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Types
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The Shatkriyas are internal purificatory measures. These procedures are concerned with the maintenance of normal body
functions. For this yoga advocates the cleansing of the inlets and outlets of the body. |
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The Shatkriyas of yoga consist of the following six purificatory
measures namely:
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Neti (
cleansing the nasal passages).
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Dhouti (cleansing the stomach).
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Vasti (cleansing the rectum and colon).
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Trataka (cleansing the eye by fixing the gaze on certain object without blinking and keeping it fixed until the
lacrimal secretion starts flowing
freely).
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Kapalabhati (cleansing the nasopharynx and nasal air sinuses).
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Nauli (moving the abdomen by contracting the recti, keeping the diaphragm fixed, thus massaging the abdominal
visceral).
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Thus all these procedures consist of the purification of the body
by the nasal, oral, rectal, urinary, or any other route. |
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