Essay name: The Nervous System in Yoga and Tantra (Study)
Author:
Ashok Majumdar
Affiliation: Banaras Hindu University / Department of Kayachikitsa
This study deals with the presentation of the Nervous System in Yoga, Tantra and Ayurveda. Yoga and Ayurveda are allied sciences dealing with science of man in depth. This study has revealed a number of hither to unknown facts about concept of nervous system and thought science of Hindus.
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and relax the disphragm. One must can inhale and exale
maximum using, the process, minimum energy . This is yogic
breathing Jaggi, 1973, p.47).
Swami Vivekananday discussed about Pranayama in
his book Rajayoga. To control Prana is Pranayam. The
respiration has very little relation with with the Pranayam.
We can clearly see the movement of Prana throught the
movent of lungs. With the stoppage of respiratory movement,
all the functions in the body also stops. This is the main
motion out of all the types of motion present in the body.
If one wants to go near subtle energy, then he has to take
help of gross energy. Out of all the functions in our body
movement of lung is easily visible. It moves in circuit like
a machine and is responsible for movement in other energies
sythmically. The actual meaning of Pranayama is to stop the
movement in respiration. Fran is actually responsible for
the functioning of respiration. The energy which is going
in the muscles responsible for respiratory movement through
the nerve is called Prana. Once this respiratory function
is under control, the other functions in the body also comes
under control. Many translate Prana as respiration, this
interpretation is wrong (Vivekanada, Raja yoga,p.49-51).
In Pananjal yoga-sutra (II:51) where the fourth type
of Pranayama is mentioned that the prolonged practice of
pranayama with manas gives natural type of kumbhak. In other
three types of pranayama (VS.II:50). There is no relation
with cinta i.e. Manas.
