Correct way of performing Neti

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dear abbas, jane and others

 

i guess there will always be different opinions, even on basic issues

like foot position in hatha yoga asanas or pranayama

for e.g., when doing a standing forward bend in hatha yoga, i was

taught by my teachers who claimed a millennia old lineage that the

feet should be positioned at a 45 % angle, like a "V" - other

teachers practicing in the West will tell you that this is wrong

(however, if you look at the positions of the bones in the pelvis,

the feet should probably be pointed in a "V" so as to open the pelvis

and maximize the stretch)

 

from my understanding, taking any substance in through the nose and

out the mouth is nasya, whether its water, oil, choornam etc

neti is a specific technique in which the water enters one nostril

and exists the other - using water (jala) or other substances as

appropriate, e.g. herbal decoctions, milk decoctions, etc

 

snorting water into the nose is not really neti proper, and nor is

taking the water into the mouth and forcing it out the nose

the latter method i think could be particularly problematic, as i

mentioned before, with water being forced into the sinuses and

eustachian tube - certainly do not attempt this if you have any nasal

congestion

 

as far as taking substances in the mouth and out the nose, ayurvedic

practices seems to avoid doing this, such as in dhuma, the

therapeutic inhalation of smoke, which is always performed by

inhaling the smoke into the nostrils and out the mouth, not the other

way around

 

as far as the basic method of jala neti, i have some materials from

my book i could post, but i found a reasonably good explanation on

wikipedia, of all places:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neti

 

if it is insufficient i can comment further

 

best... todd caldecott

 

 

On 27-Apr-06, at 5:40 AM, ayurveda wrote:

 

> Message: 2

> Wed, 26 Apr 2006 23:06:32 +0500

> "Abbas Ali Siddiqui" <abbasasi >

> But there

> is also a different opinion received from Mr. Suryanagara which

> says that

> one can take water in mouth and push it out through mouth-nose

> connection

> i.e. through the mouth, out of the nose as opposed to the method

> stated by

> you i.e. through the nose, out of the nose.

Caldecott

todd (AT) toddcaldecott (DOT) com

www.toddcaldecott.com

 

 

 

 

 

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