The Hindu-Yogi Science of Breath
Yogi Ramacharaka · 1904
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About the book
The little manual that taught the West to breathe: nostril versus mouth, the four methods, the complete breath, and the prana said to ride in on all of it. Ramacharaka was a Chicago lawyer in a turban, and the exercises work anyway.
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Part 1 · Why the manual starts with breath. The first six slides, free.
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A newborn draws in one long, deep breath, holds it for a moment, and lets it out as a wail. That, says Ramacharaka, is the instant a life on earth begins.
At the other end, an old man gives a faint gasp and stops. Between those two breaths lies everything a person will ever do, and the book will not let you forget it: "Life is but a series of breaths."
Read that as a pretty line and you miss the book. The manual means it literally. If a life is a series of breaths, then the quality of those breaths is the quality of the life, and everything that follows is built on that one sentence.
Inside the course
12 parts- «Breath is life» — the claim behind the whole manualFree above
- The exoteric theory: what the lungs are doing
- The esoteric theory: prana, and what rides on air
- The nervous system, as the yogis map it
Questions
Is The Hindu-Yogi Science of Breath free to read in Astra Trainer?
Yes. The full book opens free in the app’s reader, in English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, and Russian.
What is the short course?
12 short parts that walk through the book’s key ideas in slides, each with a quick quiz. The first six slides are free to try on this page.
Where do I get the app?
Astra Trainer is free on the App Store and Google Play. The Hindu-Yogi Science of Breath is waiting in the app’s library.
