Advanced Yoga Practices - The AYP Plus Lessons: Nearly 1000 Lessons on Spiritual Practices and Experiences
Yogani
The AYP Plus Lessons Book is offered as a resource for off-line study, covering nearly 1,000 lessons and additions on practices and experiences. Until now, this large amount of instructional content has only been available through the AYP Plus online service.
Full Scope Yoga, consisting of eight limbs, opens the doorway between our outer and inner reality, leading us to Abiding Peace, Unity and Joy in all aspects of life.
The Advanced Yoga Practices (AYP) Lessons provide detailed instructions on how to open the doorway of our nervous system - aiding us in unfolding our full potential and destiny in this life. Deep Meditation, Spinal Breathing Pranayama, and Yoga Asanas form the foundation of daily practice in a short routine compatible with modern life, with extensive refinements and many additional practices provided in the lessons as experience in human spiritual transformation advances over time. Prudent Self-Pacing of practices for comfort and safety is a core teaching throughout the lessons.
The AYP Lessons began in 2003 as an online resource. Over the years, the teachings have expanded to populate several websites, more than 15 books, and translations into more than a dozen languages. The two original AYP Easy Lessons for Ecstatic Living books, published in 2004 and 2010, cover nearly 500 lessons combined. As the writings continued, the AYP Plus online service was launched in 2015, eventually providing nearly 500 additions to the original lessons, expanding and refining the teachings based on the questions and experiences of hundreds of practitioners.
Duration - 2h 13m.
Author - Yogani.
Narrator - Yogani.
Published Date - Thursday, 18 January 2024.
Location:
United States
Description:
The AYP Plus Lessons Book is offered as a resource for off-line study, covering nearly 1,000 lessons and additions on practices and experiences. Until now, this large amount of instructional content has only been available through the AYP Plus online service. Full Scope Yoga, consisting of eight limbs, opens the doorway between our outer and inner reality, leading us to Abiding Peace, Unity and Joy in all aspects of life. The Advanced Yoga Practices (AYP) Lessons provide detailed instructions on how to open the doorway of our nervous system - aiding us in unfolding our full potential and destiny in this life. Deep Meditation, Spinal Breathing Pranayama, and Yoga Asanas form the foundation of daily practice in a short routine compatible with modern life, with extensive refinements and many additional practices provided in the lessons as experience in human spiritual transformation advances over time. Prudent Self-Pacing of practices for comfort and safety is a core teaching throughout the lessons. The AYP Lessons began in 2003 as an online resource. Over the years, the teachings have expanded to populate several websites, more than 15 books, and translations into more than a dozen languages. The two original AYP Easy Lessons for Ecstatic Living books, published in 2004 and 2010, cover nearly 500 lessons combined. As the writings continued, the AYP Plus online service was launched in 2015, eventually providing nearly 500 additions to the original lessons, expanding and refining the teachings based on the questions and experiences of hundreds of practitioners. Duration - 2h 13m. Author - Yogani. Narrator - Yogani. Published Date - Thursday, 18 January 2024.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
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Also by the Author
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Introduction
Duration:00:13:32
About Those Unused Lesson Numbers
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Disclaimer
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Main Lessons - 10 - Why This Discussion?
Duration:00:06:12
Addition 10.1 - What has Changed in 10 Years?
Duration:00:04:31
Addition 10.2 - Implications of the Rise of Open Systems of Spiritual Practice
Duration:00:03:36
Lesson 11 – What is Yoga? What is Religion?
Duration:00:06:29
Addition 11.1 - You Can’t Win Some Arguments, But It’s Okay
Duration:00:05:01
Addition 11.2 - Human Spiritual Transformation in Christianity
Duration:00:05:18
Lesson 12 – The Essential Ingredient – Desire
Duration:00:04:15
Addition 12.1 - Relationship Between Desire and Devotion (Bhakti)
Duration:00:01:02
Lesson 13 – Meditation – Awakening the Silent Seed
Duration:00:09:39
Addition 13.1 - Mantra and Meaning
Duration:00:02:15
Addition 13.2 - Placement of Eyes During Deep Meditation
Duration:00:02:47
Addition 13.3 - Relationship of Attention, Mantra and Thoughts in Deep Meditation
Duration:00:06:26
Addition 13.4 - Using a Mantra vs. Emptying the Mind
Duration:00:03:56
Addition 13.5 - Effortlessly Losing the Mantra = Transcendence of Thought
Duration:00:03:49
Addition 13.6 - Contemplations versus Deep Meditation
Duration:00:03:37
Addition 13.7 - Ups and Downs During Deep Meditation with Steady Results in Daily Activity
Duration:00:02:42
Addition 13.8 - Difficulties with Meditating Right after Meals and Right before Bedtime
Duration:00:01:24
Addition 13.9 - How to Regard Experiences During Rest After Deep Meditation
Duration:00:03:52
Addition 13.10 - Can I do Deep Meditation Lying Down?
Duration:00:03:17
Lesson 14 – Not Much Happening in Meditation
Duration:00:05:57
Lesson 15 – Restlessness in Meditation
Duration:00:07:17
Addition 15.1 - Implications of the Awareness or “Witnessing” Technique
Duration:00:05:39
Addition 15.2 - Picking Up the Mantra - Easy Versus Too Much Strain
Duration:00:06:47
Addition 15.3 - Use of Witnessing Technique During Intense Spinal Breathing Pranayama Session
Duration:00:04:43
Lesson 16 – Bliss in Meditation
Duration:00:04:39
Addition 16.1 - Clarifications on Healing and Self-Inquiry for an AYP Newcomer
Duration:00:07:45
Lesson 17 – Was I Asleep in Meditation?
Duration:00:04:18
Lesson 18 – Finding the Time for Meditation
Duration:00:07:28
Addition 18.1 - Meditating Right Before Bed Time
Duration:00:01:52
Addition 18.2 - Making Meditation a Habit Like Brushing Teeth
Duration:00:01:29
Addition 18.3 - Symptoms of Meditating Right after a Big Meal and Right before Sleep
Duration:00:01:47
Lesson 19 – What Tradition to follow?
Duration:00:03:55
Addition 19.1 - What to Do When a Famous Guru Comes to Town
Duration:00:05:57
Addition 19.2 - Vipassana Meditation in Relation to the AYP System
Duration:00:05:43
Addition 19.3 - Deep Meditation as a Stand-Alone Practice
Duration:00:02:24
Lesson 20 – Enlightenment without God?
Duration:00:06:29
Lesson 21 – Objects of Meditation
Duration:00:05:33
Lesson 22 – Vibratory Quality of Mantra
Duration:00:02:25
Lesson 23 – Watching the Clock in Meditation
Duration:00:01:31
Lesson 24 – Does Meditation Cure Sickness?
Duration:00:02:58
Addition 24.1 - Deep Meditation as an Aid for Neurological Disorders
Duration:00:07:00
Addition 24.2 - Meditation for Illness and for Going Beyond Illness
Duration:00:04:52
Addition 24.3 - Can Meditation Cure Chronic Muscle Tightness?
Duration:00:02:35
Addition 24.4 - Meditation, Yoga and Eye Health Issues
Duration:00:01:44
Addition 24.5 - Can Meditation Help Those with Mental Health Issues?
Duration:00:04:22
Addition 24.6 - Yogani’s Experience with a Major Illness
Duration:00:08:22
Lesson 25 – Effect of Meditation on High Stress Situations
Duration:00:04:02
Lesson 27 – Location of Mantra in Meditation
Duration:00:05:02
Lesson 28 – Will I become a Milquetoast from Meditation?
Duration:00:02:25
Lesson 29 – Alcohol, Tobacco and Drugs
Duration:00:03:22
Addition 29.1 - Alcoholism, Addiction and Yoga
Duration:00:05:38
Addition 29.2 - Will Deep Meditation Eliminate Bad Habits?
Duration:00:01:22
Lesson 30 – Diet and Meditation
Duration:00:02:13
Addition 30.1 - On Diet: Effect of Sensory Perception Refining in Stillness
Duration:00:02:04
Addition 30.2 - Arguing How Others Should Eat Based on a Moral Ideology
Duration:00:03:50
Lesson 31 – Enjoying the Great Outdoors
Duration:00:04:44
Lesson 33 – A New Way to Sit in Meditation
Duration:00:07:39
Lesson 34 – Meditation and World Problems
Duration:00:03:12
Addition 34.1 - “Law of Attraction” and Solving World Problems
Duration:00:02:39
Lesson 35 – Enlightenment Milestones
Duration:00:08:06
Lesson 36 – Meditation and the Fifth Dimension
Duration:00:03:21
Addition 36.1 - Inner Silence and Problem Solving
Duration:00:04:45
Addition 36.2 - Transcending Time and Space
Duration:00:02:33
Lesson 37 – Group Meditations
Duration:00:06:21
Lesson 38 – What is Your Time Line?
Duration:00:10:08
Addition 38.1 - Expanded Discussion on the Importance of Self-Pacing
Duration:00:07:30
Addition 38.2 - Quick Advice on Self-Pacing for a Long-Term Meditator
Duration:00:01:48
Addition 38.3 - Frantically Trying to Do It All in This Lifetime
Duration:00:05:24
Lesson 39 – Pranayama – Cultivating the Soil of the Nervous System
Duration:00:05:55
Addition 39.1 - Pranayama: Theory and Practice
Duration:00:02:05
Lesson 41 – Spinal Breathing Pranayama
Duration:00:06:21
Addition 41.1 - Nadi Shodana Pranayama (Video: Alternate Nostril Breathing)
Duration:00:05:30
Addition 41.2 - Spinal Breathing Pranayama and Chakras?
Duration:00:03:58
Addition 41.3 - Moving Beyond the Mind in Spinal Breathing Pranayama
Duration:00:05:15
Addition 41.4 - Getting Started with Spinal Breathing Pranayama
Duration:00:04:15
Addition 41.5 - Visions during Spinal Breathing Pranayama
Duration:00:04:00
Addition 41.6 - Spinal Breathing Pranayama: Strong at the Root and Weak at the Brow
Duration:00:03:28
Addition 41.7 - Changing Seats between Spinal Breathing Pranayama and Deep Meditation
Duration:00:01:45
Lesson 42 – Is this Pranayama Natural?
Duration:00:04:27
Lesson 43 – Relationship of Pranayama to Meditation
Duration:00:09:23
Lesson 44 – Finding the Spinal Nerve
Duration:00:06:50
Addition 44.1 - Clarification on Visualizing the Spinal Nerve
Duration:00:01:41
Addition 44.2 - Feeling Energy, but Not Finding the Spinal Nerve
Duration:00:04:47
Addition 44.3 - Favoring the Spinal Nerve in Abiding Inner Silence
Duration:00:02:12
Lesson 45 – Breathing is Slowing Down in Pranayama
Duration:00:06:30
Addition 45.1 - How to Handle Very Refined Spinal Breathing Pranayama
Duration:00:02:09
Addition 45.2 - On Intentionally Suspending the Breath During Pranayama
Duration:00:04:07
Lesson 46 – Which Way is Up in Spinal Breathing?
Duration:00:02:47
Lesson 47 – Chakras?
Duration:00:06:23
Addition 47.1 - Descriptions of the Seven Main Chakras
Duration:00:04:27
Addition 47.2 - Chakras in Christianity and Other Traditions
Duration:00:03:02
Lesson 48 – Pranayama and Health
Duration:00:05:29
Lesson 49 – Perspiration in Pranayama
Duration:00:03:58
Lesson 50 – Managing the Time in Pranayama
Duration:00:09:40
Lesson 51 – Strange Gurglings in Pranayama
Duration:00:05:22
Addition 51.1 - Minty Sensations After Practices
Duration:00:04:23
Lesson 52 – Big Little Nerve
Duration:00:03:01
Lesson 53 – Light and Sound in Pranayama
Duration:00:06:46
Addition 53.1 - Ecstatic Humming in Pranayama
Duration:00:02:54
Lesson 54 – Kundalini – A Code Word for Sex
Duration:00:09:17
Addition 54.1 - How do I Awaken Kundalini?
Duration:00:03:15
Lesson 55 – Mulabandha – Enlivening Sexual Energy Upward
Duration:00:08:33
Addition 55.1 - Variations on Mulabandha for Ease of Practice
Duration:00:01:03
Addition 55.2 - Transcendence or Energy Practices? Considering an Alternate Path
Duration:00:07:45
Addition 55.3 - Throbbing at the Muladhara (Perineum/Root)
Duration:00:02:26
Addition 55.4 - Mulabandha: Sexual Energy Sensations Coming and Going
Duration:00:01:58
Lesson 56 – Sambhavi – Opening the Third Eye
Duration:00:13:37
Addition 56.1 - Coordinating Sambhavi Mudra with Spinal Breathing
Duration:00:00:55
Addition 56.2 - Using Props to Force Sambhavi Mudra
Duration:00:03:06
Lesson 57 – The Guru is in Me?
Duration:00:03:12
Addition 57.1 - Spiritual Desire (Bhakti) Flowing in Stillness
Duration:00:01:46
Addition 57.2 - Those Grouchy Gurus
Duration:00:03:24
Addition 57.3 - The Traditional Indian Guru System and AYP
Duration:00:06:52
Addition 57.4 - Improving the Guru-Disciple Connection
Duration:00:01:49
Lesson 58 – Step by Step
Duration:00:05:52
Lesson 59 – Some Mantra Particulars
Duration:00:10:19
Addition 59.1 - Is I AM (AYAM) an English or Sanskrit Word?
Duration:00:02:04
Addition 59.2 - Linear vs. Circular Mantra
Duration:00:01:51
Addition 59.3 - Source of the I AM (AYAM) Mantra
Duration:00:03:29
Addition 59.4 - OM vs I AM (AYAM) Mantra for Beginning Meditators
Duration:00:05:32
Addition 59.5 - “Bija” Mantras versus AYP “I AM” (AYAM) Mantra
Duration:00:03:43
Lesson 60 – Unexpected Interruptions
Duration:00:01:57
Lesson 62 – Duration of One Spinal Breathing Cycle?
Duration:00:02:19
Lesson 63 – Cool and Warm Currents in Pranayama
Duration:00:06:23
Lesson 64 – The Ecstatic Silver Thread
Duration:00:03:29
Lesson 65 – The Pineal and Pituitary Glands
Duration:00:03:29
Lesson 66 – We are Arriving, Not Leaving
Duration:00:02:10
Addition 66.1 - How to Get to Heaven
Duration:00:02:17
Lesson 67 – Bhakti – The Science of Devotion
Duration:00:16:38
Lesson 68 – Relationship of Traumatic Experiences and Bhakti
Duration:00:04:53
Addition 68.1 - Adversity Leading to Bhakti Explosion
Duration:00:02:37
Addition 68.2 - Inner Silence and the Grieving Process
Duration:00:08:43
Lesson 69 – Kundalini Symptoms, Imbalances and Remedies
Duration:00:17:56
Addition 69.1 - An Update on Kundalini Imbalances and Remedies
Duration:00:17:51
Addition 69.2 - Rash, Vertigo and Dizziness
Duration:00:04:51
Addition 69.3 - Dialog on Third Eye Pressure
Duration:00:04:51
Addition 69.4 - What is Spiritual Grounding vs. Electrical Grounding?
Duration:00:03:59
Lesson 71 – Yoga Asanas – A Wonderful Billion Dollar Industry
Duration:00:09:05
Addition 71.1 - Asana Starter Kit, with Instructions, Illustrations and Video
Duration:00:22:46
Addition 71.2 - Maha Mudra
Duration:00:02:53
Addition 71.3 - Sequencing Kumbhaka (breath retention) in Maha Mudra
Duration:00:01:58
Addition 71.4 - Adapting Asanas (Postures) for Seniors
Duration:00:05:27
Addition 71.5 - Videos: AYP Asana Starter Kit
Duration:00:02:40
Addition 71.6 - Videos: AYP Abbreviated Asana Starter Kit (Standing)
Duration:00:01:44
Addition 71.7 - Video: Uddiyana Bandha (Abdominal Lift)
Duration:00:00:47
Addition 71.8 - Conscious Seizure during Yoga Asanas
Duration:00:02:53
Addition 71.9 - When is the Best Time to Add Asanas to the AYP Routine?
Duration:00:03:35
Addition 71.10 - Can’t Suspend Breath Much When Doing Uddiyana Bandha (Abdominal Lift)
Duration:00:02:33
Lesson 72 – Please Tell Me Exactly What To Do
Duration:00:03:30
Lesson 73 – More on Chakras
Duration:00:05:28
Addition 73.1 - Chakras: Academic Theory versus Actual Practice
Duration:00:07:51
Addition 73.2 - Chakras and the Spinal Nerve
Duration:00:03:33
Lesson 74 – For This Life, and the Next One
Duration:00:04:23
Addition 74.1 - Remembering Past Lives?
Duration:00:03:20
Addition 74.2 - It’s Never Too Late to Develop a Consistent Practice
Duration:00:02:46
Addition 74.3 - Can Seniors Awaken Ecstatic Conductivity and Kundalini?
Duration:00:02:07
Addition 74.4 - Intense Kundalini Awakening in Old Age
Duration:00:05:51
Lesson 75 – Siddhasana – Living in a Fountain of Ecstasy
Duration:00:14:40
Addition 75.1 - Taking Good Care of the Knees in Siddhasana
Duration:00:02:42
Addition 75.2 - Can Siddhasana be Used to Block Sexual Desire?
Duration:00:01:47
Addition 75.3 - Siddhasana and the Ecstatic Preorgasmic State
Duration:00:02:38
Lesson 76 – Siddhis – Are Powers Real?
Duration:00:03:31
Lesson 77 – Still More on Chakras
Duration:00:07:06
Lesson 78 – Pleasure and the Path
Duration:00:01:41
Lesson 79 – Mantra Reminders
Duration:00:04:17
Addition 79.1 - Rhythm of Mantra Repetition
Duration:00:10:23
Addition 79.2 - More on Mantra Repetition
Duration:00:03:23
Addition 79.3 - Favoring Stillness Instead of the Mantra During Deep Meditation?
Duration:00:04:06
Addition 79.4 - Confirming the Subtle Vibration of the Mantra in Deep Meditation
Duration:00:04:29
Addition 79.5 - Picking Up the Mantra as a Feeling Beyond Thinking
Duration:00:05:44
Addition 79.6 - Recognizing When to Pick Up the Mantra During Deep Meditation
Duration:00:09:25
Addition 79.7 - Favoring versus Listening for the Mantra During Deep Meditation
Duration:00:04:01
Lesson 80 – Physical Fitness and Yoga
Duration:00:02:05
Addition 80.1 - Instructions for Aerobic and Muscle Toning Exercises
Duration:00:14:50
Addition 80.2 - Video: Ten Minute Muscle Toning Exercises
Duration:00:01:07
Addition 80.3 - Are Tai Chi and Qi Gong Substitutes for Deep Meditation?
Duration:00:02:22
Addition 80.4 - AYP Muscle Toning Exercises for Women
Duration:00:01:44
Addition 80.5 - Did Yogani do Sports?
Duration:00:01:57
Lesson 81 – Charging Ahead Too Fast?
Duration:00:05:14
Addition 81.1 - The Implications of Self-Pacing and Grounding in Practices and in Life
Duration:00:03:53
Addition 81.2 - Building a Full AYP Routine in a Month?.
Duration:00:02:26
Addition 81.3 - Timing Suggestions for Taking on Practices
Duration:00:04:42
Addition 81.4 - Eating Too Much Too Fast at the AYP All-You-Can-Eat Restaurant
Duration:00:09:10
Addition 81.5 - Mild Headache after Taking on Practices too Fast
Duration:00:02:08
Addition 81.6 - How Fast to Add New Practices, and Which Ones Beyond Core Practices?
Duration:00:05:56
Lesson 83 – There She Goes – Kundalini, that is
Duration:00:06:22
Lesson 84 – The Art of Doing Nothing
Duration:00:04:38
Addition 84.1 - Do Enlightened People Remember Past Lives?
Duration:00:02:22
Addition 84.2 - The Cause and Effect of Causeless Liberation
Duration:00:08:20
Addition 84.3 - Is Awakening in Enlightenment Sudden or Gradual?
Duration:00:04:53
Lesson 85 – Enlightenment Milestones Revisited
Duration:00:17:08
Addition 85.1 - Avoiding Premature Kundalini Excesses
Duration:00:00:53
Addition 85.2 - Kundalini Energy Addiction
Duration:00:05:28
Addition 85.3 - The Rush to Ecstatic Conductivity
Duration:00:03:27
Addition 85.4 - Is Kundalini Dangerous?
Duration:00:01:47