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#sʜᴀᴛᴋᴀʀᴍᴀ 🕉🌸

1.Sʜᴀᴛᴋᴀʀᴍᴀ ɪs ᴀ sᴇᴛ ᴏғ 𝟼 ᴄʟᴇᴀɴsɪɴɢ ᴛᴇᴄʜɴɪǫᴜᴇs ᴏғ Hᴀᴛʜᴀ Yᴏɢᴀ ᴛᴏ ғʟᴜsʜ ᴏᴜᴛ ɪᴍᴘᴜʀɪᴛɪᴇs ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴᴛᴇʀɴᴀʟ ʙᴏᴅʏ. Tʜᴇsᴇ ᴄʟᴇᴀɴsɪɴɢ ᴛᴇᴄʜɴɪǫᴜᴇs ᴀʀᴇ ᴀʟsᴏ ᴋɴᴏᴡɴ ᴀs 𝟼 ʏᴏɢᴀ ᴋʀɪʏᴀs ᴏʀ sʜᴀᴛ ᴋʀɪʏᴀs.

2. Here the terms kriya and karma are synonymously used to define “specific actions” for achieving some “specific results”. Therefore shatkarma is also mentioned as “shat kriyas” in many yoga and pranayama books.

3. The 6 kriyas described in Hatha Yoga are:

▪Dhauti kriya
▪Basti kriya
▪Neti kriya
▪Nauli kriya
▪Trataka kriya
▪Kapalbhati kriya

Each of these yoga kriyas is meant for the purification of a specific organ system in the alimentary canal.

4. ▪Starting with the mouth, dhauti kriya focuses on cleansing the mouth and food pipe.
▪Basti Kriya cleanses the colon or lower abdomen (large intestine).
▪Neti kriya focus on cleansing of nasal passages.
▪Nauli kriyas massages stomach organs.

5. ▪Trataka is for cleansing of eyes.
▪And Kapalbhati cleanses frontal lobe (front part of the brain).