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0:01Namaskar. Today we are discussing the
0:04Svadhisthana chakra. The Svadhisthana
0:06chakra is the second center. It is
0:07located right at the level of the
0:09reproductive organs. That is
0:12approximately four to six fingers below
0:14the navel. This is the position of the
0:18Svadhisthana chakra. This center
0:21controls the liquid factor in the body.
0:26It is responsible for the coarsest and
0:29heaviest emotions. The level of the
0:32Svadhisthana chakra is the reptilian
0:34level. That is, reptiles live by the
0:37emotions of the Svadhisthana chakra.
0:39For a reptile, the Svadhisthana chakra
0:41is their Sahasrara chakra. They have
0:43nothing higher. Yes. And, well, in
0:46general, if we take evolution, for
0:49example, all chakras are like stations.
0:52Stations of evolution, right? And if we
0:56take the Muladhara chakra, its primary
0:58property is kamavritti. Kamavritti
1:01means physical urges: eating, sleeping,
1:04and so on. And this most primary
1:09manifestation of the Muladhara chakra
1:12exists in the simplest organisms. And
1:18when the Svadhisthana chakra appears,
1:20it can be considered a huge, huge
1:22breakthrough in evolution. Yes. Well,
1:26from our position, these are, of course
1:28, very primitive emotions, yet they
1:31still exist within us. That is why
1:35being forced to act like reptiles act
1:37is, of course, disharmonious for us.
1:42That is, it creates tension and, uh, it
1:45creates, uh, well, failure in life. The
1:51Svadhisthana chakra is associated with
1:54water. It, its symbolism is, uh, the
1:58crocodile. The crocodile. So, this
2:01chakra symbolizes reptiles. And when
2:06the chakra is developed, a person
2:08acquires very good tactfulness. A sense
2:12of taste, a sense of beauty. If the
2:14Svadhisthana chakra is developed, a
2:16person is very neat, and it is pleasant
2:18to look at them. So, if you see a
2:21person, uh, who is dressed very, very
2:26strangely, is unpleasant to look at, or
2:29is untidy, this is a sign that the
2:31Svadhisthana chakra is vulnerable,
2:33meaning there is some block in it; it
2:35is undeveloped, it is a problematic
2:37chakra. And, most likely, its
2:40properties, its psychological
2:42characteristics, will also be reflected
2:44in the person's character. The
2:47Svadhisthana chakra is, in general, the
2:49main problem of human life. That is, a
2:53lack of strength in the Svadhisthana
2:55chakra represents the main emotional
2:57demons that live within us. That is why
3:03anyone starting their spiritual
3:04development needs to dedicate time to
3:06strengthening the Svadhisthana chakra.
3:11Look, we have this sushumna, the
3:13central channel inside the spine, going
3:16from the coccyx to the crown of the
3:18head; it is the central spiritual
3:20channel through which spiritual energy
3:22travels. And the chakras are located at
3:24the level of this channel. It is like a
3:27pipe. If energy—that is, energy
3:29accumulates from bottom to top. Yes.
3:32But if there is one, if a chakra is
3:34weak, the energy will dissipate at the
3:37level of that chakra. And if there is a
3:39problem with the Svadhishthana chakra,
3:42the energy simply won't reach the
3:43Anahata chakra. And it turns out that a
3:46person lives at a very, very primitive
3:48level. They look like a human, but in
3:53their emotional state, they don't feel
3:55human at all. They say, "I would like
3:59to live like a human." That is the
4:02emotional sensation they have. They
4:05feel like a crocodile or, uh, remember,
4:07right, what was the symbol here? A goat
4:10, right? Exactly. And for the energy to
4:15reach your upper centers, you need your
4:17lower centers to be strong at the very
4:19least; you need to strengthen them.
4:25Let's discuss the Svadhishthana chakra,
4:27that is, what qualities and
4:29characteristics it awakens in the mind,
4:32and discuss how to make the
4:33Svadhishthana chakra strong. So, what
4:37is a Vritti chakra, anyway? A chakra is
4:40like the cup of a lotus. Vritti are the
4:42petals. The Vritti are the cup of this
4:46flower, the center of the chakra, which
4:48controls these petals and the energy of
4:50the chakra. So at this level, the
4:55energy is crude, and it wants to
4:57manifest. Right. And the chakra
4:59controls this crude manifestation of
5:01energy. The stronger the chakra, the
5:03higher your control over these emotions
5:05. Is that clear? That is the idea. Uh,
5:08so, let’s analyze the Svadhishthana
5:11chakra. It has six petals. All of them
5:15represent the qualities of cold
5:16self-preservation. If you want to study
5:20the Svadhishthana chakra, take a lizard
5:22and study it. Or take a crocodile and
5:25study it. And you will see how all
5:28these tendencies work. And you will see
5:31these tendencies in yourself too,
5:33because they are absolutely identical.
5:35We are no different from reptiles here.
5:38We act like reptiles. We have, uh, uh,
5:41in our nervous system, the base is the
5:44same. There is a base, a foundation,
5:47and then a more developed brain is
5:49added to it, then the cerebral cortex
5:51is added. Right. But the foundation,
5:54the instinct, is the same everywhere.
5:56Right. And later additions, for example
5:59, we developed a cerebral cortex, right
6:01, where the main human virtues are
6:04manifested: rationality, intelligence,
6:06abstract thinking, and so on. Right.
6:09But this is a later addition to the
6:11brain. And when a moment comes, if you
6:15are in a critical moment or facing
6:17danger or something, your deeper,
6:19ancient parts of the brain say, "This
6:21is a beta version, we won't have time
6:23to react." And this switch gets flipped
6:29, it turns on, and you start acting on
6:31instinct, or like a reptile again.
6:34There. And it is very important to
6:38strengthen your higher human traits, so
6:40that your animal nature—or even worse
6:42, your reptilian nature—doesn't take
6:44control over you. One writer once said
6:50—I don’t recall who—but I really
6:52liked the phrase: "When you talk to a
6:54person, you must remember that you are
6:56simultaneously talking to a crocodile
6:59and a horse." So today, I am
7:03introducing you to this crocodile
7:05within us. The lotus flower here
7:12consists of six petals, six vrittis.
7:18The first vritti is called avagya.
7:24Avagya means belittling others.
7:28Belittling. You may have noticed that
7:31different people assert themselves in
7:33different ways. Developed people feel
7:36good when they encourage everyone
7:38around them. The more prosperity they
7:43find around them, the more happy people
7:45they find in their circle, the happier
7:47they become. Other people—that is,
7:51people of the Anahata chakra—act this
7:54way. Right. Or people of the Vishuddha
7:56chakra act this way. But people of the
7:58Svadhishthana chakra act in a
8:00completely different way. By definition
8:04, they possess a deep-seated complex of
8:06fear and insecurity. And they resolve
8:11this insecurity by belittling others.
8:15That is, they only feel comfortable
8:16when they dominate their environment.
8:22They intentionally bully, create
8:24complexes, show their power,
8:26demonstrate it, force people into weak
8:28positions, and look for their
8:30weaknesses just to feel good. This
8:37stems from a deep inferiority complex,
8:39which is also a trait of the
8:41Svadhishthana chakra. It’s not quite
8:44right to say inferiority; it’s an
8:46insecurity complex. Insecurity. And how
8:48does this insecurity manifest itself?
8:51It has two sides. On one hand, you are
8:53insecure in yourself— "Oh, I'll never
8:56be able to do this,""Oh, I won't
8:58succeed." And on the other hand, you
9:00are insecure about others. Meaning you
9:03are always suspicious of others.
9:05Paranoid thinking. Right. So, what's
9:09the catch? Someone is plotting against
9:14me, or you hear your name and you run
9:16over, listening, "What are they saying
9:18over there?" Maybe they are gossiping
9:21about me. They couldn't possibly be
9:23saying anything good, right? This drive
9:27to check text messages, read your
9:29wife's phone, or sneak into a computer
9:31to see what someone is messaging about,
9:34to set traps, eavesdrop, and spy. And
9:40all of this stems from this deep-seated
9:42insecurity, which is a property of the
9:44Swadhisthana chakra. The attempt to
9:48control everything and everyone. The
9:49attempt to control everything and
9:51everyone. The inability to trust, to
9:54surrender to the flow of life, and to
9:56maneuver according to where that flow
9:58carries you. But instead, attempting to
10:02control this flow, to grab life like
10:04this and not let it move. I am
10:06controlling you. Meaning I see
10:08everything, I hear everything, and so
10:09on; I am trying. And it is very hard
10:11for these people to let go. This
10:13creates great tension in their lives.
10:16And it creates great tension in the
10:18lives of those around them. And if your
10:22Swadhisthana chakra is very weak, then
10:24this manifests as mental illness. We
10:28call it paranoia, yes, a mental illness
10:31. That's how it is. So, on one hand, we
10:33have the belittling of others. By
10:36belittling others, people at the level
10:38of this chakra achieve a certain
10:40comfort. Meaning I am on top, I am the
10:43strongest, I am the alpha male. Yes.
10:46And everyone else is under my control.
10:48So, the drive to control everything,
10:50the desire for power, also has its
10:52roots right here in this Swadhisthana
10:55chakra. Simply because it is
10:57comfortable that way; otherwise, I do
10:59not feel confident. Yes. Also, in this
11:02center, we have a property called
11:04proshraya. Proshraya, a Sanskrit word,
11:08it denotes indulgence or yielding to
11:11one's desires. Meaning the simplest
11:16desires: eating, sleeping, sexual
11:19desire. And so, what does proshraya
11:23mean? Having desires is normal. It is
11:26our instinct, thanks to which we
11:27survive. Yes. But when you cannot deny
11:31yourself pleasure, it means there is a
11:33problem with the Swadhisthana chakra.
11:36Meaning you simply cannot say no. Your
11:38common sense says, "No," but you cannot
11:40stop yourself. You left the kitchen and
11:43then you return: "No, I'll have one
11:45more pie. I'll have one more pie." And
11:47so various addictions arise in people.
11:51It can be, for instance, there are
11:53people who consume alcohol occasionally
11:55, and they don't have an addiction,
11:57right? But some are constantly
12:01compelled to consume, consume, and
12:03consume. So, we are dealing with
12:06different people. Meaning one person
12:08has a strong Swadhisthana chakra,
12:10another has a weak one. But if he keeps
12:12consuming alcohol, he will gradually
12:13destroy his Swadhisthana chakra, and he
12:15will develop an addiction. Yes. I mean,
12:21all different types of addictions, for
12:23example, alcohol, smoking, or TV, or a
12:26love for sweets, a pathological
12:28addiction to sugar, nymphomania, or a
12:31passion for gambling, a passion for
12:33video games, a passion for the internet
12:36, all of this is an inability to
12:38restrain yourself, right, to control
12:40yourself. You say: "Oh, I'd better not
12:46even register on that social network at
12:48all, because if I register, it will
12:50suck me in to death, you know, and I
12:52won't be able to at all." I mean, all
12:54my time will be spent there. So, a
12:56person understands that their
12:58Swadhisthana chakra is weak, they don't
13:00control themselves. There. And this is
13:05actually a very big problem in our
13:07society, when, because of our
13:09upbringing, because of an improper diet
13:11from childhood, because of chronic
13:13constipation, because of alcohol,
13:15because of a lack of love in childhood,
13:18this center doesn't develop, it becomes
13:20weak. And you become a walking bundle
13:25of problems. Now moving on, um there is
13:32a property here in the Swadhisthana
13:34chakra. It is called krurata. Krurata
13:37means rudeness. Rudeness, a lack of
13:42tact. And this can develop into such a
13:48mental deviation as you, that is, you
13:54are unable to understand and feel the
13:56feelings of other people. I mean, you
13:59just try to guess with your intellect
14:01what they are feeling, you just don't
14:03understand. I mean, people drop subtle
14:07hints, broad hints. Only when someone
14:10says it directly do you say: "Oh, I get
14:12the hint." Yes, this is a problem with
14:16the Swadhisthana chakra. Lack of tact,
14:19rudeness. I mean, this is a person who
14:22constantly behaves like a bull in a
14:24china shop. They make jokes, jokes that
14:27aren't funny, right, jokes, but
14:29nevertheless, they don't stop joking.
14:33They will keep joking and joking. And
14:36even though everyone looks at them like
14:38: "Ugh, here we go again." And they
14:41don't experience anything, whereas a
14:43person who is at least at the Manipura
14:45chakra level, right, if they told a
14:47joke and everyone looked at them like
14:49that, they would feel shame, they
14:51simply wouldn't joke like that anymore.
14:53But a person at the Swadhisthana chakra
14:55, they and they just don't have that at
14:59all, um, well, they cannot receive
15:01feedback and understand anything. It
15:03just doesn't get through to them. I
15:05mean, everything only goes one way, and
15:07it gets lost on the way back, their
15:09brain neurons just don't process it.
15:12This is also, um, such a property. And
15:18this krurata, krurata means coarse
15:21manners. Crude manners. Crude manners
15:24mean not feeling what other people want
15:26, not feeling how they experience pain,
15:29not empathizing. Absolute indifference.
15:31Meaning you could be walking down the
15:33street, and right in front of you
15:35someone could be, I don't know, killed
15:36or beaten up. Meaning you wouldn't even
15:38flinch. It's not that fear holds you
15:42back, but in principle, well, it's just
15:44happening, fine. So, in principle, the
15:48thought to help will never even arise
15:50if the svadhishthana chakra is weak.
15:52Meaning there is absolutely no
15:54compassion at all. How could one take
15:58part in someone else's life? I don't
16:00understand that at all. So, this is a
16:03blocked state of mind. And, for example
16:07, how do people act? They might walk up
16:10, open a window, and leave. And they
16:14won't ask: "Is this okay for you? May I
16:16open the window?""Is it alright, will I
16:19bother you?" He, in principle, even if
16:21you explain it to him, will say: "But I
16:23didn't want to cause anyone any harm,
16:25right? What did I do? I, well, I
16:27thought it would be good for everyone."
16:30Yes. He cannot understand that he is
16:33causing suffering to other people. Yes,
16:36this is a difficult, difficult thing,
16:38how other people are supposed to deal
16:41with it. And in the end, there is a
16:45stupor. A mental stupor. Well, in a
16:52mild form. It's just a block at the
16:55level of thoughts. Dogma. Dogma.
17:03Sometimes you're talking to friends,
17:05and you see the svadhishthana chakra is
17:08blocked tight, and you tell him: "
17:10Rational arguments are useless."
17:14Meaning he read something once
17:16somewhere, and he liked that thing.
17:20That's it, now it has become an
17:21immovable brick in his worldview.
17:25Persuading, dissuading, or changing his
17:27mind is useless. Because the thinking
17:31is static like this, meaning the person
17:34essentially isn't thinking, he is in a
17:36stupor, he grabbed onto some thing
17:38somewhere, absorbed it, was taught it,
17:40was told so, read it in a book, saw it
17:42on the internet, and that's it, he
17:44won't think any further. Yes, this
17:49svadhishthana chakra is completely,
17:52well, a dulling occurs, a stupor. And a
17:57deeper manifestation is when a person
17:59goes into an emotional stupor and even
18:01a physical stupor. For example, I saw
18:05this situation on a commuter train. A
18:07husband and wife are riding, well, I
18:10assume they are husband and wife, and
18:12she is, you know, harping on him. She
18:14says, well, she has a very simple logic
18:17. She says: "Listen, my dear, answer me
18:20right now. Did you marry me?" He says:
18:25"Well, some guy, kind of worn out, you
18:28know." He says: "Well, it happened, it
18:32happened." Then she says: "Give him
18:35drinks, food, clothes, provide for him.
18:38" He promised. He promised. And then
18:43the final, finishing question, she says
18:45: "Where is the money?" The guy goes
18:52into a stupor at that moment; his face
18:54even changes, everything changes. Now
18:59she gets really angry about it. She
19:01says: "Oh, he froze." She is so angry.
19:05I mean, the Manipura chakra level is
19:07quite feisty and angry here. And while
19:12she answers him like that, he, well, to
19:18him, she simply ceased to exist. He
19:20retreated into a kind of abstract
19:22stupor. Meaning no thoughts, no
19:25emotions, nothing at all, no problems.
19:28This is what's called a stupor. And
19:30this emotion has roots in the past. I
19:33mean, as living beings evolved, this
19:35was a primitive defensive reaction. For
19:40example, many animals, right, they go
19:43into a stupor—insects, for instance;
19:46touch them, they go into a stupor. Or,
19:52let's say, a big, big predator is
19:54running, and you're running away from
19:56it, running away, and you realize you
19:58won't escape. You freeze, pretend to be
20:02a stone, just in case. And eyes are
20:05wired so that something needs to move
20:07for you to perceive it. And based on
20:10this effect, they defended themselves.
20:12Meaning freezing emotionally, freezing
20:14intellectually, freezing physically—
20:16just freezing. And that's it, the
20:18predator walks by, there's no life. "Oh
20:20well, I'll go look for something else."
20:22That's it. So, this is a real reaction.
20:26We had a kitten here, well, a wild one;
20:28the cat gave birth, it grew up in the
20:30woods, it grew up like a little beast.
20:33Right. And everyone is curious to catch
20:35this kitten, right? Well, they finally
20:39caught this kitten one day, and when
20:41they took it in their hands, it hissed
20:43and hissed, then stopped hissing and
20:45fell into a catatonic state. Just like
20:49that. Just like that. And the person
20:53who caught it got scared. "Oh, the
20:55kitten died," and dropped it. And that
20:59kitten, like a robot, started to move.
21:01Gradually, gradually, its muscles
21:03finally relaxed, and it ran away in the
21:06end. So, imagine this, another property
21:09here, connected, right, with this
21:14Sarvanasha stupor, which triggers this
21:16stupor. Sarvanasha means the thought of
21:18imminent destruction, the fear: "I'm
21:20going to die right now." Any second now
21:23it will happen, I am going to die right
21:25now. This fear of death compels you,
21:28constricts you, until your teeth clench
21:30. Everything becomes paralyzed just
21:32like that. Some people say: "Sometimes
21:34in my sleep, when I am dreaming, I feel
21:37a fear that is worse than death." A
21:40fear that is worse than death.
21:43Everything tightens up. It is
21:44unbearable. People simply experience
21:47terror. This is also a property of the
21:50Swadhisthana chakra. The Swadhisthana
21:52chakra is connected to our urogenital
21:54system. There is statistics that during
21:59executions, many people experience
22:01involuntary urination because the
22:03chakra is so agitated that it
22:05completely loses its functionality; it
22:07can no longer control anything. And
22:12that's it. And the processes related to
22:15it, that is, those on a physical level
22:17connected to the chakra, also go out of
22:19control, everything goes haywire, and
22:21urine is released, right? I mean, this
22:23is a well-known, um......a meme, if you
22:28will, known among the people. That if
22:31you get very scared, this happens. This
22:35is the Swadhisthana chakra. You need to
22:39understand that interacting with people
22:41who have a weak Swadhisthana chakra and
22:43whose consciousness is at the
22:45Swadhisthana chakra level, meaning
22:47their energy manifests mainly through
22:49the Swadhisthana chakra, is very
22:51difficult. You try to explain something
22:54to them, but they will do it their own
22:56way anyway. They are unteachable,
22:59simply unteachable. Unteachable. Plus,
23:02it can be very disappointing, for
23:04example, when this person messes
23:06something up, right? And how do they
23:09act? They mess something up, for
23:12instance, you said: "Let me help you."
23:14Okay, go ahead and help. Fine. This is
23:17your responsibility. Do this.
23:20Difficulties arise. The person cannot
23:22handle the difficulties. What do they
23:24do? They go into a stupor and stop
23:27picking up the phone. Everyone is
23:31calling them. They are desperate. How
23:33could this happen? I mean, you had such
23:35an important role, you let us down,
23:37they are calling, you don't pick up,
23:39you just went underground. That's it,
23:42this is a typical Swadhisthana chakra
23:44reaction. Okay, you think, well, that's
23:47it, we've lost the guy, for example.
23:50You think, well, how can I say it, you
23:53let us down, you deceived us, we now...
23:55well, I guess you won't show up again,
23:57you deceived us and that's that. Fine,
24:04a month later he appears, no apology,
24:07no "sorry," he just shows up as if
24:09nothing happened, as if nothing had
24:11occurred, and continues trying to
24:13interact with you. You say to him: "
24:18Friend," and he says, "What's the big
24:20deal?" These people are naive in their
24:23own way, they are innocent in their own
24:25way in the sense that they truly don't
24:27understand, like, "What's the big deal?
24:29" And for him, a crocodile is like...if
24:33, let's say, you get yourself a
24:35crocodile, put it in the bathtub to
24:37live, and feed it cat food. One day, if
24:39it gets hungry, it will think: "Oh,
24:41what a nice hand, I'm tired of this cat
24:44food." It will bite your hand off. The
24:47next day you come to it with a cast or
24:49a bandage, and you start scolding it: "
24:52Gena, Gena, why did you do that? I
24:55loved you, I fed you. We're friends,
24:57we're a team." It will say: "Why are
25:01you bothering me? I didn't mean any
25:04harm, I just wanted to eat, and I ate."
25:07That's how this person thinks. They
25:09don't think they've done anyone harm or
25:11will do any harm. They just never think
25:13about anyone. They think exclusively
25:15about themselves. Meaning, how do I get
25:17my benefit, how do I get my pleasure.
25:20That's it. So for this type of person,
25:24lying or betraying simply doesn't exist
25:26as a moral category, because, well,
25:29they live only for their own pleasure.
25:36So you need to understand, if you are
25:38dealing with a person at the
25:39svadhisthana chakra level, you need to
25:41understand what their level of
25:43responsibility is, what things to
25:45entrust to them and what not to, and
25:47what degree of control is needed for
25:49this person. That's how it is. What?
25:51And there is, yes, such a proverb.
25:57People say: "Nothing personal, it's
25:59just business." Just business. Meaning,
26:05I didn't want you any harm, I just
26:07wanted to eat, and I ate. I had you for
26:11breakfast. That's all. So these people
26:14don't understand "nothing personal,
26:16just business." That is the
26:20svadhisthana chakra. Look at reptiles,
26:24you'll find that they live precisely by
26:26these emotions. It goes into a stupor.
26:29Have you ever seen a lizard? It can
26:32just sit there. There are many lizards
26:34in India. When we were at the center,
26:38we stayed there for 3 months, and this
26:40lizard sat there above the doorway for
26:42a whole month. And it would turn its
26:45head for 5 minutes a day. It just sits
26:47there. And you get the feeling that
26:50it's a dead lizard, but actually it's
26:52alive. When a mosquito flies by, it
26:54eats it and continues just being there.
26:56Exactly the same with a crocodile. It's
26:59unclear whether it's alive or dead.
27:00Exactly. And such is the mind, such is
27:04the soul of a person whose energy
27:06manifests at the level of the
27:07svadhisthana chakra, whose chakra is
27:09unbalanced. That is the soul. You think
27:13, is he alive or is he dead? You talk
27:15to him, but whether he hears you or not
27:17is the question. These signals just
27:18don't get through. There you go. But
27:20that is a big problem. And often, a
27:23person is simply, well, not developed,
27:25and, well, it’s useless to try to get
27:28through to them. Sometimes a person
27:31seems developed, and it seems like
27:33their other centers are working, and
27:35they have flashes of insight from time
27:37to time, but then this Svadhisthana
27:38chakra triggers and that's it. And then
27:41they stop behaving like a human being.
27:44They become a problem for themselves.
27:47That is, all kinds of manias, phobias,
27:52addictions, passions, alcohol, and
27:55other things—they torment them. There
27:59you go. And they can see for themselves
28:02that their behavior is inadequate, at
28:04times even rude, but the rudeness has
28:06already happened, so what can you do?
28:09It's just a crude nature. And you will
28:13have to—once you’ve embarked on the
28:15spiritual path—strengthen and
28:17transform this center. And when you
28:20develop your Svadhisthana chakra,
28:22that's when a sense of taste, a sense
28:24of proportion, a sense of beauty, tact,
28:26and psychological insight arrive. Water
28:28is psychology, after all. It is the
28:31understanding of another person's soul
28:33and their emotions. There you go. And
28:36that is why you need to work on the
28:37Svadhisthana chakra. How do you work on
28:40the Svadhisthana chakra? First of all,
28:46asanas, yes, physical exercises. I will
28:49show you a few asanas now. I have them
28:53all in my playlists. Watch them, I
28:55explain in detail how to do them there.
28:58One asana is the Cow Face Pose. It’s
29:01the most important one for the
29:02Svadhisthana chakra. This is the Cow
29:12Face Pose. Here, the hips are
29:14compressed. There you go. And it has a
29:18very, very good and beneficial effect
29:20on the Svadhisthana chakra. Your world
29:23literally changes in half a year. But
29:26you have to understand that the
29:27Svadhisthana chakra is static by nature
29:29. That is, Tamas energy dominates there
29:32—the energy of static, motionless,
29:35and sluggish states. To change it, you
29:37need to work on yourself painstakingly,
29:39slowly, and persistently for a long
29:42time. And if you do the asana for half
29:44a year, twice a day, you will start to
29:47see slow shifts taking place. But also,
29:50once you have changed it, it doesn't
29:52revert as quickly as other chakras.
29:54Once you’ve changed it, it stays
29:56changed. That is this position. Next is
30:00this Yoga Mudra. Then Dirga Pranayama.
30:27The Locust Pose. The Camel Pose. And in
30:54general, working on your abs also helps
31:01restore the health of the Svadhisthana
31:03chakra. Then these ones for opening up
31:07are also good asanas for the Muladhara
31:09chakra. Here is a complex version of
31:16Baddha Konasana. Like this. These are
31:27the asanas. There are also breathing
31:32exercises. And that's it. With the
31:37Svadhisthana chakra, that is, if it is
31:39weak, problems arise in the
31:41genitourinary or reproductive sphere.
31:43That is, uh the nerves are unable to
31:50control, that is, there can be loss of
31:52semen, for example, this is a
31:54Svadhisthana chakra problem. These are
31:59irregular or painful periods. This is a
32:03Svadhisthana chakra problem, this is
32:05impotence, these are various, um,
32:10inflammations, and so on. Uh, so, the
32:13malfunction of the reproductive sphere
32:15is entirely a Svadhisthana chakra
32:17problem. Make the chakra stronger, and
32:20these problems go away too. I remember
32:23one student I had, well, I was holding
32:25yoga classes, she kept coming, and then
32:28she shares, saying: "Yes, you know, I
32:30realized what was wrong with me." I
32:33think, what could be wrong, what was
32:35she missing? She says: "I suffered and
32:38struggled all my life when my period,
32:41the menstrual cycle, came around. It
32:45was painful, I went through it very,
32:48very heavily. And here I've been doing
32:52yoga for a couple of months, and my
32:53period passed, everything was fine, as
32:58if nothing had happened. And I only
33:01just realized this now." Can you
33:03imagine how yoga works? I said, really?
33:07So, you align, the cobra pose also acts
33:10on the Svadhisthana chakra. You, uh, by
33:16means of asanas, you force the energy,
33:21the prana, to circulate properly. You
33:24remove blocks, and it begins, that is,
33:27the chakra starts to heal, it starts to
33:29recover. Well, plus physical
33:31compression, stretching of the organs
33:33in this area. All this helps. That is
33:37one point. Asanas. Moving on. Breathing
33:40. You can act on every chakra with the
33:43help of breathing. And there is a
33:46series of such exercises. They are
33:48called mudras. Breathing mudras. This
33:51is akin to pranayama. Pranayama. You
33:55need to concentrate on the Svadhisthana
33:57chakra. Yes. Well, and six fingers down
34:00. Or more precisely for men, if you
34:04take where the organ exits the body,
34:07right there, that point, yes, this one
34:09here, that is, the base of the sexual
34:11organ, is the control point of the
34:14Svadhisthana chakra. Mentally, you lie
34:20in the corpse pose, in Shavasana, you
34:22lie like this. And mentally you direct
34:27your mind to this center. Feel this
34:30point. Locate this point. Over time,
34:33your mind becomes sensitive. And when
34:35you touch this controlling point, you
34:37feel something like electricity. That
34:39is, you touched the field around it. It
34:43tickles here. That is, you get a
34:46sensation like electricity. Fix your
34:49mind there. Further, your feeling, your
34:54ideation, is that the whole space, the
34:57infinite cosmos, is energy, is life
35:00energy, is prana. And as you inhale,
35:05you begin to absorb this prana, but
35:07imagine you aren't breathing through
35:09your nose, rather, you are inhaling it
35:11through your second center, the
35:13Svadhishthana chakra. And when you
35:16exhale, you release it like the tide,
35:18ebbing and flowing. Inhale and exhale.
35:22Inhale and exhale. Those who have an
35:24individual mantra, it's also good to
35:26repeat it during each inhalation and
35:28exhalation. This exercise is beneficial
35:31if done in the morning, meaning before
35:349:00 AM. After 9:00 AM, it will
35:36actually be harmful. Yes. Because the
35:40quality of prana and the space's energy
35:42changes. Therefore, it should only be
35:45done in the morning. And the earlier in
35:48the morning, the better. This is a
35:51breathing exercise you can do to
35:52strengthen your Svadhishthana chakra.
35:54It consists of seven inhalations and
35:56seven exhalations. That is, inhale,
35:58exhale, inhale-exhale, seven cycles.
36:01You don't need to do more. Don't get
36:04carried away with these breathing
36:05exercises, because without
36:07understanding and proper guidance, you
36:09can destabilize your prana. That is
36:12dangerous. It can lead to insomnia,
36:15mental unrest, and agitation instead of
36:17calming you down. Therefore, seven
36:21cycles are enough. What else can be
36:26done? The Svadhishthana chakra is water
36:29. Mmm, water, a water element.
36:34Therefore, it is also healed with the
36:36help of water. Drink water, drink a
36:39sufficient amount of water per day. The
36:43prescription yogis give for drinking
36:45water is 3 liters a day. 3 liters of
36:48water. Water specifically. Not tea, not
36:51coffee; water, pure water. Drink water.
36:55Because of this, the Svadhishthana
36:57chakra is greatly strengthened and
36:59improved. Furthermore, the intestines
37:02are connected to the Svadhishthana
37:04chakra and the Muladhara chakra as well
37:06. If there is constipation, agitation
37:10will occur in the Svadhishthana chakra.
37:13Constipation is a terrible thing. It is
37:16a terrible thing for physical health
37:18because toxins are absorbed into the
37:20body, and the body is poisoned by these
37:22toxins. And on a mental level, it is
37:26also a thing that, well, breaks you
37:28down and causes degeneration. That is,
37:31this constipation stimulates the lower
37:33vrittis within us. Avoid food that
37:38inflames the intestines. This is food
37:42of a static nature. It is what
37:45strengthens these demonic tendencies
37:47within us that reside in the lower
37:49chakras. And it makes this energy
37:53coarse; consequently, coarse energy
37:56wants to manifest in the lower centers,
37:58not the upper ones. This food is meat,
38:01fish, eggs, onions, garlic, and
38:04mushrooms. Tamasic food, static food.
38:08If you eat this food, it is much harder
38:10to take control of the lower centers.
38:14Moderation and physical restraint,
38:17right? So, if a person is, let's say,
38:22not restrained in their sexual instinct
38:24, well, that's it, it’s destruction
38:27for the Svadhishthana chakra. Therefore
38:32, such a recommendation is given,
38:34meaning the less, the better, actually.
38:38But usually people, it’s a very
38:40strong tendency in people, and it’s
38:42hard for them to control themselves
38:44here. At the very least, there is a
38:47recommendation to do it no more than
38:49four times a month. No more than four
38:51times a month. If it’s more,
38:53degradation begins. Meaning,
38:55degradation of health and mental decay
38:57as well. Well, naturally, one must
39:01abstain from all negative practices,
39:03like masturbation and so on. Because
39:06that is destructive. It is basically a
39:08sure path to the destruction of the
39:10Svadhishthana chakra. If a child, if
39:12his parents didn't teach him to abstain
39:15from this, didn't inspire him, and if
39:17he, well, started doing it, then 100%he
39:19will have problems with the
39:21Svadhishthana chakra in the future. So,
39:25one needs to be very careful here. Next
39:29, the following practice is when we
39:31have gone to the toilet, and urine has
39:36come out, urine is polluting. Urine
39:39pollutes, it needs to be washed off.
39:43Urine is considered the most polluting
39:45fluid, very Tamasic, very dark by
39:47nature. Its energy is very dark. And
39:53after you have used the toilet, it is
39:55necessary to wash your organs. Whether
39:59you went number one or number two, you
40:01wash those organs. That’s cleanliness
40:03. And also, when you cool them with
40:05water, it’s very good. Because any
40:07residue of urine is flushed out. And so
40:10, cleanliness on the outside,
40:11cleanliness on the inside, this
40:13supports health. There. And there is
40:16also, well, take a look at this topic.
40:19I have a playlist called "Acquiring
40:21Soul Power." And there are 16 points in
40:24it. And the first eight points are, in
40:27one way or another, related to the
40:29lower centers, to controlling the lower
40:31centers. Proper nutrition, cooling,
40:38cleanliness. There is also such an
40:41amazing thing, really cool, well, for
40:44men. It’s called a langota or kaupina
40:48. We wear underwear, right? And the
40:54organs. Look at what kind of underwear
40:56it is. Everything can just dangle
40:59freely. Well. Accordingly, stimulation
41:02occurs. Nerves get touched somewhere,
41:04it goes directly to the brain, and this
41:06cascade reaction begins. Meaning, the
41:08production of hormones is triggered,
41:10the transformation of your energy, and
41:13so on. In short, a whole hell breaks
41:16loose. Well. And in order to avoid this
41:19, we take a number of precautions. We
41:22use this langota or kaupina. It is a
41:25type of loincloth. You pull it tight
41:28and everything is fixed in place. All
41:30thanks to the langota. I remember the
41:32first time I put on a langota, I felt:
41:35"Wow, I am a demigod." That is, at the
41:39moment when your energy is not wasted
41:41through the svadhishthana chakra, there
41:44is no constant stimulation, no pulling,
41:46pulling, and draining, drop by drop,
41:49your spiritual energy. Maybe a little
41:51bit, but slowly, slowly it wastes,
41:53wastes, wastes, and you are always in
41:55some kind of weakness. I mean, you
41:57didn't even suspect you were in
41:59weakness until you experienced strength
42:01. I remember the first time I put it on
42:05, I said: "Wow, now I know how it feels
42:07to be human." Yeah. Well, it had a
42:10fantastic effect on me. I felt the
42:12energy in my anahata chakra. I felt
42:15like a confident man, so powerful. I
42:18think: "Wow, I want to live like this
42:20forever." So that's this underwear.
42:24That is, yogis have developed various
42:26tricks and devices to control, uh, to
42:28prevent the waste of energy through the
42:30second center, through the
42:32svadhishthana chakra. Cooling,
42:37cleanliness, using water, and washing.
42:40That is, the more you deal with water,
42:43the better it is for the svadhishthana
42:45chakra, because it is the water factor.
42:50And for the muladhara chakra, by the
42:52way, when you deal with the earth,
42:54digging in the garden, or doing
42:56construction, or engaging in some
42:58specific earthly things, it also
43:00strengthens the muladhara chakra,
43:02stabilizes you, and grounds you. It's
43:06also good to do that. Yeah. Well, for
43:08the svadhishthana chakra, you interact
43:10with the water factor. Water gives
43:12strength to the svadhishthana chakra.
43:15Yeah. Well, these are the main
43:17recommendations. And there is more, but
43:20this is done only by the prescription
43:22of an acarya, your meditation teacher.
43:26You cannot do this on your own. Yeah.
43:30But if there are specific cases that
43:32require it, then a special pranayama, a
43:34breathing practice aimed at
43:36strengthening the svadhishthana chakra,
43:38is prescribed. This is also a very
43:41powerful practice. It is called
43:43ampha-pranayama. Amhashi pranayama.
43:50Yeah. Well, it seems I have covered all
43:53the main points for control. And, of
43:56course, the main, the main practice for
43:58development—this was all mainly on
44:00the physical level, but I was talking
44:02about development. This is what can be
44:06open to everyone and what is absolutely
44:08safe. Everyone can do these things. It
44:11is absolutely safe. Besides this, there
44:15are things that must be practiced with
44:16caution and under the prescription of
44:18your spiritual teacher. And these
44:21things are very, very powerful. In
44:24meditation practice, there exists what
44:26is called tattva dharana and chakra
44:28shodhana. These are two practices you
44:32receive during personal instruction.
44:35Once you have meditated for a
44:36sufficient number of hours and received
44:38a personal initiation, then practiced
44:41for a sufficient number of hours again,
44:43you are initiated into these chakra
44:45meditation practices. And this is the
44:47most direct, most powerful practice in
44:49its effect. On the chakras, the one
44:52that comes from the mind. We are
44:54currently working from the body side,
44:56yes, but there is also the side of the
44:58mind. There. There. Well, God willing,
45:03go ahead, practice, work, and keep
45:05reviewing the 16 points in that "
45:07Acquiring Spiritual Strength" course.
45:13And there, those discussions on
45:15biopsychology and the chakras justify
45:17the need for practicing those sixteen
45:19points. Because no matter what high
45:26meditation you engage in, or how high
45:28your aspirations may be, if there isn't
45:30enough strength in the lower centers,
45:32they will flare up at some point, and
45:34all your energy will be drained there.
45:38And no matter what you have accumulated
45:40, no matter how high you have soared
45:42into the heavens, you will fall back to
45:43the ground very, very painfully because
45:45your lower chakras are not under
45:47control. Yes. And this happens all the
45:49time. Just believe me, it happens
45:51constantly. It is a major problem for
45:57humanity right now, especially with the
45:59svadhishthana chakra, because of how
46:01upbringing and the growth process work;
46:03for many, this center is not in order.
46:08Yes. But even if it's not in order,
46:11even if you’ve spent your whole life,
46:14I don’t know, suffering from
46:15constipation for the last 30 years and
46:17doing everything to destroy that
46:19svadhishthana chakra, through yoga
46:21practice, you can restore and heal it.
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