Yog Sadhan Ashram

The Bahishkrita Dhauti is to cleanse the stomach and intestines by means of air. It must be learnt from an expert. 

Technique

Forming the lips like a crow’s beak, one should fill the belly with air and try to hold  it inside for a pretty long time and then evacuate the same through the rectum. Constant practice would be needed to master this feat.

Benefits

• Very useful for persons suffering from constipation or indigestion.
• Promotes health and long life.

The Vahnisara is to generate heat in the abdomen.

Technique

Sitting in some easy posture one should squeeze in and then loosen out the abdomen constantly for about a hundred times.  Start with ten such squeezing and add to this number gradually every day till it could be mastered fully.

Benefits

• Most useful for the phlegmatic people and fat persons.
• Reduces fat belly.
• Cures constipation.
• Improves digestion.
• Has very healthy effect on the liver and respiratory organs.

The Varisar is one of the most useful practices. It is also called the Shankha Prakshalana which means flushing of the alimentary canal. Its technique should be learnt from an expert to safe-guard against any harmful effects.

Technique

Drink as much warm, salty water as would fill the stomach up to the throat. Then have the abdominal movements as taught by the teacher till the water goes down into the intestines. Repeat the in-take of water followed by exercise till the fresh-like water begins flowing out of the rectum. Here, follow the advice of the teacher very closely regarding the rest and the diet needed after the practice. Any violations might result into serious trouble.

Benefits

• Cleans the intestines and removes germs present inside them.
• Improves digestion system.
• Cures blood related diseases.
• Useful for good health.

Technique

Suck in the breath slowly through the mouth, shaping it like the crow beak. Then hold it inside the stomach, for the air thus sucked must go to the stomach through the food pipe. Retain the air up to your normal capacity of doing so and then blow it out through the same route i.e. the mouth.

Benefits

• Purifies the stomach by means of air.
• Cures many diseases and considerably improves digestion.

The Dhauti is of four kinds:

1. Antar Dhauti or Internal Dhauti
2. Danta Dhauti or Dental Dhauti
3. Hrid Dhauti or Heart Dhauti
4. Mula-shodhana Dhauti or Rectum Dhauti

1. Antar Dhauti or Internal Dhauti is further classified into into four divisions as:
   1. Vatasara or Wind Passing
   2. Varisara or Water Passing
   3. Vahnisara or Heat Passing
   4. Bahishkrita or Blowing Out
2. Danta Dhauti or Dental Dhauti has also four divisions as:
   1. Dantamula Dhauti or Teeth Cleaning
   2. Jihvamula Dhauti or Tongue Cleaning
   3. Karnarandhra Dhauti or Ear Duct Cleaning
   4. Kapalarandhra Dhauti or Head Passage Cleaning
3. Hrid Dhauti or Heart Dhauti is classified into three sub-divisions as:
   1. Danda-Dhauti or Stalk Dhauti
   2. Vamana Dhauti or Vomiting
   3. Vastra Dhauti or Cloth Dhauti
4. Mula-shodhana Dhauti or Rectum Dhauti is meant for rectum cleaning.

If we sum up, the Dhauti would consist of the following twelve varieties for practice:

1. Vatasara or Wind Passing
2. Varisara or Water Passing
3. Vahnisara or Heat Passing
4. Bahishkrita or Blowing Out
5. Dantamula Dhauti or Teeth Cleaning
6. Jihvamula Dhauti or Tongue Cleaning
7. Karnarandhra Dhauti or Ear Duct Cleaning
8. Kapalarandhra Dhauti or Head Passage Cleaning
9. Danda-Dhauti or Stalk Dhauti
10. Vamana Dhauti or Vomiting
11. Vastra Dhauti or Cloth Dhauti
12. Mula-shodhana Dhauti or Rectum Dhauti

Technique

Stand erect. Move slowly one leg front and back several times. Then the other one similarly. May be done as long as desired. If you loose balance, take support of wall with one hand.

Benefits

• Prevents and cures stiffness or pain in the feet, knees and thighs.
• Helps in smooth walking.

Technique

Stand straight, out hands behind the back, bend the body and head. Rotate the upper body from right to left and then from left to right. Repeat as many times as desired.

Benefits

• Prevents waist pain and bending of the body.
• Hinders intestinal disorders and respiratory troubles.

Technique

Stand erect. Rotate one arm from front to back several times. Then the other arm in the same way. Now repeat the first arm from back to front several times and the other one similarly.

Benefits

• Prevents and cures the stiffness of the shoulder bones, elbows, wrist and muscles of the arms.

Technique

Sit in a relaxing position, loosen the muscle of the neck & rotate once from left to right and then once from right to left. Continue this process as long as desired.

Benefits

• Cures the stiffness of the neck and heaviness of the head.
• Prevents the disease of spondilytis.
• Tones the nerves of the eyes, ears and the nose.

Technique

Lie straight and feel yourself completely at rest. Relax the body as if it is lifeless. Imagine the body is sinking into the earth.

Benefits

• Very beneficial for the cure of mental tension and the blood pressure, disorders of respiratory system.
• Complete rest for the body.
• May be done after every asana.