Advanced Yoga Practices: Easy Lessons for Ecstatic Living

The Original Internet Lessons with Additions by the Author......Page 1
Introduction......Page 8
The Main Lessons......Page 10
Summary of Additions and Illustrations......Page 17
About Those Unused Lesson Numbers......Page 18
Disclaimer......Page 21
The Main Lessons......Page 24
Lesson 10 – Why This Discussion?......Page 26
Lesson 11 – What is Yoga? What is Religion?......Page 28
Lesson 12 – The Essential Ingredient – Desire......Page 30
Lesson 13* – Meditation – Awakening the Silent Se......Page 31
Lesson 14 – Not Much Happening in Meditation......Page 34
Lesson 15 – Restlessness in Meditation......Page 36
Lesson 16 – Bliss in Meditation......Page 38
Lesson 17 – Was I Asleep in Meditation?......Page 39
Lesson 18 – Finding the Time for Meditation......Page 40
Lesson 19 – What Tradition to follow?......Page 42
Lesson 20 – Enlightenment without God?......Page 43
Lesson 21 – Objects of Meditation......Page 45
Lesson 22 – Vibratory Quality of Mantra......Page 46
Lesson 23 – Watching the Clock in Meditation......Page 47
Lesson 24 – Does Meditation Cure Sickness?......Page 48
Lesson 25 – Effect of Meditation on High Stress S......Page 49
Lesson 27 – Location of Mantra in Meditation......Page 50
Lesson 28 – Will I become a Milquetoast from Medi......Page 51
Lesson 29* – Alcohol, Tobacco and Drugs......Page 52
Lesson 30 – Diet and Meditation......Page 54
Lesson 31 – Enjoying the Great Outdoors......Page 55
Lesson 33 – A New Way to Sit in Meditation......Page 56
Lesson 34 – Meditation and World Problems......Page 58
Lesson 35 – Enlightenment Milestones......Page 59
Lesson 36 – Meditation and the Fifth Dimension......Page 61
Lesson 37 – Group Meditations......Page 62
Lesson 38 – What is Your Time Line?......Page 64
Lesson 39 – Pranayama – Cultivating the Soil of t......Page 67
Lesson 41* – Spinal Breathing Pranayama......Page 69
Lesson 42 – Is this Pranayama Natural?......Page 71
Lesson 43 – Relationship of Pranayama to Meditati......Page 72
Lesson 44* – Finding the Spinal Nerve......Page 74
Lesson 45 – Breathing is Slowing Down in Pranayam......Page 76
Lesson 46 – Which Way is Up in Spinal Breathing?......Page 78
Lesson 47* – Chakras?......Page 79
Lesson 48 – Pranayama and Health......Page 82
Lesson 49 – Perspiration in Pranayama......Page 84
Lesson 50 – Managing the Time in Pranayama......Page 85
Lesson 51 – Strange Gurglings in Pranayama......Page 87
Lesson 52 – Big Little Nerve......Page 89
Lesson 53 – Light and Sound in Pranayama......Page 90
Lesson 54 – Kundalini – A Code Word for Sex......Page 92
Lesson 55 – Mulabandha – Enlivening Sexual Energy......Page 94
Lesson 56 – Sambhavi – Opening the Third Eye......Page 96
Lesson 57 – The Guru is in Me?......Page 99
Lesson 58 – Step by Step......Page 100
Lesson 59 – Some Mantra Particulars......Page 102
Lesson 60 – Unexpected Interruptions......Page 104
Lesson 62 – Duration of One Spinal Breathing Cycl......Page 105
Lesson 63 – Cool and Warm Currents in Pranayama......Page 106
Lesson 64 – The Ecstatic Silver Thread......Page 108
Lesson 65 – The Pineal and Pituitary Glands......Page 109
Lesson 66 – We are Arriving, Not Leaving......Page 110
Lesson 67 – Bhakti – The Science of Devotion......Page 111
Lesson 68 – Relationship of Traumatic Experiences......Page 114
Lesson 69 – Kundalini Symptoms, Imbalances and Re......Page 115
Lesson 71* – Yoga Asanas – A Wonderful Billion Do......Page 120
Lesson 72 – Please Tell Me Exactly What To Do......Page 129
Lesson 73 – More on Chakras......Page 130
Lesson 74 – For This Life, and the Next One......Page 132
Lesson 75 – Siddhasana – Living in a Fountain of......Page 133
Lesson 76 – Siddhis – Are Powers Real?......Page 136
Lesson 77 – Still More on Chakras......Page 137
Lesson 78 – Pleasure and the Path......Page 139
Lesson 79 – Mantra Reminders......Page 140
Lesson 80* – Physical Fitness and Yoga......Page 141
Lesson 81 – Charging Ahead Too Fast?......Page 145
Lesson 83 – There She Goes – Kundalini, that is......Page 146
Lesson 84 – The Art of Doing Nothing......Page 148
Lesson 85 – Enlightenment Milestones Revisited......Page 149
Lesson 86 – Finding your Meditation Routine......Page 153
Lesson 88 – The Magic of Bhakti......Page 155
Lesson 89 – The Caduceus – A Snapshot of You and......Page 156
Lesson 90 – Caduceus Correction and Ida/Pingala R......Page 157
Lesson 91* – Yoni Mudra Kumbhaka – Purging the Th......Page 159
Lesson 92 – The Star......Page 164
Lesson 93 – Changing Times......Page 167
Lesson 94 – Some House Cleaning Tips......Page 169
Lesson 95 – Stabilizing Ecstasy......Page 171
Lesson 96 – Spinal Breathing Startup Review......Page 172
Lesson 97 – Tantra – Help for Sex Maniacs and Ord......Page 173
Lesson 98 – Yoga and Marriage......Page 175
Lesson 99 – Practices – Front End and Back End......Page 176
Lesson 100 – What is Enlightenment?......Page 178
Lesson 101 – What is Brahmacharya?......Page 180
Lesson 102 – Importance of Smooth Long-Term Medit......Page 181
Lesson 103 – Destiny and Free Will......Page 182
Lesson 104 – Stubborn Energy Blockages......Page 183
Lesson 105 – Hitting a Wall at Mulabandha......Page 185
Lesson 106 – Mantra and Breathing in Meditation......Page 187
Lesson 107 – Self-Pacing in Postures and Practice......Page 188
Lesson 108* – Kechari Mudra – A Giant Leap for Hu......Page 190
Lesson 109 – Bhakti, Meditation and Inner Silence......Page 198
Lesson 110 – Romantic Love......Page 200
Lesson 112 – Bhakti – Up Close and Personal......Page 201
Lesson 113 – Bliss, Ecstasy and Divine Love......Page 203
Lesson 114* – Kechari – Throat Jamming in Stage 1......Page 205
Lesson 115 – Mantra, Language and Meaning......Page 207
Lesson 116 – Meditation – First Enhancement of Ma......Page 208
Lesson 117 – Finding a Mantra with no Meaning?......Page 210
Lesson 118 – Strong Pulse in Meditation......Page 211
Lesson 119 – Some Other Approaches to Mulabandha......Page 213
Lesson 120 – “Getting Enlightenment”......Page 214
Lesson 121 – Pratyahara – Expansion of the Senses......Page 216
Lesson 122 – Witnessing......Page 217
Lesson 124 – Keeping it Simple......Page 219
Lesson 125 – Kundalini Heat......Page 221
Lesson 126 – Relationship of Pratyahara, Intellec......Page 223
Lesson 127 – Siddhasana or Padmasana?......Page 224
Lesson 128 – Siddhasana and Pressure in the Head......Page 225
Lesson 129 – Nauli – Raising Kundalini with Your......Page 226
Lesson 130 – Vibrations at the Root......Page 229
Lesson 131 – Coordinating Sambhavi and Spinal Bre......Page 230
Lesson 132 – What is Sin?......Page 233
Lesson 133 – Nectar......Page 235
Lesson 134 – Yoga and Western Psychology......Page 236
Lesson 135* – Kundalini Currents in Legs and Arms......Page 238
Lesson 136 – Vigyan Bhairav Tantra – The 112 Tech......Page 241
Lesson 137 – Getting Both Feet into Paradise......Page 242
Lesson 138 – Would You Like to get Reconditioned?......Page 243
Lesson 139 – Dynamic Jalandhara – The Chin Pump......Page 244
Lesson 140* – Chin pump – Coordinating Head Rotat......Page 247
Lesson 143 – Chin Pump – Effects in the Lower Bod......Page 249
Lesson 144 – Chin pump Lite \\(Without Kumbhaka\\......Page 251
Lesson 145 – Overdoing it with Asanas......Page 253
Lesson 146 – Shaktipat – Direct Transmissions of......Page 255
Lesson 147 – Sequencing of Asanas, Pranayama and......Page 257
Lesson 148 – Why Practices Twice a Day?......Page 258
Lesson 149 – The Eight Limbs of Yoga and Samyama......Page 259
Lesson 150 – Samyama Practice......Page 263
Lesson 151 – Samyama – Settling in with Your Sutr......Page 267
Lesson 152 – Thinking about Meanings versus Doing......Page 269
Lesson 153 – Yoga Sutra Translations, and on beco......Page 270
Lesson 154 – Samyama – “Let Go and Let God”......Page 272
Lesson 155 – Samyama – Lightness, Lurching and Le......Page 273
Lesson 156 – Muladhara/Root and Integration of Pr......Page 275
Lesson 157 – What is Inner Silence?......Page 277
Lesson 158 – Too Relaxed in Meditation?......Page 280
Lesson 159 – Too Many Thoughts in Meditation?......Page 281
Lesson 160 – Extreme Sensitivity to Meditation –......Page 282
Lesson 161 – Dark Nights and the Rise of Inner Si......Page 284
Lesson 163 – Sublime Clarity......Page 287
Lesson 164 – Human Power......Page 288
Lesson 165 – Desire and Change......Page 289
Lesson 166 – Pay It Forward......Page 290
Lesson 167 – Living on Air and Sunlight Alone?......Page 292
Lesson 168 – Is Pain a Prerequisite for Inner Pea......Page 293
Lesson 169 – Is this Ecstatic Conductivity?......Page 294
Lesson 170 – That’s Kundalini?......Page 296
Lesson 171 – Spinal Bastrika Pranayama – Pressure......Page 297
Lesson 172 – Spinal Bastrika Energy, Sleep and Ti......Page 299
Lesson 173* – Spinal Bastrika Cycle Time......Page 300
Lesson 174 – Sex and Sambhavi......Page 302
Lesson 175 – Suspending Breath and New Experience......Page 304
Lesson 176 – Dissecting Samyama......Page 305
Lesson 177 – Advanced Siddhasana......Page 307
Lesson 178 – Dharma......Page 308
Lesson 179 – The Star Revisited......Page 309
Lesson 180 – Off to a Good Start in Meditation......Page 311
Lesson 181 – Expectations and Our Time Line......Page 313
Lesson 182* – Healthy Skepticism......Page 314
Lesson 183 – Movements and Automatic Yoga......Page 318
Lesson 184 – Teleportation, Samyama and Siddhis......Page 319
Lesson 185 – Role of the Intellect......Page 320
Lesson 186 – Meditation – Second Enhancement of M......Page 322
Lesson 187 – Establishing and Maintaining Daily P......Page 325
Lesson 188* – Mantra Design 101......Page 326
Lesson 189 – Where is the Third Eye?......Page 330
Lesson 190 – Sambhavi During Meditation?......Page 331
Lesson 191 – How to Cultivate Ecstatic Conductivi......Page 332
Lesson 192 – Tips on Kechari......Page 333
Lesson 193 – Extending Practice Time Safely......Page 334
Lesson 194 – More Flashing Lights......Page 335
Lesson 195 – Mantra, Thoughts and Attention......Page 336
Lesson 196 – Refining a Sound in the Mind......Page 338
Lesson 197 – Kechari Sensations......Page 339
Lesson 198 – Targeted Bastrika – A Laser for Karm......Page 340
Lesson 199 – Managing the Opening of the Crown......Page 342
Lesson 200* – Follow-up on a Sensitive Meditator......Page 345
Lesson 201 – The Drama of a Premature Crown Openi......Page 349
Lesson 202 – Free-Form versus Structured Practice......Page 353
Lesson 203 – Reflections on Some Dramatic Experie......Page 355
Lesson 204* – Summary of Principles, Abilities an......Page 359
Lesson 205 – More on Kechari......Page 365
Lesson 206 – Varieties of Spinal Breathing......Page 366
Lesson 207 – Left or Right Side Imbalances......Page 367
Lesson 208 – Inner Energy Collisions and Strong E......Page 369
Lesson 209 – Fitting Daily Practices into a Busy......Page 370
Lesson 210 – Handling Automatic Yoga and Siddhis......Page 374
Lesson 212 – Whole Body Mudra......Page 375
Lesson 213 – Conscious Sleeping......Page 376
Lesson 214 – Finding Your Spiritual “Hook”......Page 377
Lesson 216 – Kundalini Jolts and Self-Pacing in P......Page 379
Lesson 217 – Responsibility......Page 381
Lesson 218 – Meditation Sensitivity and Head Move......Page 382
Lesson 219 – Irritability in Activity......Page 383
Lesson 220 – Opening the Heart Chakra......Page 385
Lesson 221 – Expanding Heart Space......Page 387
Lesson 222 – Chimes in Inner Space?......Page 389
Lesson 223 – Kechari Stage 1 and-a-half? \\(a dia......Page 390
Lesson 224 – Automatic Kechari and Visions......Page 393
Lesson 225 – Clearing the Clouds......Page 394
Lesson 226 – Expansion on Our Mind......Page 395
Lesson 227 – Meditation, Activity and Sleep......Page 397
Lesson 228 – Heart Opening and Service......Page 398
Lesson 229* – Spinal Breathing in Inner Space......Page 400
Lesson 230* – Crown and Third Eye......Page 403
Lesson 231 – Dusty Rooms......Page 405
Lesson 232 – Meditation and Automatic Yoga \\(a d......Page 407
Lesson 233 – Yoga and Religious Beliefs......Page 415
Lesson 234 – Inner Wisdom Shining Through......Page 416
Lesson 235 – Blending Inner Silence and Ecstasy......Page 417
The Tantra Lessons......Page 421
Lesson T1 – What is Tantra Yoga?......Page 423
Lesson T2 – Meditation, Bhakti and Tantric Sex......Page 425
Lesson T4 – The Holdback Method – A Stairway to H......Page 428
Lesson T5 – Blocking Male Ejaculation – Putting o......Page 431
Lesson T7 – The Woman’s Role – Nothing Less Than......Page 433
Lesson T9 – The Relationship of Brahmacharya, Tan......Page 437
Lesson T10 – Sexual Healing......Page 439
Lesson T11 – Blocking and the Evolution of Spirit......Page 441
Lesson T12 – Wet Dreams and Premature Ejaculation......Page 443
Lesson T13* – Energy Rushing up the Spine During......Page 444
Lesson T14 – A Happy Woman......Page 445
Lesson T15 – Lustful Pleasures......Page 446
Lesson T16 – What is the Best Tantric Practice?......Page 447
Lesson T17 – Reclaiming the Body-Soul Connection......Page 449
Lesson T18 – Enlightenment with and without Orgas......Page 450
Lesson T19 – Sex, Love and Bhakti......Page 452
Lesson T21 – Ancient Advice on Tantric Sex......Page 454
Lesson T22 – Kundalini and Sexual Attraction for......Page 455
Lesson T23 – The Count Method – How to Stay in Fr......Page 457
Lesson T24 – Tantric Masturbation with Sitting Pr......Page 460
Lesson T25* – Sri Vidya – The Fruition of Tantra......Page 462
Lesson T27 – The Quest for Infinite Intimacy......Page 464
Lesson T28* – Advanced Siddhasana for Women and M......Page 465
Lesson T29 – Sleeping Lingam......Page 469
Lesson T30* – Vajroli Mudra......Page 471
Lesson T31 – Constant Coming......Page 473
Lesson T32* – Menstruation, Yoga and Amaroli......Page 475
Lesson T33 – Spinal Breathing during Tantric Sex?......Page 478
Lesson T34* – Kechari and the “Secret Spot”......Page 480
Lesson T35 – Ecstatic Reflex during Sex......Page 486
Additional Resources......Page 489
Topic Index......Page 490
Glossary of Sanskrit Terms......Page 497
Reader Feedback......Page 508