Pranayama: description of eight breathing techniques and seasonal considerations, dietary and purification of nadi
5:1— Gheranda said: now I will set out the rules for pranayama. Man becomes like a god in their practice.
5:2 - To practice pranayama are necessary four things: the right place, time (weather) favorable, food moderate and purification nadi.
Pratyahara: description of technique interior recollection
4:1 - Then I’ll show you the best technique: pratyahara. With its knowledge, they dominate all the passions.
4:2 - must be controlled citta, subjecting it again and again always being distracted by the objects drawn external.
Mudra description of mudras and bandhas
3:1-3— Gheranda said there are twenty mudra. His practice provides win the yogi. These are:
1. Mahamudra (Great Seal)
2. Nabhomudra (Seal etheric)
3. Uddiyanabandha (Contraction floating)
4. Jalandarabandha (Contraction [...]
Asanas
2:1 - There are eight million four hundred thousand asana described by Shiva. There are so many asana as species of living creatures in the universe.
2:2 - Of these, eighty-four are the best and among these, thirty and two are considered useful for the ordinary people.
2:3-6-The thirty-two asana that provide perfection in this material world [...]
Chapter First.
KRIYA: General introduction and description twenty internal hygiene techniques
Introduction.
Me bow to the Lord Shiva that in the beginning taught hathavidya, science that stands out as the first rung of the ladder that leads to supreme heights rajayoga.
1:1 - On one occasion Chanda Kapali went to hut Gheranda and greeted him with reverence and devotion.
1:2 [...]
Nadam.
IV_65. We now describe the practice of nothing (Anahata), As taught Gorakshanatha, valid even for the less enlightened, unable to understand reality.
IV_66. The Lord Elder Shiva has shown innumerable paths to spade, But it seems that the best all of them is the practice of Nadam.
IV_67. The Yogi, sitting in muktasana and adopting shambavimudra, should [...]
Shambhavimudra.
IV_35. The closures, The shastras and puranas are like prostitutes (they are available for everyone), in change shambavimudra is carefully kept, as an honest woman.
IV_36. Shambavimudra is concentrate the mind on the inside (in either chakra) While keeping his eyes fixed on a external object, without blinking, the closures and shastras maintain this mudra in [...]
Prana.
IV_14. Amaroli, vajroli and sahajoliWas successfully achieved when the mind is reduced to a state of perfect balance prâna flows sushumna.
IV_15. How could he obtained Jnana if prana still lives (is active) and the mind is not dead yet (no stopped their mental processes)?, only those who managed to stay in immobility, stopping prana and [...]
Samadhi: description of several techniques for induce enstasis
7:1 - The samadhi yoga is a kind of grand, which acquired through very lucky. Obtained samadhi thanks to the kindness and courtesy of guruAnd by the absorption he is given.
7:2 - This fantastic technique samadhi prompt that the master yogi have confidence in knowledge, in guru and in itself, and whose mind is open to all intelligence days.
7:3— Samadhi or mukti is the release of all states of consciousness and is to separate manas the body to attach to Paramatman. (more...)
