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chair is to be used. Keep your back and neck in a straight line without the back rest. There should be no stiffness.
Keep your feet parallel as in the standing posture. Assume one of the two mudrās given above.
Ifa recumbent posture becomes absolutely necessary, one may lie down on his back, keeping a distance of about a foot between two feet, hands about six inches away from the trunk, palms turned upward and eyes softly closed.
Technique of Meditation Premeditation Exercise No. 1 : Relaxation (kāyotsarga)
This is an essential precondition of meditational practice, resulting in steadiness of the body. The whole body is mentally divided into several convenient parts and full attention is concentrated on each part. By the process of autosuggestion, each part is relaxed and the relaxation experienced. The relaxed and motionless state of the body is
... P.C. of Knowledge P.C. of Peace
- - P.C. of Perception P.C of Enlightenment --
--. P.C. of Vision P.C. of Vigilance --
- P.C. of Vital energy P.C. of Celebecy
- P.C. of Purity
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P.C. of Bliss
P.C. of Bioelectricity
.P.C. of Health
P.C. of Energy
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