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to be taught by Yogiraj Shyama Charan Lahiri is as follows
(Figure 2): During the practice of Pranayam one has to
think of a Manovaha Nadi on the back side of the body
along the mid-line of the vertebral column, from the tail
or last bone of the coccyx (Muladhar Chakra) to the back
of the forehead (Ajna Chakra) at the occipital region
of the skull. This is a straight column through which
mind is flown up and down through the center of it and
it will be easy to understand, if this Manova ha-Nadi is
imagined like a glass thermometer and the mind flowing
up and down as the mercury moving in the thermometer. Later
on, this is practised alongwith the respiration. Here one
should flow his thought upward along with inspiration
from Muladhar region to the Ajna Cakra and should bring
it down from there to Muladhar alongwith expiratory flow.
When the mind or throught flow only is raised upto the
occipital region of the head it is then taken or flowed
in front in a straight line on the forehead between the
eyebrow, at the seat of Ajna Cakra. Mind is held there
for some period of time and is brought back to Muladhar
Cakra along the same route along which thought flow
moved upward. The use of Pranayama is to regulate the
Prana and Apana Vay. When the Prana becomes Sthira (steady),
Manas also becomes Sthira. In this stage Kevali Kumbhaka
takes place. In other words it can be said that respira-
tory system is the Barometer of Kumbhaka.
It is interesting and notable that all the cakras