Gopi Krishna on Pranayama :

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Gopi Krishna on Pranayama :

 

 

About the various methods of pranayama, as prescribed by different

exponents, enough has been said to show that the ultimate objective

is to reduce the rhythm of breathing to such an , extent that it

becomes hardly perceptible......

 

Pranayama (regulation of the breath), which is an indispensable

adjunct of hatha yoga, proves effective in the awakening of kundalini

because of the physiological factors involved.The intensely sustained

effort of the will needed to hold the breath beyond the normal

duration, in opposition to the usual nerve impulses and the movement

of the lungs can, with repeated practice, create such an impact on

the command center in the brain that the paranormal chamber is forced

to open.......

 

Pranayama helps in the awakening of kundalini because it stirs up the

entire nervous system and forces it to the activity necessary for

production of an enhanced supply of the pranic fuel to the

brain......

 

The rigorous forms of Pranayama, Mudras, and Bhandas, peculiar to

Hatha Yoga, are all aimed to enhance the effect of concentration on

the brain and nervous system even further in order to accelerate the

awakening of the Serpent Power....

 

But even the force applied in hatha yoga practices does not work if

the cerebrospinal system is not yet ripe for the self-regulating

process necessary for the transformation of consciousness......

 

The arduous types of pranayama, recommended in the books on Hatha-

Yoga, are always attended by a certain amount of risk.There is not

only a possibility of damage to the lung tissue, caused by

overstrain, leading to disease, but danger to the safety of the

nervous system as well.It is for this reason that special stress is

laid in Hatha-Yoga manuals on beginning the exerdses with restraint

under the instructions of a competent Guru along with close adherence

to a strict regimen in food and drink