Yoga Vidya Gurukul

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Swara Yoga
Ref Shiva Swarodaya (Original Sanskrit
Text) Swarayoga Swami Muktibodhananda under
the direct guidance of Swami Satyananda

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What is Swara Yoga?

• Ancient, closely guarded, esoteric science
• Origins in the Tantras
• One text Shivaswaroday dialogue between
  Shiva Parvati
• Swara continuous sound
• Science of breath, prana, its rhythms, movements
  and patterns
• Talks of relationship between prana and cosmic
  prana
• Science of Siddhis or ESP

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Science Swara Yoga

• Body Dynamo with infinite electrical currents
• Kirlian Photography Prana
• Breath controls many autonomic voluntary
  functions
• Nose Peripheral organ of the autonomic nervous
  system

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Prana emotions

• Thoughts and prana travel through the breath.
• Emotions affect the breath.
• Examples -

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Advantages of Swara Yoga

• Fighting wars, Overcome enemy, winning friends
• Gaining wealth, prosperity, popularity
• Winning favor of king,
• Knowledge of past, present future
• Achieving sound mental, physical spiritual
  health
• Swara in Daily Life

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Swara or Nostrils

• Left nostril
• Ida nadi
• Mental energy
• Moon
• Cold
• Female
• Right brain
• Relaxation
• Considered auspicious

• Right nostril
• Pingala nadi
• Physical energy
• Sun
• Hot
• Male
• Left brain
• Stress response
• Hard, tough, not so virtuous

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Acts to be performed

• Left
• All auspicious acts
• Stable, permanent actions
• Purchasing jewelry, clothes, journey etc
• Construction of house
• Offices, temple etc.
• Marriages, religious rights, peaceful work
• Treating incurable diseases

• Right
• Extreme tantra tech.
• Destroying enemies
• Sensual pleasures
• Work requiring extreme dynamism,
• physical work
• Solving Mathematics,
• Eating, gratifying senses
• Meanest worst actions

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Third Swara Sushumna

• Center of the spinal cord
• Shiva in So-Ham
• Left right swara flows together
• No worldly action recommended, work gives no
  result
• Non attachment
• Meditation recommended

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How nostrils work?

• Nostrils change every 1 to 3 hours, from left
  nostril for 1 to 3 hours to right nostril for 1
  to 3 hours again to left
• A healthy rhythm, is 1 ½ hours.
• Linked with the sun and moon phases.
• When both nostrils are active Sushumna nadi is
  active

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Daily Schedule

• Get up before sunrise for better physical and
  mental health.
• Waking check which nostril is most active and
  move that side first.
• Yoga exercise
• Eating food
• Mental work left nostril
• Physical work right nostril
• Sleep
• Travel
• Shopping
• Enjoyment parties, movies, get together

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Interactions Relationships

• Left nostril peaceful and friendly
• Right nostril aggressive and forceful
• Relationships nostrils

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Food

• What you eat affects swaras or nostril rhythms.
• Right proper hunger and digestive stimulation.
• Left depressive can increase or decrease
  hunger in an unnatural way.
• Cold milk, banana, curd, guava (stimulate left)
• Hot spices, ginger, garlic (right)

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How to change the nostrils.

• Anuloma Viloma / Alternate nostril breath for 10
  15 min.
• Place cotton wool in left nostril to block it
  turns on right nostril.
• Hand under left armpit and press for 5 min to
  turn on right nostril.
• Sleep on left side to turn on right nostril.
• Same nostril breathing will turn the nostril on.

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Health

• Can predict and prevent disturbances in health.
• To maintain health, balance the nostrils.
• Stress balance both the nostrils
• Depression anxiety activate more right
  nostril
• Anger aggression activate left nostril
• If a cold is coming left is more active. To
  prevent it activate right.
• Migraine change nostril.
• Heatstroke switch on left nostril.