Yoga, a spiritual exercise , has some physical spin offs.
One such is the stopping of the Heart at will.
But these, a part of Siddhis are proscribed by Patanjali.
Please read my posts on Yoga, under 'Hinduism,Indian Philosophy"
Realized Souls do not practice this.
Sathya Sai Baba of Puttaparthi used these Siddis like materializing objects from Air' ,being present in many places at the same time.
When asked to explain why he does these as the Yoga proscribed it, Baba replied,
'People to day need some thing novel and out of the ordinary to have Faith.
They will be strengthened in their Faith when they see something beyond the Normal.
To strengthen their Faith, I perform these'
Here is an evaluation Report of a Yogi, who stooped his heartbeats by a Cardiologist.![]()
