Essay name: The Nervous System in Yoga and Tantra (Study)
Author:
Ashok Majumdar
Affiliation: Banaras Hindu University / Department of Kayachikitsa
This study deals with the presentation of the Nervous System in Yoga, Tantra and Ayurveda. Yoga and Ayurveda are allied sciences dealing with science of man in depth. This study has revealed a number of hither to unknown facts about concept of nervous system and thought science of Hindus.
Chapter 2 - The Eight Components of Yoga
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The goal of pranayama is to suspend respiration
as long as possible. To attain this, one has to pass
through different stages and procedures (Jaggi, 1973, p.46).
PRANAYAMA TECHNIQUE FOR PURIFICATION OF NADIS
The pranayama proceeds for cleaning the nadis are
simple yet they have to be learnt through successive stages
and cannot be hastened through.
Adopting padmasana, the yogi should inhale breath
through the left nostril and having retained it to his
capacity should exhale it through the right nostril. Then,
he should again fill in the thoracie cavity by inhaling
breath through the right nostril and exhaling through the
left nostril, after performing kumbhaka in a systematic
manner (HYP II 7,8). By constant and prolonged practice of
pranayama in this manner, all the nadis get purified in three
months or more (Hy P II.10). This pranayama technique is
so called anuloma-viloma in certain yogic texts (Brahmanands
Jyotsha, II 48).
Sitting erect, keeping the spine, neck and the
head straight, inhale as much as possible without using the
r
chest. Use only disphragm. This will be indicated by the
protuberance of the abdoman while inhaling. After this,
expand the chest as much as possible while continuing to
imhale continue inhaling, but now arise the shoulders and
the collar-bones- while exhaling, and reverse the process
of inhalation. Bring down the shoulders, contract the chest
