Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Soul Searchers, The Art of Breathing - Sri Rudrabhayananda (Venugopalan)

 I was searching for a book on the art of breathing for some reason last week and happened upon this book on the shelf. It covers many practices which amalgamate Reiki, Crystal therapy, Pranayama and Marma gyana. He discusses the art of breathing and visualisation for cleansing the body and soul, a method for awakening the Kundalini by which humans can help themselves and be in good health and harmony. Venugopalan or Sri Rudrabhayananda is trained in Tibetan and Indian Tantra and has been awarded for his contributions to Yoga and Kundalini.


Since it is a book about practice, more than theory, I'll just share the topics he has covered. For me, it was perfect that he started on meditation at beginners level and then at an advanced level and it looks highly doable the way he has explained it. Then he explained the chakras and the Kundalini Yoga theory and the path to enlightenment. The actual practice of awakening the Kundalini - through colour meditation, balancing left and right nadis, shakti points, awakening chakras and complete awakening of Kundalini.

Then he discusses how to awaken the Kundalini with the spiritual energy of Reiki, meditational techniques with Reiki (Sandwich energy, Mirror Energy, Distant healing, Healing the dead), Reiki III and Certification. Development of Chi Energy and Advanced techniques for Reiki channels.

Asanas, Pranayama, Aura, Crystals, Marma gyana and Mudras have all been covered.

It's pretty comprehensive and explained in a fashion that a layman can start practising which I found was the best part of the book - just right. There's not too much information nor too less - very practical. If there is some improvement to be done I wish somebody had done a better job with some spellings and proofreading. It's such a shame that such a nice book with such good intent should suffer due to small issues. That apart, I have decided to use it as a guide to begin my meditation and improve my breathing.


  


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