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A good e-book on the subject;

http://www.dlshq.org/download/kundalini.htm

 

This is a book by Swami Sivananda of The Divine Life Trust Society.

Chapter - II is on Nadi's and Chakras.

 

A very intricate nadi diagram can be found here;

http://www.kheper.net/topics/chakras/nadis.html

 

For a wonderful chakra diagram from the book " Arousal of the Inner

Energy " by Ajit Mookerjee, visit;

http://ascensionreiki.com/Attune_1.html

 

And now the caveat: Kundalini Yoga is NOT recommended for the lay

person without the active participation and assistance of a qualified

teacher. Swamiji too has given ample warnings on this subject. I have

personally come across cases of very intelligent young men adversely

affected by faulty practice. The damage done is often irreversible.

 

Sorry for being a spoilsport, but the warning is very much necessary.

 

Regards,

Jagannath.

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Prof. Anil

Hingmire

Dear Prof. Anil Hingmire:

I am not an accomplished expert in Kundalini Yoga. I function at Anahata

Chakra going into Visuddha Chakra momentarily.

You are one or two Chakras above me. Anuloma-Viloma is basically nasal

breathing. Ida and Pingla nadis end in

the left and right nostrils. Susumna Nadi goes from Muladhara to Sahasrara

Chakra. My assumption is that your base of function is Anahata Chakra and you

climb to upper Chakras and Sahasrara from there.

Swami Satyananda Saraswati says that Susumna, Ida and Pingala Nadis

come to a confluence at Ajna Chakra and Susumna proceeds to Sahasrara Chakra.

This is where the individual ego is subsumed by the cosmic ego and thereby

there is no I and Him; there is no duality. If there is duality, Samadhi and

Oneness do not take place. The little individual ego gets absorbed and

homogenized and finds oneness with all egos and Cosmic Ego; there is no

differentiation between I, You and He. This is an essential prerequisite before

Sahasrara Chakra can be awakened in the aspirant.

Functioning Susumna Nadi takes you to higher realms of existence.

Susumna Nadi is said to pass along the central canal of the spinal cord through

the fourth ventricle and ends up in the cerebral cortex. The confluence of Ida, Pingala and Susumna Nadis (Yamuna runs in Ida, Ganga

in Pingala, and Sarasvati in Susumna)

called Mukta Triveni separate at Ajna Chakra;

Ida goes to the left nostril, the Pingala goes to the right nostril and Susumna

(Brahma Nadi--anterior branch) after piercing through the palate (talu) goes to

Sahasrara Chakra. Susumna Nadi bifurcates into anterior

and posterior branches below Ajna Chakra. The anterior branch courses through

Ajna Chakra and has almost a straight upward course to Brahma Randhra (anterior

fontanel area) and the posterior branch takes a detour backwards from below the

Ajna Chakra possibly between two cerebellar lobes, courses anteriorly along the

upper crest of the cerebrum and ends in Brahma Randhara. The Ida and Pingala Nadis after the

confluence with Susumna go to the nostrils. (Remember these Nadis are not anatomical but functional.

Your cerebral branches of susumna Nadi course down to the confluence at

Ajna Chakra and go down Susumna Nadi down the spinal cord.Since Susumna gains confluence with Ida and Pingala just below Ajna, I surmise the descending energy may course down Ida and Pingala.

As the Ida and Pingala Nadis spiral around, they meet Susumna Nadi at

the base, navel, heart and throat corresponding to Muladhara, Manipura,

Anahata, and Visuddha Chakras. Pingala diverges from the throat and ends up in

the right nostril and Ida in the left nostril. Ida and pingala Nadis work

alternately just like the alternating autonomic patency of the nostrils. When

the left Ida Nadi is patent it is the flow of lunar energy; it is the flow of

solar energy through the patent Pingala Nadi. Susumna Nadi heads upwards. The right brain function is connected to and dependent on

the patent lunar Ida Nadi and the left brain

function to the patent solar Pingala Nadi.

The Yogi can make all Nadis function simultaneously; the result is

enlightenment. Right Pingala Solar energy controls prana (breath) and life;

left Ida Lunar, consciousness; Susumna, spiritual awakening. Swami Satyananda

Sarawati says that the dormant areas of the brain are awakened in intellectually

gifted people. Most people are right-handed and left-brain and Pingala-Nadi

dominant. Left brain functions are seen in all language skills, memory, math,

science, safe conventional behavior, object-naming. Right brain and Ida

Nadi dominance is seen in global thinking, philosophy, religion, spatial

perception, knowing object function, fantasy, impetuousness, risk-taking.

 

There are

others who recommend modifications of Pranayama: Viloma Pranayama,

Anuloma-Viloma Pranayama.

Anuloma = Natural Direction.

Viloma:

Turned the wrong way.

Loma is hair; Anuloma is going

with the hair or grain; Anuloma is going

with the flow.

Viloma is

going against the hair or grain; Viloma is going against the flow.

Anuloma -Viloma Pranayama

Assume Padmasana Pose. Think of

Hawaiian Hang Loose 'Shaka Sign' of the right hand. Extend the thumb, the ring

finger and the pinky; fold the index and the middle fingers. The right thumb

serves to occlude the right nostril and the combined ring finger and pinky

occlude the left nostril. It takes a little practice to get it right.

Occlude the right nostril with the right

thumb and take a deep breath through the left nostril until you cannot

breath any further.

Occlude the left nostril with the combined

ring finger and pinky and breath out slowly through the open right nostril.

The time ratio between inhalation and

exhalation is 1: 2. It takes 3-4 seconds (20 to 15 breaths per minute) to

complete Inspiration, Inspiratory pause plus Expiration. The IE ratio = 1:2,

which is 33-40% of Inspiration and 67-60% of Expiration.

I:E ratio = (inspiratory time + inspiratory pause time):expiration =

TI +TP:TE

These numbers vary between individuals.

Now take a deep breath through the right

nostril by occluding the left nostril, followed by exhalation through the

left nostril.

This completes one cycle of Anuloma-Viloma.

The next step to learn is to hold the breath

between Inhalation and Exhalation by occluding both nostrils. This is

Anuloma-Viloma with Kumbhaka. Kumbhaka = retention of

breath. Inhalation and Retention (Kumbhaka) are of equal duration.

Assume any posture that makes you

comfortable. Practice Anuloma-Viloma for a few months and feel at ease with the

practice; later you can go on to Anuloma-Viloma with Kumbhaka.

Viloma Pranayama

Viloma Pranayama is against the established

order. Assume sitting or lying position, close your eyes and just relax. Breath

out completely as much as you can with comfort. With both nostrils open, breath

in for a few seconds, take a pause holding the remaining breath, resume breathing

in for a few seconds; take a pause as before and repeat the process until you

have filled your lungs. This is Staccato Inspiration. (I introduced this

foregoing term.) Hold the breath (kumbhaka phase) for a few seconds or as long

as you can and breath out in a staccato fashion reversing the process. The

pauses in this staccato respiration are about 4 or 5 in each phase of

inspiration or expiration. Repeat this staccato respirations for about ten

minutes. You may engage in a few normal respirations between Viloma

cycles according to your comfort level. (Staccato speech: Enunciation of

a word in distinct syllables, example: stac-ca-to instead of staccato. Staccato

inspiration: breathing-in in a disconnected fashion. Staccato Expiration: breathing

out in a disconnected fashion. Legato as compared with Staccato is smooth and

connected without breaks.) When you become comfortable with Staccato

respirations, use it with Kumbhaka or retention of breath as long as you can

between inspiration and exhalation. Staccato inspiration, (retention), and

staccato expiration are recommended to children and adults with respiratory

ailments like asthma. It helps to break up the phlegm and expel it. It also

helps relax a stiff chest making inspiratory and expiratory mobility of the

chest greater. Try this in post-operative patients if it does not cause

discomfort.. It can aid in expelling the phlegm especially after saline

nebulization. In some patients staccato expiration alone may suffice after

saline nebulization and deep inspiration. You may do chest PT (physical therapy

or tapping the chest with cupped hands to dislodge the phlegm) in addition to

Staccato Expiration. For more information go to:

http://www.bhagavadgitausa.com/kundalini_power.htmVeeraswamy Krishnaraj

 

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