Author of the influential book The Secret Power of Yoga

The glorious Mayurasana turns to ash all excess, unwholesome food and digests lethal poison.

Siddhasana breaks open the door to liberation.

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 great Varisara cleans the body. The yogi who practices it zealously obtains a divine body.

Dhauti, Basti, Neti, Nauli, Trataka, and Kapalabhati — one should practice these six cleansing techniques.

The yogi who realizes the self becomes disinterested in worldly attachments and attains liberation.

In the body, the self is consciousness. It is without a second, eternal, and supreme.