Healing Yogic Traditions - Knowing more about Pranayama: Extending your Life Force

Table of Contents Introduction A Basic Introduction to Yogic Practices How Not to do Yoga! 5 Forms and Methods to Achieve Your Final Goal – Sadhana The 5 Yogic Rules – Niyamas for Right Living Meditative Asanas The Lotus Pose- Padmasana- P'h d'mma aasana Sukhasana- Happy Pose Vajrasana-literally Thunderbolt/Iron Posture Sidhasana – the Adept's Pose The Jnana Mudra The Anuloma/Viloma Pranayama Surya- Bhedana Pranayama Bandhas- Bund- Huh Abdominal Lock-Uddiyana Bandha- Mool Bandha or rectal lock Sheetali Pranayama - the cooling Pranayama Sheetkari Pranayama Ujjayi Pranayama – the Victorious Breath Conclusion Author Bio Publisher Introduction Why am I writing this book on yoga, its practices and most of all, on Pranayama- literally the extension of the life force? Well, I was just reading Diana Killian's fourth book on the mantra for murder series – Death in a Difficult Position, I said, aha , here it comes. Here is somebody going to say that yoga is the work of the devil, it is unchristian like, and it was his job as an evangelist to speak against it. The practice of yoga was the work of the devil and no God-fearing soul was permitted to do anything which would imperil his soul and prevent him from going to heaven. The Reverend David Goode was doing that to get some free publicity in the story. In fact he was not even a Reverend at all. And he was getting an audience to listen to him. Those were the people who definitely had not bothered to try out yoga for themselves and let somebody else do their thinking for them. This book is for all of my friends out there who want to know more about Eastern philosophy, and the way human beings lived 5000 years ago, disciplining themselves through regular yogic practices. Well, my friends, the truth is that there are many people…