Hatha Yoga Pradipika: Level 3 - Bandhas and Mystic Kriyas

Vipareeta karani, a reverse shoulder-stand, activates the sun and moon chakras and reverses energy toward higher consciousness. Practice up to seven minutes with adequate fat, under guru guidance.

Practice vipareeta karani with the head on the ground, legs raised to 90 degrees, arms bearing weight, back at 45 degrees, and jalandhar bandha active; alternate deonna bundle and moolarben.

Explore viparita karani as a reverse flow mudra claimed to deliver anti aging benefits within six months, potentially leading to soul consciousness and immortality with sustained practice.

Explore the move from pranayama to Kundalini yoga by examining vajra energy, the elixir of invincibility, and the idea that a like-minded partner is essential for this yogic practice.

Explore the external and internal techniques of vajroli, including visualization and controlled suction to draw back and manage the ejaculated material, as part of kundalini practices in hatha yoga.

Discover the secret internal technique of vajroli, activate kundalini, and raise the Bendu through higher consciousness to pure consciousness, aiming for physical immortality.

Discuss a Kundalini technique called Sojo, a partnered ritual combining external and internal practices to seek moksha through union and liberation from ego.

Learn amarolee, the elixir of immortality, by daily intake of the middle part of morning urine—the essence for the body's ducts and elements, enabling divine sight and kundalini awakening.

Explore kundalini as shakti, the inner power within that awakens and moves through the root chakra, energizing the senses, mind, and sexuality, often described as a cobra-like hiss.

Explore how Kundalini acts as the key to liberation, unlocking the mind and body jail through hot yoga by recognizing, activating, and turning the key in the door to liberation.

Explore how Kundalini acts as an intelligent force that sleeps at the gateway to Moksha, hindering or enabling higher consciousness depending on the wise use of intelligence.

Explore the 3.5 turns of Kundalini and how the coil aligns with waking, dream, and deep sleep, tying the body, senses, and mind to soul consciousness.

Learn to awaken kundalini by force through pranayama, mudras, and bandhas, uniting solar and lunar channels and using will to raise consciousness.

Delve into muladhara chakra, abode of kundalini, and study the body d'honneur method for moving kundalini in a tantra course, with one and a half hour sessions daytime and evening.

Locate Muladhara chakra in the body above the anus and relate it to the first chakra through the khachigian plexus, a cookie jar-like neural plexus.

Learn the technique of shaktichalana, hold the lotus posture (padma asana), press near the naval region to awaken kundalini, and move it through patrica pranayama from gradual to full strength.

Master the internal movement of kundalini through a 40-day practice to realize higher consciousness, transform mortality, and playfully conquer debt with inner immortality.

Explore the combination of bhastrikas and shaktichalana kriyas to amplify kundalini shakti and prana as it moves, with bellows practice extending access to limitless prana.

Harness kundalini to purify all 72,000 nadis with a single practice, transforming the energy body, mind, and personality. Embrace joyfulness and fearlessness on the hot yoga path toward Raja yoga.

Let go and practice asanas, pranayama, and mudras to straighten the Kundalini from twisted identifications, and cultivate awareness so the mind naturally enters samadhi during regular, mindful practice.

Emphasize Raja yoga as the key to higher consciousness, without which mudras, asanas, and pranayama lose their true beauty. Practice abstinence until the mind is calm and ready.

Practice with a non distracted mind to regulate emotions and enter a one pointed mind, gaining emotional control and self transformation through higher consciousness.

Define a guru as one who transmits mudras, methods, and lineage and who should be seen as a symbol of your own highest consciousness, not as a separate person.

Follow the guru’s rigorous instructions to realize the self’s immortality and awaken the eight great powers through kundalini, then move toward samadhi and higher Raja yoga.