Art of Living Foundatio

Through practice of Bhujangasana, the physical fire increases steadily, all diseases are destroyed, and the Serpent Goddess awakens.

All together there are as many asanas as there are species of living beings. Shiva has taught 8,400,000.

By using this practice, Shambhavi is sure to arise. Diseases of the eye disappear; one gets divine sight.

Stare at a small object without blinking until tears start to fall. The wise call this Trataka.

Rotate the stomach quickly on both sides. This gets rid of all diseases and the bodily fire increases.

The entire universe consists of Vishnu.

Put the self in space and space in the self. When one sees the self as made of space, nothing else is perceived.

Purification, strength, steadiness, calmness, lightness, realization, and abstraction are the seven means of perfecting the body.

Like an unbaked pot in water, the body is always decaying. One should bake it with the fire of Yoga and make it pure.

Just as from studying the alphabet one may understand the scriptural teachings, so by practicing Yoga one may obtain knowledge of the Ultimate Reality.