maybe it's a minor Kriya

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It could well be that Guruji calls castor oil a

Kriya.<br><br>But then, you could call everything in Yoga a Kriya:

what about Asanas? Pranayama? The whole Yoga Chikitsa

series could be called a Kriya (it is meant to purify

the body after all, isn't it?). For the same reason ,

Nadi Shodana is a Kriya to boot (it purifies the

nervous system). So what exactly is a Kriya, and what is

not?<br><br>I agree with you: Ashtanga Yoga is very simple and

very beautiful. Let's keep it this way. I also agree

that Kriyas are only of secondary importance in yoga:

they may be useful in case of illness, as a therapy of

last resort. In all the other cases, doing the

Ashtanga Series should be enough.