Guruji's Words

We were very fortunate to experience Guruji teaching during the Restorative/Pranayama Class for the Medical Students yesterday, February 24th. The following excerpt of Guruji's words are from notes that both myself and another student from Israel took while observing the class.

Usually these students have their own sequence but are assisted one-on-one (or two or three) by a number of teachers. In this class the students followed group instructions and were being taught to be responsible for their own actions. The class was originally taught by Kishor, a teacher at the Institute, but then the minute Guruji entered the room, it became his class. The excerpt below came toward the end of the sequence.


SAVASANA with vertical pranayama pillow for the back, blanket under head
(the support alerts the spine!)

The eyes – the vision should go beyond the back of your heels.
Watch your spine; how it moves when you are breathing.
Take your eyes-vision beyond your heels.
When you inhale do not move the vision. The body should move up not the eyes!
The roof of the nose and upper pallet of the mouth are the breathing elements.
Don’t let the lids of the eyes open while you inhale!
The lids of the lungs should open!
Descend the lids of the eyes on the inhalation, while lifting the lids of the lungs.
Lids of lungs need to open, not the eyes.
Outer edges of diaphragm are eyes of diaphragm – this should be stable.
Listen to the resonance and the sound in your ears.
Synchronize the sound of your breath with your eyes and ears.
When exhaling watch passivity of eyes; no load on eyeballs; that’s why look down with vision, not muscles.
Let your eyes be on the floor of the platform.
Let me not move my mind or my sight.
Be humble.
Look down; send eyes to the feet.
Surrender the eyes to the feet.
Sound of the inhalation, exhalation should not vary.
Connect the eyes to the ears to keep the melody of the sound of the inhale exhale unbroken.
Sound – peace - smooth.
Quiet yourself now.
See if your normal breath is longer or shorter than before.
Let the intelligence taste the breath before it comes in and out like the smelling of a flower.
Unless you are sure that your exhalation is over, do not inhale!
Make sure the muscles of your abdomen are completely soft before you inhale.
The abdomen (muscles/organs) should be soft like feathers.

Feel the quietness inside.

Now the brain is cool.