Yogic Kriyas (Shat Karma)

The Yogic Kriyas, known together as the Shat Karma (the six actions or six cleansing processes), are purification practices that clean the internal organs and passages of the body. In classical Yoga a clean, healthy body is treated as the necessary foundation for the higher practices of pranayama and meditation, so these cleansing kriyas prepare the body for the rest of the path. …