We are welcome to use Kumbhaka (breath suspension) but……

Series

1. Selection of Posts - TKV Desikachar in 1978 on Practice in Switzerland.
2. We must discover why we practice.
3. One should practice and inquire into the effects of the practice.......
4. The test for intelligent effort is the response of the breath.
5. Begin your practice from where you are, finish your practice where you are going.
6. We are welcome to use Kumbhaka (breath suspension) but...... (This post)
7. Three questions given by Desikachar in a retreat in 1978......
8. People come to study Yoga for many reasons......
9. By observing how the breath responds in Āsana......
10. Value of the breath in Āsana for Prāṇāyāma......
11. Investigate the use of Kumbhaka and only use it.....
12. One must give food according to the stomach.
13. Before studying Prāṇāyāma one must understand something about......
14. If we relate to part of the breath we are related to all of the breath.
15. If we direct the mind onto one part of the breath, then the mind......
16. Of the Four Aspects of the Breath which is more important?
17. Of the Four Aspects of the Breath which is more important......
18. Do not make a style or fashion out of Kumbhaka......

‎”We are welcome to use Kumbhaka (breath suspension) but if it in any way affects the quality of the Inhale or Exhale and our own relation with this flow, then there is no meaning. The tragedy of Kumbhaka is that we can use force, as in Āsana, to achieve our aim. But why and at what price?”
- TKV Desikachar June 30th 1978 from a one week retreat on Prāṇāyāma in Switzerland

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