Kriya Yoga in Practice Quotes

“Many people do not realize that uniformly good health depends upon: (1) proper eating, less eating, and occasional fasting. (2) proper exercise, fresh air, and sun baths, (3) conservation of vital energy by self-control, (4) good thoughts control and calmness of the heart, (5) meditation and/or prayers Wrong habits, overindulgence, the lack of exercise, and abuses of the senses should be avoided. Take sun baths as often as you can, from ten minutes to half an hour a day, if possible, depending on the sensitivity of one's skin and the strength of the sun's rays. Six times a day breathe deeply at least three times in the fresh air: (1) first, exhale quickly through the mouth. (2) inhale slowly through the nostrils only, counting 1 to 12 (or any length which is long and comfortable for you). (3) Hold your breath, counting 1 to 6. (4) Exhale, counting 1 to 12. (5) Hold your breath, counting 1 to 6 – and repeat the whole cycle Try to establish the habit of doing this whenever you are walking outdoors. Let the count during inhalation, holding the breath, and exhalation be modified if necessary, for comfort; but maintain the ratio. However, there are many other exercises given from time to time that may be practiced for specific purposes or as a short supplementary routine to be practiced at any time during”
― Sri Yogananda, Kriya Yoga in Practice

“as you perfect your practice you will realize that you are not the body: that the body is only your servant, and you are the immortal life-energy that enlivens the flesh.”
― Sri Yogananda, Kriya Yoga in Practice

“Faith is knowing through intuitive perception, which occurs when you are in direct contact with reality.”
― Sri Yogananda, Kriya Yoga in Practice

“A MEDITATION: SPREADING THE RIPPLES OF PEACE. Fix your mind at the point between the eyebrows where the spiritual eye glows like a shoreless lake of peace. Watch the eternal circle of rippling peace around you. The more intently you watch, the more you will feel the wavelets of peace extending from your eyebrows to your forehead, from your forehead to your heart, and onto every cell in your”
― Sri Yogananda, Kriya Yoga in Practice

“The first step in energizing the body is to supply it with the basic elements of food, chemicals that it needs; plus, sunshine and sufficient clean air. The following exercise is beneficial: while walking, as one should do every day, inhale, counting one to twelve. Hold the breath twelve counts; then exhale, counting one to twelve. Do this twenty-four times every time you are out for walking.”
― Sri Yogananda, Kriya Yoga in Practice