Complete Fasting and strange dream
Its been several years since a complete fast was done. Navratri is a very auspicious time, full of energy so decided to do fast on Monday. Ate some fruits and two cups of tea during the day. It went smooth. In the night,dream was very clear – saw wierd looking beings. People were kind of [...]
Spinal Breathing Pranayama – Visualization
Based on the initial AYP instructions I assumed the trace path would be as shown below But looking at the real anatomy, the spinal column is as below Having some difficulty visualizing the path everytime consistently. I think the key words to remember are “Thin”, “hollow” and “slow breathing”. Another thing I need to do [...]
yoga meditation – p1
This is going to be short updates to track the progress. stumbled across aypsite.org and have begun the practise of deep meditation and spinal breathing. sunday morning – 15 minutes passed doing spinal breathing – another 15 minutes for deep meditation although i started doing this few days ago, i will mark this sunday as [...]
Purification of body prior to Yoga practice
Prior to practising Yogasana, Pranayama and meditation, it is desirable and also necessary to detoxify and purify the body. Toxic properties accumulate in the body for a number of reasons. If these toxins are not eliminated from the body, one would not get the desired benefits of Yogasanas and Pranayama. The Yoga-shastra has shown six [...]
Nadis – Ida – Pingala – Sushumna
Nadis are not nerves but rather channels for the flow of consciousness. The literal meaning of nadi is’flow’. Just as the negative and positive forces of electricity flow through complex circuits, in the same way, pram shako (vital force) and manas shako (mental force) flow through every part of our body via these nadis. According [...]
Sushumna nadi | Ida and Pingala for Pranayam
Sushumna nadi is regarded as a hollow tube in which there are three more concentric tubes, each being progressively more subtle than the previous one. The tubes or nadis are as follows: sushumna- signifying tamas, vajrini -signifying rajas, chitrinisignifying sattva, and brahma- signifying consciousness. The higher consciousness created by kundalini passes through brahma nadi. When [...]