K06. What are the Nadis — and do they have a physiological basis?
The short answer: The Nadis are the subtle energy channels through which Prana flows in the body — the energetic…
Questions & Answers
Every article written under the Papneja Method — on consciousness, karma, the nervous system, motivation, the Sound Current, and the mechanics of the inner life.
K05. What is the difference between Pranayama as breath exercise and what it was originally intended to produce?
The short answer: Breath exercise uses the mechanical properties of breathing — rhythm, depth, rate — to produce physiological effects…
K04. What is Prana and how does it relate to the nervous system?
The short answer: Prana is the vital energy that animates the physical body — the specific quality of life-force that…
K03. Why do serious long-term Hatha yoga practitioners often hit a ceiling?
The short answer: Because they have developed the preparatory layer without connecting it to what it was preparing for. The…
K02. What is the relationship between Hatha yoga and meditation — what was the original sequence?
The short answer: Hatha yoga was explicitly designed as the preparation for meditation — the technology for making the body…
K01. What was Hatha yoga originally designed to do — before it became exercise?
The short answer: Hatha yoga was designed to prepare the physical body and the nervous system for the sustained internal…
J08. Why does Patanjali pair Abhyasa and Vairagya as the two foundations of the path?
The short answer: Because the path requires both building and releasing simultaneously. Abhyasa — sustained practice — builds the instrument….
J07. What is the difference between attachment and love — are they the same thing?
The short answer: They arrive together so consistently that most people experience them as one thing. They are not. Attachment…
J06. Why does love remain after Vairagya dissolves attachment?
The short answer: Because love and attachment are not the same thing, even though they arrive together in most human…
J05. What is the difference between Vairagya and suppression?
The short answer: Suppression prevents the attachment from expressing. The charge remains intact underneath the prevention. Vairagya is the dissolution…
J04. What is the association technique for dissolving attachment?
The short answer: Identify a physical object that carries the association with the person or experience you are attached to….
J03. Why does willpower not produce Vairagya — and what does?
The short answer: Because willpower is Rajas — the energy of effortful forcing. Vairagya requires the dissolution of the association’s…
