March 12, 2024 • 37 mins
En este episodio vamos a reducir la distancia entre la ciencia y la espiritualidad. El Yoga conoce los beneficios del pranayama desde hace siglos, pero no ha sido hasta hace muy poco que la ciencia ha comenzado a arrojar luz sobre su efecto real en nuestra salud física y mental.
Voy a compartir contigo los estudios científicos que investigan los efectos del pranayama en el cuerpo y la mente. Desde la reducción del estrés y la ansiedad, hasta el fortalecimiento del sistema inmunológico y la mejora en la concentración, exploraremos cómo esta práctica milenaria puede influir positivamente en nuestra vida cotidiana.
Y para poner en práctica todos estos beneficios, hacemos juntos una mediación con un pranayama de limpieza. ¡no te la pierdas!
Contenido
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Voy a compartir contigo los estudios científicos que investigan los efectos del pranayama en el cuerpo y la mente. Desde la reducción del estrés y la ansiedad, hasta el fortalecimiento del sistema inmunológico y la mejora en la concentración, exploraremos cómo esta práctica milenaria puede influir positivamente en nuestra vida cotidiana.
Y para poner en práctica todos estos beneficios, hacemos juntos una mediación con un pranayama de limpieza. ¡no te la pierdas!
Contenido
- Investigación científica sobre pranayama. Minuto 11:04
- Estudios científicos sobre la respiración
- Estudios científicos sobre el efecto terapéutico del pranayama
- Meditación con pranayama de limpieza. Minuto 22:50
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Hello, everyone, satan. Thankyou for joining me in this episode.
Number one twenty- four breathes withme. I am probo sangatho and I
want to talk to you about thescientific studies around pranayama, because science was
taking the ancestral knowledge of yoga andbecause many people still need concrete data to
be able to trust. In today' s episode we dive into science and
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research and together perform a meditation witha prana cleansing flame. If you accompany
me, we start how you arenow very well, this time behind not
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so much, I have been verydepressed. I think February has been a
great challenge for many people. Seenaround me many clashes, many clashes,
many people having a hard time fordifferent reasons. So I wanted to share
with you my experience for what it' s worth, in case you can
also get a little deeper learning outof all this and as always so you
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know that you' re not justreviewing astrology, which is something I like
to do at the end of themonth to take stock once it' s
over and you can really draw conclusions. All sources agreed that February was a
topic that was going to challenge usin the field of relations. You know,
plus we' re moving into itvery intensely since the year two thousand
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and twenty. All this I havebeen telling you about on YouTube this month,
so it has taken on a specialimportance with the aim of turning away
from all those false relationships based onneed, on interest, on dependence,
on habit, rather than on conscienceor authenticity. Let' s say that
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life is now leading us to ourmost authentic being. It is not then
for us to review all this anddo some cleaning or at least realize that
we want us not to set newlimits. Then I have lived my own
flesh with my mother and with Peter, with my partner. I' ve
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had a lot of discussion with bothof you. I have returned to the
worst moments with each one of themand in those moments when I have felt
truly lost, depressed, disconnected,a phrase that appears in Mariana Kaplan'
s book in the middle of theway has helped me a lot. I
don' t remember whether it's yours or quoting someone else, but
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it says something like that, inreality, spirituality doesn' t try to
go so high, to rise sohigh, but to not fall so low.
I think that too many people conceiveof the whole subject of spirituality and
personal development which, in the end, is what it is all about in
terms of spending many hours, meditating, seeing colored lights, having a lot
of mystical and paranormal experiences. Mostpeople believe that is the true value or
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objective, when in reality it isthe opposite. It' s not,
as this phrase says, being ableto not fall so low when you'
re wrong, not or when peopledon' t act like you like you
like you would want to. Whenthey challenge you, then I encourage you
to check it out, see howyou react. And I' ve also
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lived it with people who are alsovery trained, I' m not going
to say very high, because Icertainly don' t relate it that way,
but with people who give many lessons, who shape many other people that
you could expect to act in aneutral way. Or consciously, we'
re all human and we can getangry or fail. I' ve seen
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how they reacted in the worst possibleway. I have also received at this
time all kinds of comments on YouTube. You know I' m sharing it
in instagram as and you get anidea of people getting carried away by the
ego the same thing, giving lessons, criticizing without any kind of knowledge.
Then it' s something that givesme a lot of anger and that as
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much as I get tired or thathurts or bothers me. I' m
not going to stop here or anyother way of saying it' s not
okay. All this time it hasalso served me to recognize the need to
return to my practice, because Ihave realized that I was also asking the
rest of people for a level ofexcellence that I was not having with myself.
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I wasn' t doing what Iwanted to do or what I knew
was right. I wasn' tdisciplined at all. So, the moment
I made that decision to go backto routine, to order, to effort,
that started to change everything. Butyou can' t imagine how.
Mariana Kaplan also says that the practiceserves to create a matrix, that sustains
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you, that helps you digest allthe experiences that are emerging with the practice
itself, with the development. I' ve always felt that doing yoga for
me was having as a safety net. Now I think it defines it much
better. That other word in thematrix. I' ve never had a
matrix in my life. I've educated myself without limits, values or
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any structure. That' s whyI feel like yoga has brought me back
to myself. You have not givenme that order or that structure that I
needed so much and thanks to thisI have been able to put some order
both inside and outside. In theend, being your good, being at
peace with yourself allows you to managein a much more peaceful and positive way,
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also everything external. I think weonly know this the people we practice.
It' s the typical thing thatat first they tell you and you
don' t believe it or throwit away directly. It sounds topical,
but it' s true. Formany years I have practiced very strictly,
too much and it is true thatyou create that network or matrix that in
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some way supports you in structure,helps you not to fall so low.
It also welcomes all emotions experiences inan orderly manner. I sometimes imagine it
as if people live as if theywere going to buy from the supermarket,
pick up a lot of products andtake them home and leave them there unsaved
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in their place. Then he continuesto buy, buy, buy, have
a lot of experiences or situations,but in the end they do not contribute
anything, they do not serve hispurpose and all they generate is confusion and
disorder. I had all this,and the truth is, I lost it
in the last few years. Withall the process that I have needed and
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that has really been very positive,to question my practice, not to heal
all that demand, all the nonsense, all the dogmatism. I fell to
the opposite end and completely turned away. We always do this. We go
first to one end, then tothe other and then we find a way
not to balance it. I'm still on it. I can'
t say I made it, butI' m looking at it with a
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little more perspective. Not what happened. I see that, on the one
hand, I needed to heal allthose aspects. On the other hand,
I began to become aware of howfalse spirituality is Today, truly ninety-
nine percent or nine percent is alllow cost. Virtually no one lives the
truths he teaches or presumes. Andall that did to me, as I
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say to you, move away completely. Now I realize that it' s
not the solution, that it's about finding the point of doing it
in a sensible way And again,going back to Mariana Caplan, she says
that giving up spirituality just because thereare false teachers or in this case,
practitioners or fake people in general,it' s like giving up money just
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because there are fake bills in circulation. He' s a great reference to
me. He' s gonna knowthat I' m coming back to her
again and again right now, he' s really helping me a lot,
and I think he' s oneof the few people who can put the
dots on the temples today. So, I' m a little in that
process of finding a way to fitthe pieces as I said. I haven
' t achieved it yet, butwell, I think I' m gradually
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getting closer to something else also veryinteresting that I' ve noticed these days
is the fact that it' simportant not to practice for the short term
or for yourself. We usually gothrough practice when we' re wrong,
when we need to relax or whenwe have time, when we' re
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more or less comfortable and we doit based on how we usually find ourselves
looking to change it. The problemwith this is that you' re only
going to practice when you need it, conceiving yoga as a tool. I
don' t know about well-being, but also in this book,
Mariana Kaplan talked about how different thepsychological well- being of spiritual development is
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are totally different things and practicing onlywhen it works for you or when you
need it. You' re notgonna create that matrix I was telling you
about before. If there is nocontinuity, if there is no commitment,
if there is no delivery, youwill stay far away from the real benefits
of yoga and, as I say, it will stay in a hobby,
in something anecdotal, but not inthat safety net or in that matrix that
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structures you and that helps you tosoften and digest all experiences. Again,
it' s something you' reonly going to be able to know by
doing it, so I encourage youto commit to whatever it is you'
re needing to do right now.I' m not saying it has to
be yoga or meditation, because inthe end I think what makes us really
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unhappy is that gap between what weknow we should do or can do our
potential and what we actually do andoffer that' s usually infinitely less.
Everyone obviously has their own experiences,processes and moments. I' m sure
you' ve lived it in atotally different way, but I hope you
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can still use all these ideas.If it isn' t now, then
at some point, don' tleave them in your head, because in
the end we' re all connectedand end up going through the same thing
with one stage or another, butin the end the learning is shared.
I' m glad I can tellyou today. So, I think this
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episode has been delayed for a week. I' m not even sure,
because I' ve lost some senseof time, but deep down, I
' m glad because if I haddone it before, I would have shared
it from another much more negative point. I still didn' t see the
light. There are also times thatI have spoken to you like this and
well, well, it went throughthose moments and it is normal, but
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well I stay calmer not after Ican tell you already a slightly more developed
conclusion. I hope again that itwill serve you and we leave it here
to move on to today' stheory. In one of the previous episodes
I asked you if you would beinterested in stopping on the subject of scientific
studies and you were several who answeredyes, so here we are to develop
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it and deepen it in this aspect. It' s not a subject I
' m passionate about The truth becauseI tend to get overwhelmed and disconnect when
they present me something with millions ofdata. But lately there are also many
who speak in relation to classes ormassages, you have recognized me that your
mind is more scientific. So Ithink you can find yourself interesting and,
above all, help connect with allthis work from your own field. Before
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going into the subject, I wouldlike to clarify some things and it is
that, obviously, I do notknow every one of the scientific studies that
have been carried out on this topic, so I will concentrate on those that
appear in the book Prana and PranaLlama of Suamin Iran, Llana Anda Sarashuati,
which are more than enough to illustratethe benefits and importance of Prana Call
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to do so in two episodes becauseit is too much information. So today
we' re going to talk somewhatmore generally about the studies and benefits of
breathing, as well as prana callingas therapy. Then, in the next
episode, we will see the resultsof studies that have addressed concrete breathing techniques,
such as alternate breathing nadi sodana orhuyai breathing. It should also be
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borne in mind that research on thebenefits of prana calls its course and generates
an increasing interest in the scientific community. Although there are numerous studies that support
the benefits of prana flame in areassuch as reducing stress, improving lung function
and regulating the autonomic nervous system.There is still room for more thorough and
far- reaching research. Thus,the exact mechanisms through which prana calls affect
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the body and mind, as wellas their effectiveness in different populations and contexts,
are still being explored. Moreover,as is very recent, more research
is still needed to better understand thelong- term effects of prana flame and
its potential to improve health and well- being throughout life. In short,
although there are very promising evidences thatsupport the benefits of pranayama, the research
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is still ongoing and it is stillan area of active interest for scientists and
health professionals we will immediately go intodetail. I just want to tell you
that, since there are so manystudies in order to speed up the episode,
I' m going to leave youall the data and names in the
transcript of the website, but I' m not going to give it to
you around here. If you areinterested in the complete reference, you can
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find it at Pravus Sangat com BarraPodcast. In its beginnings, all the
practice of yoga, meditation and pranaflame has been developed through intuition and personal
experience. In the West of Pranayamait has long been seen as simple breathing
exercises, but now, thanks tothe interest aroused in recent decades, scientists
are beginning to study it as amethod of invigorating and revitalizing the organism.
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Hence, we have begun to lookfor what effects it really has on our
body and beyond, as well ason the mechanisms that achieve such benefits.
And, as has happened with thepractice that, starting from India, has
reached every corner of the planet,also scientific research has reached countries such as
Australia, Russia, Turkey, Germanyand the United States, as well as
India. The first conclusion shared byall studies is that people do not breathe
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properly and by this we mean notbreathing enough to cover the needs of the
body and especially the brain. Throughoutthe podcast we have been talking about how
breathing is related to each process ofthe organism so if we breathe bad enough,
we will negatively affect our health andfunctionality. It has been proven how
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the rhythm of breathing is directly relatedto the rhythm of the heart, so
our breathing pattern will naturally influence thestate of our heart. And what we
already know, through breathing we caninduce states of relaxation or the opposite SS
of activation, promoting health and longevity. This is very obvious to us right
now, as Stephen Elliot in Texasdemonstrated, verifying that those who were trained
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in breathing slowly and deeply from theabdomen enjoyed better health prior to the study.
He had been testing it through hisown practice and personal experience, but
with the help of electromyography, teststhat measure the functioning and electrical activity in
muscles and nerves, showed how throughmore relaxed breathing patterns, autonomous balance was
created. Looking for the date ofthis study, I have found something better,
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and it is that Stephen Elliot haspublished a book called New Science of
Breathe, the new science of breathing, in which he explains the relationship between
breathing and the autonomic nervous system.In the following way, it is based
on the premise that at rest theadult cardiopulmonary system, including aspects of the
autonomic nervous system, resonates at aspecific frequency that is essentially the same for
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all adults. When the respiratory rateconsciously aligns with this reference rate. With
the proper depth, an optimal balanceof the autonomic nervous system is achieved.
The balance of the autonomous nervous systemproduces mental and physical well- being,
a positive emotional perspective, an increasein health and well- being and an
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improvement in biometrics. Much research hasalso been done on the relationship between breathing
and sports performance. In a thousandnine hundred and seventy- one, Bowerman
and Brown already suggested that, forathletes to achieve greater speed, breathing must
be rhythmic and stable. In addition, they recommended that the breathing be synchronized
with the strung and inflate the cheeksjust before exhaling, to improve the exchange
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of oxygen and carbon dioxide in thelungs, which is the same as holding
the exhalation or cumbaca. In athousand nine hundred and eighty- three,
Brabell and Carrier came to the sameconclusion by observing how the highest performing athletes
tended to exhale rhythmically in syncron ofthe or with their strides. In two
thousand thirteen, Thomás Miller, inhis book Scheduled to Run, conducts an
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experiment in which he delivers a high- intensity training program to two groups of
experienced racers. The interesting thing isthat one of the groups had previously received
instruction on breathing, while the otherhad only been physically prepared. The result
was that the group with respiratory abilitieshad endured longer on the treadmill and had
also improved their time in the tenkilometers compared to the rest of colleagues,
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concluding that their focus on breathing hadled them to be more efficient than those
who had only paid attention to physicaleffort. And something very interesting, this
experiment also showed how the runners whopaid attention to breathing were much more aware
of their environment, such as,for example, being able to recognize when
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the inclination of the tape varied,also being able to adjust their breathing to
adapt to the new situation and continueto improve their performance. Now I want
to talk to you about another veryfamous studio, which I have actually hesitated
to share or not. Firstly,because it has been hard for me to
find concrete data and, secondly,because it supports that idea that to be
a great yogi we must have superpowers, something I am completely against. But
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well it' s one more studyand it' s easy for you to
meet him at some point, becausemany teachers and authors love it. And
it' s the tumulus biopsy experimentcarried out in one thousand nine hundred thirty
- six. The subject of thisexperiment was a yogi named for Gelat Yani,
who claimed to have lived without eatingfood or water for decades to prove
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his claim, Yann was subjected torigorous observation for ten days, in which
he was not allowed to take anyfood or water. During this time,
doctors and scientists monitored their health andperformed several medical tests, including blood and
urine tests. The results of thestudy surprised many, as, despite the
lack of food or water intake,praglad Janne did not show no dehydration or
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malnutrition during the ten days of observation. In addition, medical examinations revealed that
their electrolyte levels and other biological parametersremained stable, challenging conventional laws of human
physiology. This study has generated greatinterest in the scientific community and has been
the subject of debate and speculation.Some suggest that this case might offer clues
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about the ability of the human bodyto adapt to extreme conditions through breathing and
mind control practices, such as paranayamaand meditation. However, it has also
been the subject of scepticism and criticism, and many scientists believe that more research
is needed to fully understand the phenomenaobserved in this case. In nineteen hundred
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and seventy- seven there was anothersimilar experiment of which I have not much
data, in which a hundred andtwo- year- old yogi was buried
underground. Within six days his deathwas clinically declared, as the devices that
would make me his heart rate stoppedissuing any signals, but on the ninth
day he emerged from the earth inperfect health, as the doctors proved they
would be. This experiment is anotherof the cases that appear continuously in relation
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to prana flame. But again Iwant you to be clear that this is
not the goal. I only showit to you to see how breathing can
govern the involuntary processes of the body. Now let' s talk about how
prana practice calls improving the immunity andresistance of all the systems needed to defend
the organism. Again, this issomething yoga knows from the beginning. So
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we can read in pradipic herta yogahow hiccups, asthma, coughs, headaches
ears or eyes are due to imbalancesof vital air. Scientists have studied it
and, curiously, as before withthe runners, prepared astronauts with prana-
to- llama techniques, testing howthey could withstand much better the adverse conditions
of space than those who had notreceived the preparation. There have been many
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studies that have concluded that prana calledpractice can reduce stress and hypertension, normalize
blood pressure, be it high orlow, relieve coronary diseases and increase vitality
and lung capacity and balance the relationshipbetween the cerebral hemispheres. It has also
been shown that prana called helps tosynchronize the salfa, TA and THETA waveflow,
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harmonizing the activity of the brain andheart of all of them the most
numerous treat heart disease and hypertension arethe conditions that have received the most attention
and interest, although there have alsobeen significant results when studying chronic lung diseases.
I leave you in the transcript thereferences of some of them. Here
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I would like to highlight something veryinteresting, and that is that it has
been proven how the combination of pranatechniques calls with asanas or yoga postures further
increases the benefits. This he verifiedto him scup finding that treatments that included
both respo practices and physical relaxation weremuch more effective and led to a much
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more significant reduction in anxiety levels thanthose that worked with breathing or with relaxation,
but separately. Hence the importance ofnot neglecting work with postures. We
don' t do it here.It' s not the right format,
but I encourage you to include itin your practice if you haven' t
already done it, if you don' t know how to do it.
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On my YouTube channel I try SangatYoga you can find several full classes and
you can also try the yoga schoolonline. In probussang Gat with bar school
you can access for free for fourteendays. There are hundreds of classes there,
so you don' t have toworry about anything but choosing what you
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need right now. Here we aregoing to concentrate already on today' s
meditation, which is a parana flameof cleansing you will sit with your back
straight already concentrating you close your eyestogether in prayers on the heart, in
oca the look and the concentration onthe point of the eyebrow and so on
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from within. You begin to checkyour entire posture, anchoring the two ischions
to the ground, distributing your weightin a balanced way, keeping your pelvis
neutral, your spine straight, yourhead forward, your neck and shoulders relaxed.
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From the inside of your posture.Start paying attention also to breathing,
noticing its movement, its depth asit makes you feel. Start getting acquainted
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with her, feel the part ofyou, and slowly, let her relax.
Give more time here of exhalation,allowing you to let go and relax,
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let go of thoughts Any discomfort ordiscomfort proves to stay in your breath,
choosing that nothing separates you from yourconcentration, and so start already doing
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complete breaths, inhaling and exhaling throughthe nose slowly and deeply from the diaphragm,
inhaling from the bottom up, exhalingthe contrary, creating your own rhythm
do your thing by remaining within eachbreath, preparing to open. Start taking
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a deep inhalation slows down with thelungs full, exhales slowly until all the
air is released, also stops emptywith the air out once again from the
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beginning, inhales deep, slows downand holds out slowly and stops leaving the
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lungs empty. In the following inhalation, we tuned in singing three times are
nam gurudef namo and nothing to startfrom fogo goro f inhales deep and supports
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brakes, leaving the air inside.Apply mull bang contract gently anogenitals and oligo
in the long run the column keepsthe focus between the eyebrows. It'
s only as long as it's comfortable without creating tension according to your
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ability, as you need it.Exhale relax, staying with your eyes closed,
aware of your breathing and posture,of these first changes that begin to
arise in this position, with yourback straight in easy posture, you will
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prepare your hands with your palms upand you will interlace all your fingers,
except the annulars. These remain pointingupwards between your hands and you will cross
them so that your yolks are nowtouched with interlaced fingers and ring fingers,
together and crossed. You' regoing to close your hands by holding them
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together, pressing them tightly, andyou' re going to place them in
front of the heart center, keepingyour elbows close to the body here.
You' re going to close youreyes by leaving a tenth open, so
you' ll have a small stripof light and vision at the bottom,
and you' re going to focuson breathing, making it fragmented into four
equal parts, both to inhale andto exhale. With every inhalation blow,
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you' re going to vibrate mentally. The mantra would be so so so
so, accompanying each of those stepsof inhalation and the same as exhaling,
But with the mantra hang Hang hanghang have mentally without uttering it. With
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each blow of exhalation adjust well theposture concentrate to begin. Create that rhythm
in your breath, accompany it withthe repetition of the mantra. You see
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that it is more difficult to explainthis meditation than to do it in reality,
so take advantage to enter it,to go deep into you maintaining the
concentration, presence and rhythm of thebreath. O O O O O O
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O O O O? O OO O O s s to finish inhales
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deep brake holding air applies mullban contraeanogenital injury obligo in long. The column
is still focused between the eyebrows andnow exhales and relaxes. Keep your eyes
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closed while you return to your normalbreathing, let the air flow without trying
to direct it. Just watch,feeling the effect so deep that breathing has
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on all your energy as to fieldsent your general state, choosing to stay
here in this new vibration. Whenyou feel ready to return, bring your
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hands in prayers over your heart.Adjust your posture by lengthening the column,
preparing from here to close, andwe do it together, reciting the eternal
sun and chanting three times Satan thatthe eternal sun will enlighten you with love
I surrounded you and pure inner lightguide your way, sa sa sa Shatnan.
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That' s how we got tothe end of today' s episode.
I thank you for accompanying me here. I also take this opportunity to
thank you for all your support.In general. The truth is that I
greatly appreciated each of your messages andreactions in instagram with the last comment I
shared now. If you liked thisepisode, if you want to continue supporting
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and valuing my work, it wouldhelp me a lot if you share it,
if you leave me your likes orpositive reviews, also if you comment
with any questions or suggestions you have. Next episode. We will continue to
talk about scientific studies, but,as I have told you, in this
case applied to specific techniques of pranaflame and we will also do a meditation
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I say goodbye for today. I' m counting on you in the next
episode, so I' ll seeyou if everything goes well in two weeks
and until then I' ll sendyou a big hug. Satan
Hello, everyone, satan. Thankyou for joining me in this episode.
Number one twenty- four breathes withme. I am probo sangatho and I
want to talk to you about thescientific studies around pranayama, because science was
taking the ancestral knowledge of yoga andbecause many people still need concrete data to
be able to trust. In today' s episode we dive into science and
(00:21):
research and together perform a meditation witha prana cleansing flame. If you accompany
me, we start how you arenow very well, this time behind not
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so much, I have been verydepressed. I think February has been a
great challenge for many people. Seenaround me many clashes, many clashes,
many people having a hard time fordifferent reasons. So I wanted to share
with you my experience for what it' s worth, in case you can
also get a little deeper learning outof all this and as always so you
(01:17):
know that you' re not justreviewing astrology, which is something I like
to do at the end of themonth to take stock once it' s
over and you can really draw conclusions. All sources agreed that February was a
topic that was going to challenge usin the field of relations. You know,
plus we' re moving into itvery intensely since the year two thousand
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and twenty. All this I havebeen telling you about on YouTube this month,
so it has taken on a specialimportance with the aim of turning away
from all those false relationships based onneed, on interest, on dependence,
on habit, rather than on conscienceor authenticity. Let' s say that
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life is now leading us to ourmost authentic being. It is not then
for us to review all this anddo some cleaning or at least realize that
we want us not to set newlimits. Then I have lived my own
flesh with my mother and with Peter, with my partner. I' ve
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had a lot of discussion with bothof you. I have returned to the
worst moments with each one of themand in those moments when I have felt
truly lost, depressed, disconnected,a phrase that appears in Mariana Kaplan'
s book in the middle of theway has helped me a lot. I
don' t remember whether it's yours or quoting someone else, but
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it says something like that, inreality, spirituality doesn' t try to
go so high, to rise sohigh, but to not fall so low.
I think that too many people conceiveof the whole subject of spirituality and
personal development which, in the end, is what it is all about in
terms of spending many hours, meditating, seeing colored lights, having a lot
of mystical and paranormal experiences. Mostpeople believe that is the true value or
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objective, when in reality it isthe opposite. It' s not,
as this phrase says, being ableto not fall so low when you'
re wrong, not or when peopledon' t act like you like you
like you would want to. Whenthey challenge you, then I encourage you
to check it out, see howyou react. And I' ve also
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lived it with people who are alsovery trained, I' m not going
to say very high, because Icertainly don' t relate it that way,
but with people who give many lessons, who shape many other people that
you could expect to act in aneutral way. Or consciously, we'
re all human and we can getangry or fail. I' ve seen
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how they reacted in the worst possibleway. I have also received at this
time all kinds of comments on YouTube. You know I' m sharing it
in instagram as and you get anidea of people getting carried away by the
ego the same thing, giving lessons, criticizing without any kind of knowledge.
Then it' s something that givesme a lot of anger and that as
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much as I get tired or thathurts or bothers me. I' m
not going to stop here or anyother way of saying it' s not
okay. All this time it hasalso served me to recognize the need to
return to my practice, because Ihave realized that I was also asking the
rest of people for a level ofexcellence that I was not having with myself.
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I wasn' t doing what Iwanted to do or what I knew
was right. I wasn' tdisciplined at all. So, the moment
I made that decision to go backto routine, to order, to effort,
that started to change everything. Butyou can' t imagine how.
Mariana Kaplan also says that the practiceserves to create a matrix, that sustains
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you, that helps you digest allthe experiences that are emerging with the practice
itself, with the development. I' ve always felt that doing yoga for
me was having as a safety net. Now I think it defines it much
better. That other word in thematrix. I' ve never had a
matrix in my life. I've educated myself without limits, values or
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any structure. That' s whyI feel like yoga has brought me back
to myself. You have not givenme that order or that structure that I
needed so much and thanks to thisI have been able to put some order
both inside and outside. In theend, being your good, being at
peace with yourself allows you to managein a much more peaceful and positive way,
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also everything external. I think weonly know this the people we practice.
It' s the typical thing thatat first they tell you and you
don' t believe it or throwit away directly. It sounds topical,
but it' s true. Formany years I have practiced very strictly,
too much and it is true thatyou create that network or matrix that in
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some way supports you in structure,helps you not to fall so low.
It also welcomes all emotions experiences inan orderly manner. I sometimes imagine it
as if people live as if theywere going to buy from the supermarket,
pick up a lot of products andtake them home and leave them there unsaved
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in their place. Then he continuesto buy, buy, buy, have
a lot of experiences or situations,but in the end they do not contribute
anything, they do not serve hispurpose and all they generate is confusion and
disorder. I had all this,and the truth is, I lost it
in the last few years. Withall the process that I have needed and
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that has really been very positive,to question my practice, not to heal
all that demand, all the nonsense, all the dogmatism. I fell to
the opposite end and completely turned away. We always do this. We go
first to one end, then tothe other and then we find a way
not to balance it. I'm still on it. I can'
t say I made it, butI' m looking at it with a
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little more perspective. Not what happened. I see that, on the one
hand, I needed to heal allthose aspects. On the other hand,
I began to become aware of howfalse spirituality is Today, truly ninety-
nine percent or nine percent is alllow cost. Virtually no one lives the
truths he teaches or presumes. Andall that did to me, as I
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say to you, move away completely. Now I realize that it' s
not the solution, that it's about finding the point of doing it
in a sensible way And again,going back to Mariana Caplan, she says
that giving up spirituality just because thereare false teachers or in this case,
practitioners or fake people in general,it' s like giving up money just
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because there are fake bills in circulation. He' s a great reference to
me. He' s gonna knowthat I' m coming back to her
again and again right now, he' s really helping me a lot,
and I think he' s oneof the few people who can put the
dots on the temples today. So, I' m a little in that
process of finding a way to fitthe pieces as I said. I haven
' t achieved it yet, butwell, I think I' m gradually
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getting closer to something else also veryinteresting that I' ve noticed these days
is the fact that it' simportant not to practice for the short term
or for yourself. We usually gothrough practice when we' re wrong,
when we need to relax or whenwe have time, when we' re
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more or less comfortable and we doit based on how we usually find ourselves
looking to change it. The problemwith this is that you' re only
going to practice when you need it, conceiving yoga as a tool. I
don' t know about well-being, but also in this book,
Mariana Kaplan talked about how different thepsychological well- being of spiritual development is
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are totally different things and practicing onlywhen it works for you or when you
need it. You' re notgonna create that matrix I was telling you
about before. If there is nocontinuity, if there is no commitment,
if there is no delivery, youwill stay far away from the real benefits
of yoga and, as I say, it will stay in a hobby,
in something anecdotal, but not inthat safety net or in that matrix that
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structures you and that helps you tosoften and digest all experiences. Again,
it' s something you' reonly going to be able to know by
doing it, so I encourage youto commit to whatever it is you'
re needing to do right now.I' m not saying it has to
be yoga or meditation, because inthe end I think what makes us really
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unhappy is that gap between what weknow we should do or can do our
potential and what we actually do andoffer that' s usually infinitely less.
Everyone obviously has their own experiences,processes and moments. I' m sure
you' ve lived it in atotally different way, but I hope you
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can still use all these ideas.If it isn' t now, then
at some point, don' tleave them in your head, because in
the end we' re all connectedand end up going through the same thing
with one stage or another, butin the end the learning is shared.
I' m glad I can tellyou today. So, I think this
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episode has been delayed for a week. I' m not even sure,
because I' ve lost some senseof time, but deep down, I
' m glad because if I haddone it before, I would have shared
it from another much more negative point. I still didn' t see the
light. There are also times thatI have spoken to you like this and
well, well, it went throughthose moments and it is normal, but
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well I stay calmer not after Ican tell you already a slightly more developed
conclusion. I hope again that itwill serve you and we leave it here
to move on to today' stheory. In one of the previous episodes
I asked you if you would beinterested in stopping on the subject of scientific
studies and you were several who answeredyes, so here we are to develop
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it and deepen it in this aspect. It' s not a subject I
' m passionate about The truth becauseI tend to get overwhelmed and disconnect when
they present me something with millions ofdata. But lately there are also many
who speak in relation to classes ormassages, you have recognized me that your
mind is more scientific. So Ithink you can find yourself interesting and,
above all, help connect with allthis work from your own field. Before
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going into the subject, I wouldlike to clarify some things and it is
that, obviously, I do notknow every one of the scientific studies that
have been carried out on this topic, so I will concentrate on those that
appear in the book Prana and PranaLlama of Suamin Iran, Llana Anda Sarashuati,
which are more than enough to illustratethe benefits and importance of Prana Call
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to do so in two episodes becauseit is too much information. So today
we' re going to talk somewhatmore generally about the studies and benefits of
breathing, as well as prana callingas therapy. Then, in the next
episode, we will see the resultsof studies that have addressed concrete breathing techniques,
such as alternate breathing nadi sodana orhuyai breathing. It should also be
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borne in mind that research on thebenefits of prana calls its course and generates
an increasing interest in the scientific community. Although there are numerous studies that support
the benefits of prana flame in areassuch as reducing stress, improving lung function
and regulating the autonomic nervous system.There is still room for more thorough and
far- reaching research. Thus,the exact mechanisms through which prana calls affect
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the body and mind, as wellas their effectiveness in different populations and contexts,
are still being explored. Moreover,as is very recent, more research
is still needed to better understand thelong- term effects of prana flame and
its potential to improve health and well- being throughout life. In short,
although there are very promising evidences thatsupport the benefits of pranayama, the research
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is still ongoing and it is stillan area of active interest for scientists and
health professionals we will immediately go intodetail. I just want to tell you
that, since there are so manystudies in order to speed up the episode,
I' m going to leave youall the data and names in the
transcript of the website, but I' m not going to give it to
you around here. If you areinterested in the complete reference, you can
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find it at Pravus Sangat com BarraPodcast. In its beginnings, all the
practice of yoga, meditation and pranaflame has been developed through intuition and personal
experience. In the West of Pranayamait has long been seen as simple breathing
exercises, but now, thanks tothe interest aroused in recent decades, scientists
are beginning to study it as amethod of invigorating and revitalizing the organism.
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Hence, we have begun to lookfor what effects it really has on our
body and beyond, as well ason the mechanisms that achieve such benefits.
And, as has happened with thepractice that, starting from India, has
reached every corner of the planet,also scientific research has reached countries such as
Australia, Russia, Turkey, Germanyand the United States, as well as
India. The first conclusion shared byall studies is that people do not breathe
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properly and by this we mean notbreathing enough to cover the needs of the
body and especially the brain. Throughoutthe podcast we have been talking about how
breathing is related to each process ofthe organism so if we breathe bad enough,
we will negatively affect our health andfunctionality. It has been proven how
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the rhythm of breathing is directly relatedto the rhythm of the heart, so
our breathing pattern will naturally influence thestate of our heart. And what we
already know, through breathing we caninduce states of relaxation or the opposite SS
of activation, promoting health and longevity. This is very obvious to us right
now, as Stephen Elliot in Texasdemonstrated, verifying that those who were trained
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in breathing slowly and deeply from theabdomen enjoyed better health prior to the study.
He had been testing it through hisown practice and personal experience, but
with the help of electromyography, teststhat measure the functioning and electrical activity in
muscles and nerves, showed how throughmore relaxed breathing patterns, autonomous balance was
created. Looking for the date ofthis study, I have found something better,
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and it is that Stephen Elliot haspublished a book called New Science of
Breathe, the new science of breathing, in which he explains the relationship between
breathing and the autonomic nervous system.In the following way, it is based
on the premise that at rest theadult cardiopulmonary system, including aspects of the
autonomic nervous system, resonates at aspecific frequency that is essentially the same for
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all adults. When the respiratory rateconsciously aligns with this reference rate. With
the proper depth, an optimal balanceof the autonomic nervous system is achieved.
The balance of the autonomous nervous systemproduces mental and physical well- being,
a positive emotional perspective, an increasein health and well- being and an
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improvement in biometrics. Much research hasalso been done on the relationship between breathing
and sports performance. In a thousandnine hundred and seventy- one, Bowerman
and Brown already suggested that, forathletes to achieve greater speed, breathing must
be rhythmic and stable. In addition, they recommended that the breathing be synchronized
with the strung and inflate the cheeksjust before exhaling, to improve the exchange
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of oxygen and carbon dioxide in thelungs, which is the same as holding
the exhalation or cumbaca. In athousand nine hundred and eighty- three,
Brabell and Carrier came to the sameconclusion by observing how the highest performing athletes
tended to exhale rhythmically in syncron ofthe or with their strides. In two
thousand thirteen, Thomás Miller, inhis book Scheduled to Run, conducts an
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experiment in which he delivers a high- intensity training program to two groups of
experienced racers. The interesting thing isthat one of the groups had previously received
instruction on breathing, while the otherhad only been physically prepared. The result
was that the group with respiratory abilitieshad endured longer on the treadmill and had
also improved their time in the tenkilometers compared to the rest of colleagues,
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concluding that their focus on breathing hadled them to be more efficient than those
who had only paid attention to physicaleffort. And something very interesting, this
experiment also showed how the runners whopaid attention to breathing were much more aware
of their environment, such as,for example, being able to recognize when
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the inclination of the tape varied,also being able to adjust their breathing to
adapt to the new situation and continueto improve their performance. Now I want
to talk to you about another veryfamous studio, which I have actually hesitated
to share or not. Firstly,because it has been hard for me to
find concrete data and, secondly,because it supports that idea that to be
a great yogi we must have superpowers, something I am completely against. But
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well it' s one more studyand it' s easy for you to
meet him at some point, becausemany teachers and authors love it. And
it' s the tumulus biopsy experimentcarried out in one thousand nine hundred thirty
- six. The subject of thisexperiment was a yogi named for Gelat Yani,
who claimed to have lived without eatingfood or water for decades to prove
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his claim, Yann was subjected torigorous observation for ten days, in which
he was not allowed to take anyfood or water. During this time,
doctors and scientists monitored their health andperformed several medical tests, including blood and
urine tests. The results of thestudy surprised many, as, despite the
lack of food or water intake,praglad Janne did not show no dehydration or
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malnutrition during the ten days of observation. In addition, medical examinations revealed that
their electrolyte levels and other biological parametersremained stable, challenging conventional laws of human
physiology. This study has generated greatinterest in the scientific community and has been
the subject of debate and speculation.Some suggest that this case might offer clues
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about the ability of the human bodyto adapt to extreme conditions through breathing and
mind control practices, such as paranayamaand meditation. However, it has also
been the subject of scepticism and criticism, and many scientists believe that more research
is needed to fully understand the phenomenaobserved in this case. In nineteen hundred
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and seventy- seven there was anothersimilar experiment of which I have not much
data, in which a hundred andtwo- year- old yogi was buried
underground. Within six days his deathwas clinically declared, as the devices that
would make me his heart rate stoppedissuing any signals, but on the ninth
day he emerged from the earth inperfect health, as the doctors proved they
would be. This experiment is anotherof the cases that appear continuously in relation
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to prana flame. But again Iwant you to be clear that this is
not the goal. I only showit to you to see how breathing can
govern the involuntary processes of the body. Now let' s talk about how
prana practice calls improving the immunity andresistance of all the systems needed to defend
the organism. Again, this issomething yoga knows from the beginning. So
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we can read in pradipic herta yogahow hiccups, asthma, coughs, headaches
ears or eyes are due to imbalancesof vital air. Scientists have studied it
and, curiously, as before withthe runners, prepared astronauts with prana-
to- llama techniques, testing howthey could withstand much better the adverse conditions
of space than those who had notreceived the preparation. There have been many
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studies that have concluded that prana calledpractice can reduce stress and hypertension, normalize
blood pressure, be it high orlow, relieve coronary diseases and increase vitality
and lung capacity and balance the relationshipbetween the cerebral hemispheres. It has also
been shown that prana called helps tosynchronize the salfa, TA and THETA waveflow,
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harmonizing the activity of the brain andheart of all of them the most
numerous treat heart disease and hypertension arethe conditions that have received the most attention
and interest, although there have alsobeen significant results when studying chronic lung diseases.
I leave you in the transcript thereferences of some of them. Here
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I would like to highlight something veryinteresting, and that is that it has
been proven how the combination of pranatechniques calls with asanas or yoga postures further
increases the benefits. This he verifiedto him scup finding that treatments that included
both respo practices and physical relaxation weremuch more effective and led to a much
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more significant reduction in anxiety levels thanthose that worked with breathing or with relaxation,
but separately. Hence the importance ofnot neglecting work with postures. We
don' t do it here.It' s not the right format,
but I encourage you to include itin your practice if you haven' t
already done it, if you don' t know how to do it.
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On my YouTube channel I try SangatYoga you can find several full classes and
you can also try the yoga schoolonline. In probussang Gat with bar school
you can access for free for fourteendays. There are hundreds of classes there,
so you don' t have toworry about anything but choosing what you
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need right now. Here we aregoing to concentrate already on today' s
meditation, which is a parana flameof cleansing you will sit with your back
straight already concentrating you close your eyestogether in prayers on the heart, in
oca the look and the concentration onthe point of the eyebrow and so on
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from within. You begin to checkyour entire posture, anchoring the two ischions
to the ground, distributing your weightin a balanced way, keeping your pelvis
neutral, your spine straight, yourhead forward, your neck and shoulders relaxed.
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From the inside of your posture.Start paying attention also to breathing,
noticing its movement, its depth asit makes you feel. Start getting acquainted
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with her, feel the part ofyou, and slowly, let her relax.
Give more time here of exhalation,allowing you to let go and relax,
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let go of thoughts Any discomfort ordiscomfort proves to stay in your breath,
choosing that nothing separates you from yourconcentration, and so start already doing
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complete breaths, inhaling and exhaling throughthe nose slowly and deeply from the diaphragm,
inhaling from the bottom up, exhalingthe contrary, creating your own rhythm
do your thing by remaining within eachbreath, preparing to open. Start taking
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a deep inhalation slows down with thelungs full, exhales slowly until all the
air is released, also stops emptywith the air out once again from the
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beginning, inhales deep, slows downand holds out slowly and stops leaving the
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lungs empty. In the following inhalation, we tuned in singing three times are
nam gurudef namo and nothing to startfrom fogo goro f inhales deep and supports
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brakes, leaving the air inside.Apply mull bang contract gently anogenitals and oligo
in the long run the column keepsthe focus between the eyebrows. It'
s only as long as it's comfortable without creating tension according to your
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ability, as you need it.Exhale relax, staying with your eyes closed,
aware of your breathing and posture,of these first changes that begin to
arise in this position, with yourback straight in easy posture, you will
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prepare your hands with your palms upand you will interlace all your fingers,
except the annulars. These remain pointingupwards between your hands and you will cross
them so that your yolks are nowtouched with interlaced fingers and ring fingers,
together and crossed. You' regoing to close your hands by holding them
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together, pressing them tightly, andyou' re going to place them in
front of the heart center, keepingyour elbows close to the body here.
You' re going to close youreyes by leaving a tenth open, so
you' ll have a small stripof light and vision at the bottom,
and you' re going to focuson breathing, making it fragmented into four
equal parts, both to inhale andto exhale. With every inhalation blow,
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you' re going to vibrate mentally. The mantra would be so so so
so, accompanying each of those stepsof inhalation and the same as exhaling,
But with the mantra hang Hang hanghang have mentally without uttering it. With
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each blow of exhalation adjust well theposture concentrate to begin. Create that rhythm
in your breath, accompany it withthe repetition of the mantra. You see
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that it is more difficult to explainthis meditation than to do it in reality,
so take advantage to enter it,to go deep into you maintaining the
concentration, presence and rhythm of thebreath. O O O O O O
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O O O O? O OO O O s s to finish inhales
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deep brake holding air applies mullban contraeanogenital injury obligo in long. The column
is still focused between the eyebrows andnow exhales and relaxes. Keep your eyes
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closed while you return to your normalbreathing, let the air flow without trying
to direct it. Just watch,feeling the effect so deep that breathing has
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on all your energy as to fieldsent your general state, choosing to stay
here in this new vibration. Whenyou feel ready to return, bring your
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hands in prayers over your heart.Adjust your posture by lengthening the column,
preparing from here to close, andwe do it together, reciting the eternal
sun and chanting three times Satan thatthe eternal sun will enlighten you with love
I surrounded you and pure inner lightguide your way, sa sa sa Shatnan.
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That' s how we got tothe end of today' s episode.
I thank you for accompanying me here. I also take this opportunity to
thank you for all your support.In general. The truth is that I
greatly appreciated each of your messages andreactions in instagram with the last comment I
shared now. If you liked thisepisode, if you want to continue supporting
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and valuing my work, it wouldhelp me a lot if you share it,
if you leave me your likes orpositive reviews, also if you comment
with any questions or suggestions you have. Next episode. We will continue to
talk about scientific studies, but,as I have told you, in this
case applied to specific techniques of pranaflame and we will also do a meditation
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to free ourselves from the disease.Remember to subscribe to the web brabus Sangat
com so you don' t misstrying the yoga school online as well.
You really can' t imagine howmany classes there are. I sometimes get
scared when I have to go backto previous courses, because I am always
focused on what is coming, whatI need to prepare or record, and
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I lose touch with what has alreadybeen done. But it' s true
that it' s a lot.If you have all kinds of classes and
topics to discuss and I hope youencourage yourself to try it. I remind
you that you can do it forfree for two weeks in Pravussangat with school
bar. If you have any doubtsor problems, you write to me and
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I say goodbye for today. I' m counting on you in the next
episode, so I' ll seeyou if everything goes well in two weeks
and until then I' ll sendyou a big hug. Satan
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