Guest guest Posted July 16, 2005 Report Share Posted July 16, 2005 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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