Basti – The Yogic Enema
Sitting in utkatasana, naval deep in water, insert a tube in the anus and contract the anus. This cleansing with water is called basti karma.
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Sitting in utkatasana, naval deep in water, insert a tube in the anus and contract the anus. This cleansing with water is called basti karma.
Lean forward, protrude the abdomen and (the muscles) from right to left with speed, this is called nauli by the siddhas. (“Hatha Yoga Pradipika”, 2:33)
A strip of wet cloth, four angulas wide (3″) and fifteen hands (1¼ metres) in length, is stoutly swallowed and, then taken out, as instructed
Insert a soft thread through the nose to the length of one hand-span so that it comes out of the mouth. This is called neti
Those shatkarma which effect purification of the body are secret. They have manifold, wondrous results and are held in high esteem by eminent yogis.
The word “yoga” literally means union. Yoga does not mean twisting of body, tying limbs into knots, holding of breath or doing some other circus.
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