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    First Breath, Last Breath
    First Breath, Last Breath
    First Breath, Last Breath
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    First Breath, Last Breath

    By Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati

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    Pranayama is the ancient practice of breath control, which deepens spiritual awareness and brings practical benefits. This book includes information, instruction, and inspiration for practitioners. These 42 breath practices can deepen meditation, raise kundalini, and increase awareness. They can also help those who wish to break addictions, improve health and vitality, learn to relax, and more. The author, Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati, taught breath practices, along with yoga and meditation, for almost forty years. Her drawings illustrate these pages.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateJan 1, 2017
    ISBN9780983822844
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      First Breath, Last Breath - Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati

      First Breath, Last Breath

      Copyright © 2016 by Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati. All Rights Reserved. No portion of this book, except for brief reviews, may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without written permission of the publisher. For information contact Kashi Publishing.

      Published by

      Kashi Publishing

      11155 Roseland Road

      Sebastian, Florida 32958

      www.kashi.org

      Edited by Swami Matagiri Jaya

      Cover and Book Design by Laurie Douglas

      Cover Photograph by Swami Dhumavati Jaya

      Back Cover Photograph of Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati by JPI Studios

      Photograph of Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati by Kashi Ashram

      Photograph of Neem Karoli Baba by Ramgiri Braun

      Drawings by Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavatii

      Printed in the United States of America

      Before you begin: The benefits attributed to the practices suggested in this book come from the centuries-old yogic tradition. Results will vary with individuals. Nothing in this book is to be construed as medical advice.

      Please consult a physician before beginning any exercise program.

      ISBN-10: 0-9838228-3-2

      ISBN-13: 978-0-9838228-3-7

      Neem Karoli Baba

      Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati

      The soul breathes beyond time.

      Preface

      This book is intended as a tool for seekers, with a focus on the ancient practice of pranayama, or breath control.

      Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati gave her students hundreds of breath practices. Some she taught in great detail to all of her students; others she gave especially to teachers of her own Kali Natha Yoga system; still others she shared in daily emails.

      The editors gathered 200 of these practices, which were given over a 38 year period, 1974 to 2012. We then selected 42 for the present volume. The practices are divided into eleven chapters because many of Ma’s teachings involved that sacred number.

      The introductions to the breaths are drawn from a wide range of Ma’s talks and writings. To share Ma’s voice more clearly, we placed a page called Between Breaths at the end of every chapter—very lightly edited.

      Ma was also a prolific and self-taught artist. The drawings in these pages are hers.

      Several of Ma’s senior students contributed to developing this book. We realize that it is risky to edit the words of a spiritual genius, yet sometimes it’s necessary. We have tried to keep the essence of Ma’s words as well as their context. Where we succeed, we are grateful for Ma’s continuing guidance. Where we fail, the fault is ours.

      Ganesh

      Contents

      CHAPTER 1 The Breath and the Mother

      CHAPTER 2 The Chakras

      Ganesh Breath

      Chakra Meditation

      The Mother’s Heart Cave

      Between Breaths: The Universal Mother

      CHAPTER 3 Opening the Heart

      The Vibration of Love

      The Breath of the Angels

      The Gift of Completeness

      An Open Life

      Break Open the Heart

      Between Breaths: The Beloved

      CHAPTER 4 The Energy of the Universe

      Power and Love

      Greet the Dawn

      Energy in the Morning

      Breath of Fire

      Between Breaths : Mother Kundalini.

      CHAPTER 5 Giving Up Tension

      Release the Shadows

      Split the Tension

      Breath of Earth

      Breath of Space

      Between Breaths: The Dance of Love

      CHAPTER 6 Healing and Healers

      The Healing Breath of Noticing

      Healing Hands

      Aging Beautifully

      Avoiding Burn-Out: The Chidakash

      Between Breaths: No Separation

      CHAPTER 7 Mindfulness and the Moment

      Be Still

      Subtle Awareness

      Simplicity

      The Mindful Heart

      Silence

      Between Breaths: The Moment

      CHAPTER 8 Letting Go

      Forgiveness

      The Jasmine Breath

      Giving Up Fears

      Desire to Be Right

      Between Breaths: The Black Mother Kali

      CHAPTER 9 Practical Breaths

      Prayer and Blessing

      Breath to Lose Weight

      Conquering Addictions

      Ending Procrastination

      Between Breaths: Miracles

      CHAPTER 10 Ego, Awareness, Intuition

      Awareness

      What Is My Purpose?

      Trust Your Intuition

      The Sky Mind of the Chidakash

      Between Breaths: The Inner Universe

      CHAPTER 11 Life, Death, Samadhi

      Breath and Non-Breath

      Breathing with the Dead

      The Original Thought

      The River Breath

      Between Breaths: The River

      About the Author

      Glossary

      CHAPTER ONE

      The Breath and the Mother

      Your breath is your soul.

      In the great spiritual teachings of the world, the mystic has always held the heart of religion. It is the mystic who believes that the moment is deep in wisdom and truth, and we can always be in the moment. When you forget this, or when you doubt yourself, the breath is the tool that will bring you back to awareness.

      In this book you will find two types of breath practices. In some, you will use the breath to bring you into a meditative state. In others, you will discover that practicing pranayama¹ brings you mastery of the life force through mastery of your breath.

      We can distinguish two kinds of life force. First, conscious breathing transforms plain air into prana. You can direct and focus prana. There are breaths to bring you energy and breaths to calm you down; there are breaths for the morning and breaths for the night; there are breaths to open your heart or quiet your mind; there are breaths to help you fight addiction or procrastination. There are even breaths to help you lose weight.²

      The breath can also awaken kundalini which is another kind of life force, the feminine force of the universe rising within you.

      Once awakened, Mother Kundalini transforms your life, doing whatever she must to bring every part of you—body, mind, and spirit—into alignment with the atman, or universal consciousness, beyond all dualities. While yoga has many purposes, its highest goal is this profound alignment and awakening. These breath practices are in the lineage of Kali Natha Yoga, also known as Kali Natha Kundalini Tantric Yoga, which embraces this goal.

      Kali Natha Yoga is a root yoga which can flower in many ways, both commonplace and profound, depending on the intention of the yogi.

      Kundalini tantric practices awaken awareness and can lead to experiences of universal energy known as Kundalini Shakti. They offer the possibility of profound transformation.

      The word shakti, which is used frequently in this book, means the feminine principle of cosmic energy, moving through the entire universe.

      The Mother is both inside and outside, and in reality there is no difference. The Mother is the world itself, she is everything you can touch or feel or think, she is illusion, she is reality, she is beauty, she is ugliness, she is everything that has form.

      At birth, we are born into the Mother’s

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