IIT Delhi Online Course 4 | Session 7 | Pranayama Cont'd | Science of Yoga | Sri M | March 2022

Sri M continues with the previous session by explaining the theory and benefits of three more pranayama techniques: Bhastrika, Kapalabhati, and Bhairav Pranayam, as well as demonstrating them. He then goes on to explain the following two angas (limbs) of Ashtanga Yoga, Prathyahara and Dharana, in depth. Sri M answers a few questions at the end of the session.

This online session took place on 12th March 2022.

00:00 – Introduction – Recap of previous session
00:58 – Kapala Bhati – Explanation, demonstration and benefits
04:28 – Bhastrika – Explanation, demonstration and benefits
06:50 – The movement of the mind and the breath
08:02 – Bhastrika and a meditative state
09:35 – Bhairav Pranayam – Explanation and demonstration
12:31 – Benefits of Pranayam
13:49 – Summary of Ashtanga Yoga
15:16 – Prathyahara
18:50 – A funny story
21:07 – Essence of Pratyahara
22:11 – Zen story explaining Pratyahara
24:23 – Origin of the name Zen
29:38 – Summary of Pratyahara
31:10 – Dharana
32:18 – External and internal Dharana
34:12 – Dharana on the sound of ‘OM’
35:42 – Types of Dharana
37:42 – Dharana to Dhyana
39:48 – Q&A Begins – Q1 – When you’re in a state of Dhyana and you enter into a state of non-duality, how do you return to the state of duality when the dhyana breaks?
43:00 – Q2 – My back aches when I do Bhastrika or Kapalabhati Pranayam. What can I do?
46:09 – Q3 – If, in my daily life, I am going to practise Pratyahara, Dharana and then naturally slip into Dhyana how do I know when I am in each of these states? How can I demarcate each of these states?
50:10 – When is a good time to do Pranayam?

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