Hi all,
I am looking for a qualified instructor to learn a complete system of pranayama from.
Location unimportant. Distance learning or in-person is fine.
Books, DVD or video materials explaining how it all fits together are good as well.
Rhen wrote:it is simply alternate nostril breathing to balance the 3 channels before long sitting practice.
Peacedog wrote:Finally, you have Indian style pranayama which is the softest of the three, generally involves much less movement, is exclusively done sitting and focuses more on the empty breath than the other two. This pulls the energy down and in. The bandas result in the more refined energies moving upward, while largely keeping the heat and vital forces below in the chest cavity.
This is essentially using a blunt force method to open the senses without any specifc efforts to train the ability to focus, as you having in say Zen and Hermetics, or training the senses as we do in Taoist and Hermetic practice. The general rejection of development of the more physical effects, what we call thaumaturgy in Hermetics, is on display here as well as this shift in perception is driven inward versus outward. Useful for theurgy, not so much for practical application.
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