Teacher then asked all of us to sit comfortably and follow the instruction from the tape. He says Kriya was devised by Ravishankar when he was in silence for ten days in Shimoga district in Karnataka. In Sudarshan Kriya we breath in different rhythms Long, Medium and Short.
Modern life we have lost the naturnal rhythm and the best way to come to natural rhythm is through practicing rhythmic breathing. There are rhythms in nature – day-night, seasons and so on.