What is the best Yoga/Pranayama for an Ordinary man to become more Intelligent and wealthy.
Daily, I do 30 minutes of Anulom Vilom pranayama(with kumbhaka for about 10 second hold between each inhalation and exhalation)… then I do Kumhaka(Breath retention) for 2 hrs a day.
I hold a breath for 75 to 90 seconds… then exhale… then breath normally for 20 to 30 seconds… then chant some vedic mantra for 90 seconds… then again hold the breath for 75 to 90 seconds… I do this process continuosly for 2 hrs.
Its a kind of Kriya yoga. I believe only this could make me more intelligent and wealthy than any other yoga. Am I correct? Will
I get any side effects mentally or physically? Is my Kumbhaka practice ok? Pls advice or suggest me.
What is the best Yoga/Pranayama for an Ordinary man to become more Intelligent and wealthy…Its a kind of Kriya yoga.
There is a need for you to re-read your post and be worried about some basic premises.
Pranayama is a means to the goal of yoga and hence a part; not an alternative.
Intelligent and wealthy are mutually unrelated goals and even more unrelated with yoga. If the idea is to become intelligent in the material sense (which “wealth” suggests) yoga transforms that very intelligence into emotional and spiritual intelligence. And yoga makes one wealthy almost as a paradox by transforming one’s concept of wealth which is far removed from material wealth.
“kind” of Kriya yoga doesn’t appear to be a yoga teacher’s version and if its a personal opinion, kriya yoga is too advanced to venture into casual speculation.
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I think that your goals would be best met by focusing on your Ajna and Vishuddha Chakras.
Daily, I do 30 minutes of Anulom Vilom pranayama(with kumbhaka for about 10 second hold between each inhalation and exhalation)… then I do Kumhaka(Breath retention) for 2 hrs a day.
Your dedication and determination are amazing. I believe that you will be successful if you apply these attributes to any pursuit. According to Satyananda Saraswati, Anulom Vilom (A/V) opens up the Ajna and also balances your nadis, so you’re on the right track here. Satyananda also recommends Jala and Sutra Neti daily and Trataka for 5 – 15 minutes a day to open up your Ajna.
If you think about what is happening physiologically when you perform A/V, the incoming air is hitting the Ajna from one side of the nasal passageway on the inhalation and then on the exhalation the outgoing air is hitting the Ajna on the other side of the nasal passageway. I don’t have a full understanding of how this opens up the Ajna but understanding usually comes with practice and so that is not important right now. To get the maximum benefit from your practice, it is important is that the incoming and outgoing air not be impeded by any blockages in the nasal passages. I think you should at least perform Jala Neti before pranayama every day to get as much benefit from your practice as you can.
Satyananda has an exercise where you do A/V in combination with Jalahandra bandha and mula bandha during the inhalation kumbhaka of your anoloma veloma and Maha Mudra with the exhalation kumbhaka – this will lock in the prana and get current flowing quicker. You can practice this every 5th round, 2nd round or you can try it for 5 minutes straight or longer. Play around with it. If you tap into to something that works for you, do me a favor and let me know. Time of the exercise is 1 count inhalation / 2 count hold kumbhaka with jala and mula bandha / 2 count exhale / 1 count exhale kumbaka with Mahamudra.
He performs Trataka on the sun during the first hour after sunrise or the last hour before sunset. This guy’s pineal gland is 2 ? times the size of a normal person’s. I’m going to try it for a few weeks for grins and see what I experience. This morning was cloudy so I’m stuck at the 30 second mark.
I hold a breath for 75 to 90 seconds… then exhale… then breath normally for 20 to 30 seconds… then chant some vedic mantra for 90 seconds… then again hold the breath for 75 to 90 seconds… I do this process continuously for 2 hrs.
That is an interesting exercise. I’ve never read anything like that before. Where did you learn it? How does the mantra go? It is my belief that you turn on your kundalini by holding your breath long enough, that your diaphragm stills long enough for certain gases to combine and ignite. Or you can meditate for years and maybe if you get proficient at it, you calm down the mind enough that the diaphragm slows so much that the gases mix. You need to practice Mahamudra to mix the gases and Kechari to seal off your throat. You are practicing a breath holding diaphragm stabling exercise. I would be very interested in hearing what you experience if you practiced Mahamudra giving the Uddiyana bandha everything you got right before you inhaled and held your breath for 90 seconds. Especially if you can seal off your throat with Kechari mudra. If you’ve ever felt the snake effect while performing breathing exercises while in Kechari mudra (i.e. kechari sealed off the back of your mouth passageway), I think you can turn your Kundalini on.
Its a kind of Kriya yoga. I believe only this could make me more intelligent and wealthy than any other yoga. Am I correct? Will I get any side effects mentally or physically? Is my Kumbhaka practice ok? Pls advice or suggest me.
If I were you, I would be doing some inverted asanas. Headstand for intuition to help guide you and shoulder stand to open up Vishuddha. Also practice Vipareeta Karani Asana and try to build up to 2 minutes at a clip – your torso should be at 45 degrees angle from the head and the legs straight up. Learning about Kechari is a must! I would like to know where you learned that pranayama exercise you practice and what they stated was the purpose of it?
The inverted poses supply the brain with more blood and oxygen and should be emphasized. The term wealth could apply to many different things; wealth of family, friendship, etc. The wealthiest man in the world is not the one who has the most but the one who needs the least. That said, I’m a firm believer in Maslow’s hierarchy of needs:
Money doesn’t buy happiness but it gives you the freedom to pursue the things that do make you happy. Or the things that can get you into trouble.
