Guest guest Posted August 9, 2000 Report Share Posted August 9, 2000 Neti is one of the six purification practices (kriyas), so is kapalabhati breath, which someone mentioned earlier. They're both awesome for clearing out stuffy noses. There's jala neti, which is pouring salt water through your nose via a little ceramic pot with a spout. In sutra neti, you thread a 12" piece of waxy string through your nose and out your mouth (I've never tried this one). Neti is really simple, it only takes about the same amount of time needed to brush your teeth. Also, I found that by doing it every morning, my hayfever is only about 1/10th as bad as it used to be. When I practice in the morning, right after doing the nasal wash, I'm usually still a little stuffy during the sun salutes, esp. down dog (this only lasts for maybe 5 or 10 mins - keep tissues close by, as alan suggests). As I get warmed up though, there's really no comparison, breathing is so much easier. One place you can get a pot from is the Himalayan Institute; they come with good instructions. It's really worth the investment!<br>Does anyone else practice the other kriyas, like the stomach wash or nauli? I remember someone commented that Lino Miele does nauli during his practice on the new video. I'm interested in learing this, but I don't have a clue as to where to start. Is it best to learn it from a teacher?<br><br>amrita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 9, 2000 Report Share Posted August 9, 2000 As for Nauli - only learn it from an experienced teacher, only practice on an empty tummy and LADIES DON'T do nauli as it can adversly affect the reproductive organs.<br><br>Re:snot in the nose...yes definitely the neti pot is very helpful. Also contributing to excess snot is our diet and the hours that we keep. When we practice the ujjayi breath , we begin to detox - all the underlying snot is dislodged and exits the building. If you don't practice...eeek, it just gains more mass. If you practice in the morning DO NOT eat 12 hours before (ie. meal at 7pm practice next day at 7am). If you have fewer hours betwen meal and practice than there is not complete digestion so there is more mucus production and thus detoxification. Too if you keep whacky hours and frequent smokey bars, or sleep, eat, wake randomly ever changing throughout the week - then the body is more stressed and fatigued and creates mucus!!! Also dairy and fleshy foods create an acidic (mucous) condition in the body. Also important - have that full bowel movement before you start - this lightens the load allowing mucus to drain. (Ah its all about the mucus) Part of yoga lifestyle is regulating our day to day lifestyle to promote eveness in the body , mind.<br><br>RE: Daily practice while living in a modern world<br>everyday (with a cold or not) take Surya A , Surya B and standing poses (add next few when you have time) and then take finishing poses starting with Shoulder stand to final seated poses. You'll feel so darn grateful later in the day that you'll crawl out of bed a few minutes earlier. <br><br>Re :GURU etiquette<br>give a gift of flowers - thats always nice. Do not sit with your feet extended to the Guru (or any elder or respected person, or image of God). Greet him with folded hands (touch his feet if you like). Do not sit before him (even if you are in the back row) while he is speaking in a conference and stretch out, rub your feet, eat and drink (that part is common sense I would think).<br><br>Enjoy Boulder all you lucky ones!!!<br>m.p. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 9, 2000 Report Share Posted August 9, 2000 One word of caution to fellow allergy sufferers. Use only high quality (purity) water. I've learned the hard way that using chlorinated city water can actually bring on an allergic response and makes things worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 9, 2000 Report Share Posted August 9, 2000 nauli is said to be the greatest of the kriyas - and one best learns it from a teacher. But you can begin learning to isolate your left and right abdominal muscle groups as in intense Uddhiana bandha: Start standing straight, feet shoulderwidth apart. Exhale slowly and deeply while leaning foreward, bending knees slightly, and resting hands on knees, fingers pointing in, elbows out, and look at your belly. When exhalation is complete hold your breath and suck your abdominal muscles in towards the spine. Now try pulling only one side in and to relax the other. Alternate. This feels very difficult at first, but if you do this before practice every day, in a couple of days it will be easier. To do Nauli in Kukkutasana is more difficult. (A link to the site with Lino’s online video-clips is posted on my Yoga-links page:<br><br><a href=http://www.vegenet.com/%7Etrishan/Yoga/ target=new>http://www.vegenet.com/%7Etrishan/Yoga/</a><br>) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 9, 2000 Report Share Posted August 9, 2000 In an amazing coincidence, if you click on my name to reach my bio page, you will see a picture of a wild-haired man (not me, obviously, since I'm still a woman) with some refreshing neti water dribbling from his nose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 10, 2000 Report Share Posted August 10, 2000 But why? (That is, why the picture? Not, why do neti?)<br><br>I thought I would give it a go yesterday, without benefit of a neti pot. So I stuck my nose in some water and inhaled hard a few times. Some water went in, and came out again, and my nose felt clearer for a while afterwards. Or is there more to it than that?<br><br>George Feuerstein mentions a kriya practice involving washing the prolapsed bowel then shoving it back in. No thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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