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However, his approach is to make the information available as it comes, and we take it and toss it around just as we are doing right now. So all is well.

Back to this elusive energy. Most important now in my opinion at this stage of detection is to determine efficiency vs effectiveness. The first focus is to do whatever is done at this stage right, with proper applications and approach versus what are all the right things to do. It is the same in learning many other arts or techniques.

Of course all along one does the full cycle of some routine and then meditation. But just like for anyone and any session or any day the emphasis is where the need is. In that sense yoga practice is yoga practice regardless of level, even a first timer is doing the same thing that consists of focusing on needed work in order to advance. Am I understanding you? Please redirect as needed.

Neo_Yogi 3 years ago

Unlimitedsun wrote:

(…) And, when all that is done nicely (detecting it, and channeling it) then one sits to meditate properly! But are you kidding me? Is it really that easy? You're right Acharya postulates as if it were, and as if we should all be doing that. Impossible! He constantly advises that it takes time and can take years.

Neo_Yogi's Reply:

You are right; reading Alfredo's, DevaPriya's, or even your reports it sounds easy from here and I tend to forget that you all are advanced students and that's why it's so easy for you to follow Acharya's instructions and get good result instantly.

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Unlimitedsun wrote:

Back to this elusive energy. Most important now in my opinion at this stage of detection is to determine efficiency vs effectiveness. The first focus is to do whatever is done at this stage right, with proper applications and approach versus what are all the right things to do. It is the same in learning many other arts or techniques.

Neo_Yogi's Reply:

You might be right there too; perhaps, at my level of practice, one should focus only on doing the cycle movements (jumping, standings, bending, applying locks, etc.) until it becomes mechanical and only then one can focus his/her mind on the perception of these subtle energies.

However a proper sequence for beginners to follow is still wanted.

unlimitedsun 3 years ago

The videos can help with establishing a routine. But as for a video specifically geared towards beginners, I am not personally aware of such; but that does not mean that it is not there.

I would initially put the accent on the proper breathing format and application of the locks. Efficiently performing those two with some combination of yoga postures should yield some result.

The objective is to rid the system of negative elements or charges, that is done through the excess breathing while assuming different yoga postures; the latter allowing the targeting of various areas of the body.

Simply, I suggest making sure that what you are doing, you are doing right! There is little benefit in doing a cycle of movement mechanically otherwise. Especially should it have to be unlearned at a later time.

Would you like to provide some background as to your level of comfort in yoga practice? It is fine if you want to start another thread or use email, unlimitedsun@gmail.com

Alfredo 3 years ago

Neo_Yogi wrote:

[However a proper sequence for beginners to follow is still wanted.]

Alfredo's Reply:

This sequence is the one depicted in the video where I am with Michael while he is teaching. It is posted here and on You Tube. Then look at the other videos by the Acharya (one of them also on You Tube) and pick what suits you.

Postures are innumerable, basically. They will insinuate to you.

On the inhale, exhale, etc. My experience tells me it could be any of the 2. There is even a time when, at the end of a session, none of the 2 is used, but only relaxation, it all depends on the posture.

In general, the session of rapid breathing stop with an inhale in order to compress the lungs and force the air where you want it to go. For example, to the navel to spark Kundalini. Thus, typical kneeling asanas that we end, inhale and stand up are of this kind, now you squeeze your lungs and push the air into the navel and muladhara chakra. You must keep your eyes closed, to aid with concentration and tracking the subtle energy. You can send the compressed air anywhere in the body also.

Other postures, you will find it is better to stop at an exhale, and, using the lungs as a vacuum pump, squeeze out the last molecule of C02 from the lungs, before pushing the air into where you want it to go.

Thus, finally, the end of both stops at inhale or exhale is the same, but in the exhale one you first concentrate on taking out the CO2. In both cases above one may breathe without applying the locks and then apply all locks at the end.

The 3rd type, the relaxation, is good for that purpose, when it is natural to just relax the body after the session of rapid breathing. This comes naturally, and perhaps some of the most awkward postures at first ask for this approach.

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Let me illustrate further the principle of sequence in relation to ending a session with an inhale or exhale, this using the same common posture.

Perhaps the most common posture taught by the Acharya for beginners (besides the kneeling one with the bent back) is the kneeling one with the toes curled and pressing down the fingers on each side. The action of the fingers, as explained in other posts, is to fool the lungs into taking as much air as possible (as if you were jogging).

How do we finish it? Inhale, exhale, or relaxation? It depends, any of the 3.

Option 1: We do a session, then exhale and apply the locks and push the air and check within to see where the energy travels.

Option 2: We do a session, then rapidly stand up while inhaling, apply the locks tightly and push the air into the navel or check within to see where the energy travels.

Option 3: We do a session, then relax the body and hands by doing the hand-relaxation exercises.

There are even more options. In other words, there is certain space within a few rules.