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→Side Effects of Improper Practice of Pranayama
You can write to him that it is not safe to do Pranayam except under the directions of a guru who is siddha in either Rajayoga or Hathayoga. Gasping is obviously a sign of something wrong—for the breathing in Pranayam must be perfectly unimpeded and regular. It is better either to stop the Pranayam or to find out somebody who is practised in the method and take instructions from him what to do. <ref>https://incarnateword.in/cwsa/29/sankhya-and-yoga#p20</ref>
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Pranayam is a very powerful thing, but if done haphazardly it may lead to the raising of obstructions and even in extreme cases illness in the body. <ref>https://incarnateword.in/sabcl/23/sadhana-through-meditation-iii#p8</ref>
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Pranayam is safe only if one knows how to do it and is on guard against its possible dangers: (1) danger to health by mistakes in the method, (2) rising of the vital forces, especially lust, egoism and wrongly directed strength and force, (3) the awakening of concealed sanskaras of the physical nature or latent karma from past lives. <ref>https://incarnateword.in/cwsa/29/sankhya-and-yoga#p18</ref>
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