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=== Asana === | === Asana === | ||
Sarkar described Asanas as postures in which one can remain in physical comfort and psychic composure. The practice of asanas cures the body’s glandular system of all its maladies and helps the mind to attain balance for spiritual practices. He also suggested that asanas should be practised only after obtaining instructions from an ácárya/á. | Sarkar described Asanas as postures in which one can remain in physical comfort and psychic composure. The practice of asanas cures the body’s glandular system of all its maladies and helps the mind to attain balance for spiritual practices. He also suggested that asanas should be practised only after obtaining instructions from an ácárya/á. | ||
=== Pranayama === | |||
Sarkar told Práńáyáma is the scientific process to control respiration and hence the mind, as a result of which sádhaná is especially facilitated. | |||
== References == | == References == | ||