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Body cleansing: various systems for purifying

the body; these will include practices such asneti, basti, kunjal, dhauti and shankhaprak-

shalana, plus such techniques as amaroli, diet

and other natural healing methods.

Asanas-, large nu mber s of asanas are included

from pawanmuktasana, pre-medita tional,

meditational, forward bending, backward

be nd in g, sp inal twist, re laxa tion , bala ncin g,inverted, dynamic and advanced groups. Full

information will be given on the limitations,

be ne fi ts , co unt er po ses and bac kgro un d of

each practice.

Pranayama: all the important forms will be

fully described, including nadi sh odhana, bhas-

trika, kapalbhati, ujjayi, etc., as well as other

aspects of prana control.

Mudras and bandhas: there are a hundred

mudras. We will concern ourselves only with

those most useful and which relate to kriya

yoga. Among others shambhavi, khechari,

vajroli, yoga, maha, naumukhi and hand

mudras will be covered as well as the differentaspects of all the bandhas.

Meditational practices: we intend to work

through the most practical meditational

pract ices an d sys tematically in tr od uc e th em

so that you can simultaneously practise them

for yourself. The practices will include ajapa

ja pa, na da yoga, an ta r mo un a, simple an dcomplex mant raj apa , trataka, yoga nidra, kriya

yoga and more.

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