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Through union with the highest self, one can attain samadhi.

Kevala kumbhaka is the breathless state that leads to complete control over the mind.

Shitali kumbhaka is beneficial. One gets neither indigestion nor disorders of kapha and pitta.

One does not grow old, one does not get fevers, and one keeps imbalances at bay through purification.

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

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

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

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.

Desiring worldly rewards from yoga leads one astray from spiritual enlightenment.