- The
shatkarmas (Sanskrit: षटकर्म ṣaṭkarma,
literally six actions), also
known as shatkriyas, are a set of
Hatha yoga
purifications of the body, to prepare...
- Trāṭaka (Sanskrit: त्राटक "look, gaze") is a
yogic purification (a
shatkarma) and a
tantric method of
meditation that
involves staring at a
single point...
- in
modern yoga as exercise), one
pranayama breathing exercise, and one
shatkarma, a
purification making use of
forced breathing.
Bikram Yoga was devised...
-
other hatha yoga texts, the
Gheranda Samhita speaks of a
sevenfold yoga:
Shatkarma for body
cleansing Asana for body
strengthening Mudra for body steadying...
- कपालभाति, romanized: kapālabhāti, "Skull-polishing") is an
important shatkarma, a
purification in
hatha yoga. The word
kapalabhati is made up of two...
- Neti (Sanskrit: नेती netī) is an
important part of
Shatkarma (sometimes
known as Shatkriya), the
Hindu yogic system of body
cleansing techniques. It can...
- (devotion or
surrender to
higher consciousness). The
yogic purifications or
shatkarmas are
sometimes called the
Shatkriyas ("the six actions"). The
Kriya Yoga...
-
followed by
Matsyendranath and Gorakshanath. It
includes information about shatkarma (six acts of self purification), 15
asana (postures: seated,
laying down...
-
liquids towards the
urethra as an auto-****,
similar to the
intestinal shatkarma of basti. It
might have also
developed from a 1st
millennium Tantric ****...
-
Basti is an
important shatkarma, a
yogic purification,
intended to
clean the
lower abdomen,
especially the colon. The
Hatha Yoga
Pradipika and
other sources...
