SHANKAPRAKSHALANA DHAUTI OR INTESTINAL CLEANSING - PART-II

Drink 2 glasses of warm salty water as quickly as possible.

When you have drunk 2 glasses, you must perform the 5 Shankha Prakshalana Asanas which are:

1. Tada Asana - 8 times

2. Tiryaka Tada Asana - 8 times

3. Kati Chakra Asana - 8 times

4. Tiryaka Bhujang Asana - 8 times

5. Udarakarshana Asana - 8 times

These Asanas must be performed correctly.

Then quickly drink 2 more glasses of salt water.

Repeat the 5 Asanas 8 times each.

Then drink 2 more glasses of salt water and again perform the 5 Asanas 8 times each.

Now you must go to the toilet.

Even though you might not feel any urge to empty the bowels, you must still go.

But, under no circumstances should you strain; merely sit or squat on the toilet for a short time, say a minute or so.

Whether you have a bowel movement or not, it does not matter.

Return to the place of practice.

Drink 2 more glasses of salt water and then perform the asanas again, 8 times each.

Then go to the toilet again.

Don't use any force trying to produce a bowel movement.

Then drink 2 more glasses of water and repeat the Asanas.

Again go to the toilet.

Continue in this way - drink salt water, perform the Asanas and then go to the toilet - until the end of the practice.

Continue the practice until you emit perfectly clean water.

This is a sure sign that your intestines are perfectly clean, probably the cleanest they have been ever since you were born.

Take 2 more glasses of water, practise the asanas, and again go to the toilet; this will make sure that your intestines are in the best and cleanest condition.

This is the end of the cleansing practice.

On the average, between 16 and 25 glasses of salt water must be taken before perfectly clean water is evacuated.

After completing Shankha Prakshalana you may feel thirsty. But you must not drink any water for at least three hours; all other drinks are also prohibited.

This is important for various reasons. If you drink cold water then this will tend to chill the digestive system, especially since the digestive system has been scrubbed super clean.

Immediately after completing the practice, the body sets to work reproducing a new protective layer on the stomach and intestinal wall which is supplemented by the special food you will shortly eat. If you drink water then you will tend to dilute and further scrub away the new protective film.

Take rest immediately after completing practice.

When you have completed Shankha Prakshalana and the two supplementary practices then you should take complete rest for 45 minutes.

Don't sleep and just sit quietly. If you wish you may lie down, but we emphasize that you take care not to fall asleep. If you do sleep you may get a thumping headache. This short period of time is important for your whole digestive system to take a complete rest. Rarely does your digestive system take total rest because it is almost continually digesting food.

Even when it is not digesting food, it does not completely rest, for then it takes the opportunity to clean out the digestive tract of debris, impurities and waste particles of food.

These 45 minutes are a time for the digestive system to revitalize itself. During this period of rest you might find that you need to excrete more water from the bowels. Don't worry this is normal.

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