Nauli, one of the shatkarmas, is the purification of the abdomen using the muscles of the abdominal wall. Hatha Yoga Pradipika and later texts. This is the practice of using a neti pot to cleanse the nasal passages. A basic neti wash consists of purified water and non-iodized anti gravity yoga delhi, to create a gentle saline solution.

Dhautī is the cleansing of the whole digestive tract. Naulī is a self-administered abdominal massage, using only the muscles of the abdominal wall. The practitioner stands with the feet about hip width apart, hands on knees, and body at about a 45 degree angle. The core is rotated internally by moving the abdominal muscles alternately in a clock-wise, then in a counterclock-wise direction. Basti is is a colonic irrigation. Specifically, it is a sharp, short outbreath, followed by a relaxation of the core that allows the body to inhale on its own.

Trāṭaka is the direction of the gaze at a fixed point such as a black spot or a candle flame. Cakri is the dilation of the anus, using a finger moved about in the rectum. New Delhi India: Thomson Press India, for The Yoga Publications Trust. Path of Fire and Light, Volume I: Advanced Practices of Yoga. Path of Fire and Light, Volume II: A Practical Companion to Volume I. The method can be applied at the moment of death to, according to Vajrayāna Buddhist belief, transfer one’s consciousness through the top of the head directly into a Buddha-field of one’s choice.

By so doing, one bypasses some of the typical experiences that are said to occur after death. Conversely, Phowa as a concept was cited by Shoko Asahara as a justification for murder in 1987. This fact was later brought up against him during his 1995 trial. The mark of a successful phowa practice is a small drop of blood directly from the center of the vertex. To demonstrate a successful practice traditionally a Kusha-grass was pushed into the small opening created in the fontanel. The main lineage of phowa is one of the Six yogas of Naropa, although other transmissions also exist.

The chöd subsumes within its auspices aspects of phowa sadhana. The Kagyu phowa lineage is from the Six yogas of Naropa. Nāropa received it from the Indian mahāsiddha Tilopa and later passed it to his Tibetan disciple Marpa. The Drikung Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism is known for their phowa teachings.

Some lineages of phowa include a rite of incision, or opening of the sahasrara at the cranial zenith, to assist with transferral. The highest form is known as the phowa of the dharmakaya which is meditation on the great perfection. When you do Dzogchen meditation, there’s no need to transfer anything, because there’s nothing to transfer, no place to transfer it, nor anyone to do it. That’s the highest, and greatest phowa practice.

The Sanskrit tantric text Mālinīvijayottaratantra of the late first millennium CE includes a chapter on yogic suicide. Karma Chagmé 2000, Naked Awareness, p. Luminous Bliss: A Religious History of Pure Land Literature in Tibet, chapter 5. 12, 17, 24, 29, 38, 48. Karmapa: The Black Hat Lama of Tibet.