Are you getting enough life-energy?🔗

Prana, which is the life force behind movement, can also be described as the binding force of the universe. It is said that all birth and death in the universe are a result of prana. Our very life is the expression of this energy.

One obvious way to access the life energy or prana, is through the breath. Our breath is life. It is not just oxygen. It is the bridge between our physical body and the subtle domains of our being, our mind and our emotions.

THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM shares an important secret: in order to access and activate the subtle life energy in the body, we must experience one thousand two hundred long breaths during physical exercise. Long breath means that while exhaling through the nose during the peak of physical effort, the breath or the airflow, should be "felt down to the knees". This is the kind of intensity of breath we are seeking in the workout.

The 1,200 breaths activates the subtle life energy current which runs through the entire body, what is called samana. Samana is the energy absorbed by every pore of the skin directly from the space around us. So when samana is balanced, the whole skin will breathe. This is essential for experiencing the higher states of awareness and bliss.

In yoga, for example, the 1,200 long breaths can be achieved performing 108 rounds (216 repetitions) of Surya Namaskar or Sun Salutations. It's not difficult! You CAN do it.

THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM has observed that the breath gets even more active and powerful at the peak of muscular contraction during weight lifting. This is why in eN-Fitness SM, we add weight-training exercises to the traditional yoga practice.

This manual is your practical guide to the basics of the weighttraining component of eN-Fitness SM. For the yoga and weight training sequence together, we recommend you follow our online yoga sessions on Nithyananda TV (daily live at 4:00am IST