It is customary to practise this every morning during the preparatory period of the retreat
The first are the powers of hearing, feeling, seeing, tasting, and smelling
After the system has been thoroughly cleansed and the new pattern of living has been established, it can be dispensed with. However, I was advised esatto continue it until I had become proficient con the practice of pranayama.
There is another form of dhauti that one can learn esatto advantage, especially when giammai cloth is available. It is called vamana dhauti.
The latter are the powers of speech, procreation, elimination, grasping, and locomotion
Gheranda Samhita, i, 39 See previous reference for classical description. For the dry forms see ibid., iii, 86-7: “Contract the lips, like the beak of per crow, and drink (draw in) the air slowly and slowly. This is Kaki (crow) mudra, destroyer of all diseases. The Kaki-mudra is verso great Mudra, kept secret durante all Tantras. By virtue of this, one becomes free from disease like verso crow.” Ibid., 92-3:tending the face verso little forward, let him cocktail (draw durante) air through the gullet; this is called Bhujangini Mudra (Serpent-mudra), destroyers of decay and death. This Serpent-mudra quickly destroys all stomach diseases, especially indigestion, dyspepsia, etc.”
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