Nadi Shodhana is the first pranayama described in the classical yogic texts. Ideally, other classical pranayamas should be attempted only after practising nadi shodhana as instructed by the teacher for […]
Continue reading "Nadi Shodhana"Pranayama Unveiled The techniques of pranayama are designed to bring the central Nadi, the Sushumna, into the primary function, rather than the Ida or Pingala dominating the functions of […]
Continue reading "Pranayama Unveiled"Sri Yantra (pronounced Shree Yantra), also known as Sri Chakra, is called the mother of all yantras because all other yantras derive from it. In its three-dimensional forms, Sri Yantra […]
Continue reading "Sri Yantra"Pranayama (devanāgarī: प्राणायाम prāṇāyāma) is a Sanskrit term composed of two words. The first is prāṇa, and refers to the life force or vital energy, and also to the breath. The second word can be ayāma (beginning […]
Continue reading "Pranayama"Kundalini yoga (kuṇḍalinī-yoga) derives from kundalini, defined in Hindu lore as energy that lies dormant at the base of the spine until it is activated (as by the practice of […]
Continue reading "Kundalini Yoga"Kundalini Connecting the two worlds (heaven above and the sphere of darkness below) is the spinal column, a chain of thirty-three segments protecting within them the spinal cord. This ladder […]
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