Suryabhedana

Suryabhedana (HYP II / 48 – 50 and Gh.S V / 58, 59) Name -   This Kumbhaka has been named Suryabhedana. Surya stands for Sun or Pingala or Right Nostril and Bhedana means piercing. Thus Suryabhedana means piercing of sun. In the context of surybhedana Kumbhaka, it will mean getting sun / heat more activated / generated / accumulated in the body. Technique -  sitting on a comfortable seat ( the object used for the purpose of sitting ), one should adopt a comfortable sitting position,

Tantra - Part 1

Tantra (Shakti) and Yoga – An effort to Understand – (First Part)         We are concerned here only with the Shakta Tantra but the word Tantra has a wider sense and its meaning cannot be limited by the Shakta Tantra only. In fact Tantras fall under five heads- Shaiva, Shakta, Vaishnava, Saura and Ganapatya.These five classes of worshippers are collectively called Panchopasaka and each of these classes has its own Tantra. The word Tantra is derived from the root ' Tan ' ' to spread ' but some

VITAL POINTS AND PRATYAHARA

Introduction:   We find the description of 18 (Eighteen) vital points in the human body with reference to the practice of Pratyahara. We find various methods of Pratyahara described in Vasishtha Samhita (III \ 56 – 64) and Yoga Yajnavalkya (VII \ 28) besides the popular Pratyahara available in Patanjali. These Pratyaharas are as under:- Withdrawal of sense organs from their respective sense objects. ( PYS, GH. S. and others) Considering every object as Atman within oneself. ( Yoga Yajnavalkya