from Steve4all

[Guest guest]

dear all... in 1971 i worked at a tv station in chicago. i met a yogi from india

that was

featured on a program there. everyone refered to him as guruji, his

assistant/translator was

named ramesh. ramesh reported that guruji rarely ate food and that he lived on

air and

drank tea. they taught us a technique called ajapa breath. i did this breathing

automatically

for about 2 years. i quit because i sensed it had to do with kundalini and i was

afraid of

getting in over my head. on the out-breath, softly murmer the sound

'sa-sa-sa-sa... (like

'ah') until you have exhaled completely. repeat indefinitely. it becomes

automatic and soft

so that no one can even hear you doing it. i feel it makes the act of breathing

extremely

deep. so there it is, chrism and everyone, i've revealed all.

love,

-steve f

[Guest guest]

This is great information and one I wasn't aware of. This is the information I

found and will practice with. Thanks again.

 

A simple, practical and scientific method

 

Ajapa Yoga is a simple, practical and scientific breathing and meditation

technique. Anyone can do it, anywhere, at any time - while working, relaxing,

even reading. It is based upon clear and demonstrable proofs and is verified by

the practitioner's own experience.

The word ajapa means " that which is not repeated. " Ajapa goes on naturally and

effortlessly, with every breath .

Humans breathe 21,600 times a day, inhaling and exhaling, attracting air in and

expelling it out. Without inhalation (attraction) and exhalation (repulsion),

there is no life; the forces of attraction and repulsion are the basis of the

universe, and to know these forces, attraction and repulsion, is to know the

universe.

 

 

 

 

The sages who originated Ajapa Yoga thousands of year ago, understood that

breath is life, and began a study of the breathing process. They observed

inhalation and exhalation in man and in animals, both healthy and ill, active

and at rest, asleep and awake. They discovered that every time we breathe,

certain natural sounds are produced.

When we breathe through the mouth, the distinct sounds " a-ha, a-ha, a-ha " are

produced. You can make these sounds right now, simply by breathing heavily

through your mouth: " a " as you inhale, and " ha " as you exhale. These sounds,

" a-ha " , are the natural sounds of the breath as it comes and goes through the

mouth.

When we breathe through the nose, the sounds " um-hum, um-hum, um-hum " are

produced: " um " with inhalation and " hum " with exhalation . You can verify this

by listening carefully to your breathing. You will see that these four sounds

are the natural sounds of the breath: " a-ha, um-hum. "

 

Inhalation Exhalation

Mouth A HA

Nose UM HUM

 

In examining these four sounds, the Rishis found that with mouth-breathing, " a "

comes in and " ha " goes out ; " a " enters the body, and " h+a " leaves the body:

there is an extra " h " sound going out. With nose breathing, " um " goes in and

" hum " , or " h+um " , comes out. Again, there is an extra " h " sound with

exhalation. This " h " is never inhaled, but is exhaled with every breath. What,

then, could this " h " sound represent?

 

 

 

 

The Rishis noticed that when a person uses a lot of energy, his exhalation of

the " h " sound is intensified. You can see that when you laugh, cry, engage in

sex, or perform a strenuous physical activity, the sound " h " predominates.

The Rishis determined that the sound " h " represents the vital energy, or life

force, called prana. When prana is expelled through heavy exhalation, one feels

a loss of energy and confidence, and an inability to concentrate. On the other

hand, when you're feeling energized or uplifted, you may notice that your

inhalation increases. In a state of repulsion, or exhalation, we lose prana, or

" h " , while our energy and mental capacity decrease. In a state of attraction, or

inhalation, our energy and our level of concentration increase.

Therefore, by controlling the loss of prana, we can increase our state of

attraction, and thereby increase our energy. This can be achieved by controlling

the sound " h " , which we can do through practice of Ajapa Yoga.

 

 

 

Ajapa Yoga is a method of controlling feeling and activity by controlling sound,

and using this control to minimize the loss of prana. This is done entirely

through the sounds of the breath and does not involve special postures or

exercises, or any alteration of one's daily routine or diet. You simply breathe

in a natural manner, with only a slight change in the way you exhale. Thus Ajapa

can be practiced during any activity: walking, working, going to school,

relaxing. We are always breathing, and so we can always practice Ajapa and

achieve positive benefits.

As a person practices Ajapa over a period of days, months and years, his state

of exhalation, or repulsion, decreases, and his state of inhalation, or

attraction, increases. The change occurs gradually and naturally, and can lead a

serious practitioner to the state of total attraction, the state of AUM, where

one becomes self-realized.

Even if you're not aiming at total realization, this method will at least give

you a device to control h, the sound of repulsion. It is a device to control the

loss of prana, and increase your energy. If you are tired when you come home

from work, Ajapa will help you regain your energy. If you are feeling angry or

upset, it will raise you to a more peaceful state. With regular practice, Ajapa

breathing results in improved health, relief from stress, increased vitality,

sharpness of memory and clarity of thought.

 

 

 

Every moment of your life, you are breathing and experiencing the activity of

attraction and repulsion. Along with this activity, subtle, internal sounds are

produced. With every change in this activity, there is a corresponding change in

the sound. Activity and sound always go together, and are always accompanied by

a third thing. This third thing is feeling.

We all like to think that we are the doers, we are controlling ourselves and

making decisions in our lives. But in fact, we are nothing but puppets of

activity, feeling and sound. If we could get control of one of these things, we

could control the other two - we could become masters rather than puppets.

The effort to control activity is the origin of " Hatha " yoga, which consists of

postures and exercises to change the activity within the body. The effort to

control feeling is the origin of " Bhakti " yoga, the yoga of love and devotion.

And the effort to control sound is the origin of Ajapa yoga.

The advantage of Ajapa Yoga is that sound is so easy to control. You are

breathing at every moment of your life, and at every moment that activity is

producing sounds. Therefore, the breath is a device that you can use all the

time. You can always produce a particular breathing sound to control your

activity and feeling.

 

 

 

The Rishis who discovered Ajapa Yoga noticed that the sounds of inhalation are

" a " through the mouth and " um " through the nose. Taken together, these sounds of

attraction form the sound AUM, often written as OM. In all yogic scriptures, AUM

is described as the eternal sound, the highest state of consciousness. Many

people read about AUM and talk about AUM, but very few realize that AUM is the

sound of attraction, and that it exists within every inhaled breath. How is this

state of AUM, the state of inhalation, to be achieved?

Look again at the sounds of repulsion, heard as we exhale. They are " ha " through

the mouth, and " hum " through the nose. Taken together, they form the sound HAUM.

By eliminating the sound H from HAUM, we are left with AUM. By eliminating " h "

from the breath, one can reach the state of AUM, where all knowledge is

revealed. Therefore, the practitioner of Ajapa alters his exhalation so as to

eliminate the sound of " h " .

 

 

 

 

---- " deepdance1 " <deepdance1 wrote:

> dear all... in 1971 i worked at a tv station in chicago. i met a yogi from

india that was

> featured on a program there. everyone refered to him as guruji, his

assistant/translator was

> named ramesh. ramesh reported that guruji rarely ate food and that he lived on

air and

> drank tea. they taught us a technique called ajapa breath. i did this

breathing automatically

> for about 2 years. i quit because i sensed it had to do with kundalini and i

was afraid of

> getting in over my head. on the out-breath, softly murmer the sound

'sa-sa-sa-sa... (like

> 'ah') until you have exhaled completely. repeat indefinitely. it becomes

automatic and soft

> so that no one can even hear you doing it. i feel it makes the act of

breathing extremely

> deep. so there it is, chrism and everyone, i've revealed all.

> love,

> -steve f

>

[Guest guest]

Hi,

 

I was interested in your post as I was in a group once and we were out of the

body traveling (I was very , very far out) and I was seeing terrifying things,

like all my fears for all my lives manifested in monster like visions. This had

happened once before when I was doing healing work on someone and he wanted to

continue after I thought it was time to stop. I went out to a similar place,

without choosing to, and then saw a hugely terrifying thing so, after that, had

great respect and was a bit more careful. It seemed as if I was in a place I was

not prepared to go.

 

In the group, I was really scared but determined when the leader came and

whispered. asked how I was doing. I said I was really scared and he suggested

saying Sa, Sa, Sa to help the journey and the fear and it did help. I have not

heard of it being used before or after this time so am now excited to do it.

Thanks!

 

Sherri

 

--

The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than rule-Albert Einstein

 

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" deepdance1 " <deepdance1

 

dear all... in 1971 i worked at a tv station in chicago. i met a yogi from india

that was

featured on a program there. everyone refered to him as guruji, his

assistant/translator was

named ramesh. ramesh reported that guruji rarely ate food and that he lived on

air and

drank tea. they taught us a technique called ajapa breath. i did this breathing

automatically

for about 2 years. i quit because i sensed it had to do with kundalini and i was

afraid of

getting in over my head. on the out-breath, softly murmer the sound

'sa-sa-sa-sa... (like

'ah') until you have exhaled completely. repeat indefinitely. it becomes

automatic and soft

so that no one can even hear you doing it. i feel it makes the act of breathing

extremely

deep. so there it is, chrism and everyone, i've revealed all.

love,

-steve f