Yogic Hygiene and Cleansing Practices:

The cleansing processes and yoga healing practices (sudhi kriya) for the different organic apparatus are a good example of yoga yoga self care.

There are of various types:

1- Light cleansing processes of the digestive ways (vauman dauthi)

2- Medium cleansing processes of the digestive ways (danda dauthi)

3- Strong cleansing processes of the digestive ways (vastra dauthi)

4- Cleaning the tongue

5- Cleansing technics for the gastro intestinal tract (nauli, sanka prasalana and basti)

Cleansing processes and practices (kriyas) for the respiratory passage

1. Cleansing technics for the respiratory ways

- nasal shower (jala neti)

- nasal cleaning with thread (sutra neti)

- Ventilation cleansing (kapalbhati)

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