This fifteenth issue of AutoRicerca is dedicated to the ancient science of Yoga.

More specifically, its pages contain Patanjali’s Yogasutra, essential reading for every Yoga practitioner, but also for every serious self-researcher. This is a version of the sutras edited by Massimiliano Sassoli de Bianchi. The same author has also written the accompanying practice manual, which clearly and accurately explains numerous basic techniques, as the author himself has learned and studied them.

More specifically, six distinct pranayama (breathing techniques), three bandhas (muscle contraction techniques), over sixty asanas (postural techniques), two different sequences of surya namaskara (sun salutation), and the Taoist bow exercise are explained. Basic instructions are also provided for the correct practice of dharana (concentration) and dhyana (meditation). Finally, some specific energetic procedures (kriya) are illustrated, including the technique of voluntary energetic longitudinal oscillation (VELO), which was already discussed at length in the first issue of AutoRicerca and which, due to its immediacy, is one of the most important energetic methodologies available today to evolving consciousnesses.