HATHA YOGA PRADIPIKA VOLUME II On Pranayama Methods of performing Pranayama
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Assuming Padmasana the yogi should draw the prana vayu in through the Moon, that is ida the left nostril and having retained it as long as possible, he should exhale the prana vayu through the Sun, that is pingala the right nostril.
Kumbhakas (pranayama) should be performed in the morning, noon, evening and midnight, gradually, four times till the number of Kumbhakas for one time are 80 is reached.
There are three stages in the practice of pranayama. These three stages are kaniya, madhyama and uttama. The practitioner experiences the effect of pranayama in a particular way in each of these stages.
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Just as the lion, the elephant and the tiger are tamed slowly and gradually taken under the control, in the same way, the vayu should be controlled gently and by slowly, in slow degrees. Otherwise, it will kill the practitioners.
When Praṇayama is performed properly, the practice eradicates all diseases. If the pranayama is practised in an improper way, that practice generates diseases.
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