Maipayat
Maipayat (also spelled Maipayattu) is associated with the emergence of knowledge concerning meditative and prescriptive exercises. Originally recorded late in the Vedic period, in conjunction with Vedanta, is done working from a full-deep yogic breathing, by initiating set movement patterns that nurture creativity and feeds the body with breath energy. This energy is taught in Maipayat to be of the divine energy. The teachings of Maipayat are within many different branches of Tantra and Martial Arts. Similar exercises are taught in tai chi although Maipayat exercises more fluid movements while attempting to align the chakras.
Practitioners of Maipayat seek to ritually channel their harvested energy through practical training and development of breath and progressively more intensive rapid movements.
Proponent practitioners report that the method improves body-mind balance and coordination, causes a rejuvenation of spirit, and assists in creative potential. Maipayat, the oldest health art of breathing known from Ancient India. It is instructed as a self-healing yoga therapy in Ayurveda, and it also appears in conjunction with Indian martial arts:
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