers (chakras), which affect our physical, mental, emotional and spiritual harmony. Each chakra own different qualities some of which may remain secret. Once the kundalini awakens and rises through the center of these, the quality at the same time begin to appear. 

Along with balancing the seven chakras, Sahaja Yoga is also recommended to balance the left and right nadi, it is the way of energy. Throughout the yogic system, there are 72 thousand nadis, of which there are basically three: Ida Nadi (or left sympathetic nervous system), Pingala Nadi (Right sympathetic nervous system) and Sushumha Nadi (parasympathetic nervous system). 

Some of Sahaja yoga meditation on the image of the founder of the school, as this is additional help in his focus on the awakening of kundalini. Dipping feet in the tub with salt water or walking on the sea - it is also one of the techniques of Sahaja Yoga, which helps the meditator to gain balance. 

Meditation on Sahaja Yoga has proved to be effective on the part of many diseases, including asthma, epilepsy and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, some of these positive indicators have been recorded scientifically. Sahaja Yoga Meditation has also proved more productive than other types of meditation in treating depression, depressed emotional states and lack of appetite. 

Organization Sahaja Yoga supports a hospital in Bombay, India, which uses specialized techniques. Hospital justifies its fame place successful treatment of diseases such as hypertension, epilepsy and multiple sclerosis. 

Sri Nirmala Shrivastya also developed a diet for a healthy liver. White cane sugar, white rice, yogurt, ginger, fruits and vegetables called "cool" liver. Alcohol, fried foods, red meat, fish, whipped cream and chocolate are among the search, which "warms up" the liver, so their number should be kept to a minimum

Agni Yoga

Agni Yoga 

Agni Yoga (also called "Living Ethics") is the esoteric doctrine based Russian artist Nicholas Roerich and his wife Helena Roerich. Inspired by the Vedic tradition, as well as Buddhism and the works of EP Blavatskoy and the Theosophical Society, Roerich had issued a series of books "Agni Yoga" In the early twenties of the last century Roerichs got a lot of fans in New York, where they built a museum of art in Russia, where their teaching was quite significant, and in India, where they away from the world. 

In Sanskrit the word Agni means "fire" and is the name of the Vedic deities. In the use of Roerich, it refers to the spiritual fire of the heart or mental energy, which is considered as the main force, which is built all my life, which should be clear and cultivate. The word "yoga" in this context refers not to the known physical practices of hatha yoga, and any of the schools of philosophy of bhakti yoga and raja yoga, but rather a meaningful life, guided by the teachings of the great teachers in their daily life and ministry. 

Theologians say that the books of Agni Yoga is understood as a separate course of Theosophy. After the works of Elena Blavatskoy theosophical movement split into a number of separate groups, each of which said that its board has approved the secret masters. Agni Yoga in this respect remained neutral and separated from the movement as a whole, recognizing in his teaching of Christ, along with other teachers, such as Buddha, Moriya, Sergius Radonezh etc. 

According to the teachings of Agni Yoga divine energy is transmitted to humans through the Eucharist. Cup filled with liquid ritual symbolizes the heart is filled with supreme inspiration. 

Despite the fact that most of the books and teachings of yoga are international, without being tied to a specific territory, some scholars are Agni-yoga as a purely Russian phenomenon, imbued with patriotism. On the other hand the concept of "new nation" referred to here is sometimes associated with Shambhala. 

In the writings of Agni yoga divine energy associated with notions such as vibration, electricity, new rays, radio waves, magnetic or etheric world, as the antagonism of the world in which we live. Numerous discussions were centered around the spiritual energy and its avatars. The source of it considered "Distant Worlds", which can be interpreted as a reasonable world, or simply parallel forms of existence. 

In any case, the energy of these worlds, according to the teachings of Agni Yoga, a person can bring healing and enlightenment, and our world, in turn, must prepare for such a "high frequency". Some signs that the interaction is human society, where money does not exist, as well as racial differences, but power belongs to a world government. 

In the books on the Agni Yoga, addressed the theme of the spirit army. Practitioners should be a warrior and be fearless in battle. Another constant theme of the book is a "new church", "new country" or "new world".

Yoga nidra

Yoga nidra 

Yoga-nidra in literary translation sounds like a "dream yoga". This term refers to the technique used to prepare the mind and body before reaching the deeper levels of consciousness and concentration to meditation. Be that as it may, yoga nidra regularly practiced in independent form as a daily relaxation techniques. Practitioners say that half an hour of yoga nidra replaces up to three hours of normal sleep, but still completely replace the dream yoga nidra is not worth it, because the body and mind still takes some time habitual leisure. 

This dream yoga is a state of consciousness, when the yogi is connected to the Divine energy, staying in contact with the whole cosmos. This energy is beyond time and space, pozvalyaya yoga to see the past, present and future. At this time, the Yogi can also get acquainted with their past lives. Through yoga nidra yoga can work on karma, as the purity of consciousness at this point allows the purification of the subconscious. The subconscious mind at this point is cleared by means of special prayers, known as shankapala. Experienced yoga use yoga-nidra for astral travel, and the highest level of this condition leads to samadhi. By the way, yoga nidra is not to be confused with a variety of self-hypnosis techniques that do not have anything to do with it. 

Sages and yogis yoga-nidra has been known for thousands of years. The Upanishads (Madukhya Upanishad) describes three states: wakefulness, sleep and deep sleep. Yoga nidra is a state of conscious concentration in a deep sleep, which in Madukhya Upanishads called Prajna. This third of four levels of consciousness expressed by the mantra Aum, the sound presented by M. Condition Yogi-nidra is outside the visions and sensations. As the state of conscious deep sleep, yoga nidra is universal and can not belong only to some specific tradition or teachers. 

However, some teachers and schools have focused on yoga-nidra more than others, have more experience in the practical training of followers. Paramyogeshvar Sri Devpuridzhi is one of the first modern proponents of this practice, taught since 1880. During his travels in the Himalayas, Sri Devpudzhi met, among others, by Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh, which is well known in Europe and is filed yoga-nidra nkotorym yogis and swamis. 

Swami Satyananda began to popularize the practice of yoga nidra about forty years ago. He described her relationship with the ancient tantric practice, called "Niassa, where each part of the body treated his own mantra in Sanskrit, and during her meditation mentally immersed in a particular area of the body. 

With extensive travel and teaching vseminrnymi Mahamandaleshvar Maheshvaranandy Paramahamsa Swami and Swami Satyananda, Yoga-nidra gradually spread to India, Europe, Australia and the United States, transformed in the system: satyaananda yoga and yoga in daily life. Swami Rama on the Yoga-nidra still continued with the Himalayan Institute of several of his former students. 

The form of the practice of yoga nidra, taught by Swami Satyananda includes eight well-defined phases: internalization, Sankalpa, the rotation of consciousness, breath control, a manifestation of opposites, creative visualization, Sankalpa and externalization. Yoga nidra can practice tolkol under the supervision of an experienced teacher and mastering the practice gradually. In the deeper stages of practice may slow breathing and life processes, which resemble lethargy.

Jnana Yoga

Jnana Yoga 

Jnana yoga is one of the four main paths of yoga (jnana, bhakti, raja and karma), according to the philosophy of yoga and Vedanta. From Sanskrit jnana means "knowledge" and is usually interpreted as "true knowledge of ourselves." In vedantiyskoy school of Hinduism, to know himself as Brahman (supreme transcendental) this is Jnana. Recognize that man is Brahman, pure consciousness, non-involved, non-active and contemplative calm - this is Jnana. 

In the Bhagavad-Gita Sri Krishna says that jnana is from a reliable understanding kshetra (field of activity relates to the body) and kshetradzhny (an expert body, ie the soul). Next on the text of Krishna emphasizes on the fact that anyone who aspires to a transcendental consciousness, must understand the difference between these two concepts. 

Jnana Yoga says that there are four basic ways to achieve liberation. This: 

- Viveka (discrimination): the ability to find the difference between the real and eternal (Brahman) and the unreal and temporary (the rest of the universe); 

-Vairagya (dispassion): after the practice of discrimination a person must be able to separate himself from all time; 

Shad-Sampath (six benefactors): calm (control of mind), dama (control of senses), uparati (denial of social activity, which is not the duty), titiksha (resistance), Sraddha (faith) and samadhana (perfect concentration). 

Yogic knowledge differs from knowledge entsiklopelicheskogo, so to achieve it must also be some way to go. Jnana Yoga is the way to achieve awareness of the laws of the universe. In the practice of jnana yoga is the main tool for meditation and reading of the Holy Scriptures (not only characteristic of Hinduism, as belonging to any religion). 

Jnana yoga practitioners there is little in the western world, what is most interesting in the East, they too are not so much. The fact that this is the path that has the least external manifestations, because of what he often preferred to hatha yoga, bhakti yoga, or Sahaja yoga.