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SwaSthya Yoga
The main characteristic of Swásthya Yôga is the a shtánga sádhana , the eight-part practice consisting of:
mudra
They are gestures performed with the hands. They are defined as reflexological gestures as they trigger a succession of states of consciousness and even physiological states. Examples are the Shiva mudrá, j ñana mudrá, p ronam mudrá.
puja
It is the previous thanks to the place of practice and to those who propagate the Dakshinacharatantrika-Niríshwarasámkhya Yôga, the full name of our Yôga lineage. The function is not mystical, much less religious: one seeks establish a current of attunement between the disciple and the Master to energetically carry out the phenomenon of the communicating vessels: the one who has more lets it flow to the one who has less.
mantra
Mantra can be translated as vocalization. It is composed of the radical "man" (to think) + the particle "tra" (instrument). This semantic construction is significant, since the mantra is often used to achieve the suppression of instability in consciousness, called linear intuition or meditation. It can be any sound, syllable, word, phrase or text that has a specific power. However, it is essential that it belongs to a dead language, in which meanings and pronunciations do not suffer the erosion of regionalisms, fads and other constant changes due to the evolution of the living language.
Pranayama
"Prána" means bioenergy, any type of biologically manifested energy ; "ayáma", expansion, width, intensity, elevation. Pránáyáma designates the techniques, almost always respiratory, which lead to the intensification or expansion of prana in the organism.
In principle, prana is energy of solar origin, but it can manifest itself after metabolization, that is, indirectly. The generic prana is divided into five pranas, which are: prana, apána, udána, samána and vyána. These are subdivided into several subpranas.
Yogi breathing should always be nasal, silent and complete, unless otherwise instructed.
Kriya
The kriyas are organic purification techniques typical of Ancient Yôga. They consist of a true art of cleansing the body, inside and out: airways and maxillary sinus, eyeballs, abdominal organs, digestive tract.
asana
The magic of movement that enraptures us in an appeal to beauty, creating works of body art, generating living sculptures, sprouting from each other, linked by a subtle thread of continuity and indescribable harmony! Just as the sculptor, chipping away at the block of cold stone, brings out the masterpiece that lay inside, so the yogin is transfigured and lets the artist and work emerge in the choreographic execution of this millenary dance.
Yôganidrá
Yôganidrá is the relaxation technique that helps the yogin assimilate and manifest the effects produced by all angas or parts of the practice. Provides deep relaxation with mental suggestions to benefit health, accelerate self-development, obtain greater productivity at work, in studies, in sports and better social and family integration.
Samyama
Concentration, meditation and hyperawareness techniques. Before reaching hyperawareness it is necessary to master meditation and concentration. The purpose of meditation (dhyana) is to stop the mental waves, empty the mind of thoughts, suppress the instability of consciousness.