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Shambhavi mudra

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A yoga gesture in which one focusses at the mid-eyebrow centre

Shatkarma

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The six yogic techniques of purification of the body, viz. Neti, dhauti, nauli, basti, trataka, kapalbhati

Sheetali pranayama

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Cooling breath' - a pranayama technique that lowers the body temperature by inhaling through the mouth while letting the breath flow in over the tongue.

Breathing technique - is the 'alternate nostril breathing' or 'balanced breathing' - balances the energy flow in the channels and purifies the energy channels (nadi) by balancing the flow of breath ...

Nasagra/nasikagra mudra

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Hand gesture adopted during pranayama to alternate the flow of breath through the nostrils.

Nauli

Fitness; Yoga

Abdominal massage' - a cleansing technique (shatkarma) involving the contraction of the rectus abdominal muscles.

Neti kriya

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Another shatkarma (cleansing technique) - involves cleaning of the nasal passages or sinus irrigation; jala neti forms a part of the various neti kriyas.