Kriyas For Purification
The performance of kriyas is the first step toward mastery.
There are many kriyas for purifying different systemin our body. kriyas are cleansing practices . In that sense, we all practice kriyas like bathing , washing, brushing etc. but yogic kriyas refer to special yoga techniques meant to clean inner organ , developed by our yogis. there are six major kriyas call shat kriyas and they are given as :
- Dhauti : For gastric intestine (GIT) upto stomach .
- Vasti : For lower gastric intestine specially rectum .
- Neti : for upper nasal tract(from throat to nostrils)
- Nauli : For abdominal muscles and viscera.
- Tratak : For eye sight.
- Kapalbhati: For Lower Respiratory tract (nostrils to lungs ).
The objectives of kriyas are to -
- Cleanse the inner trac, respiratory tract, gastric intestinal tract (GIT).
- Develop an inner awareness.
- Desensitize the possible hypersensitive reactions in the pathways (as in nasal allergy).
- Build the stamina and forbearance capacity.
The principles of Kriyas are to-
- Stimulate the system either by an external medium or volitional control, and
- Reflax deeply after the kriyas and even during the kriyas practices itself.