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Saturday, 30 November 2013
Tapas (तपस्) - inner fire!
my salutations to the Tapas (तपस्) - inner fire, which drives me with passion in every aspect of my life....
Friday, 29 November 2013
Thursday, 28 November 2013
Gomukhasana / Cow Face Pose - Anatomy!
Gomukhasana Cow-Faced Pose Yoga Anatomy B E N E F I T S
— Stretches the ankles, hips and thighs, shoulders, armpits and triceps, and chest
— Improves posture
— Tones abdomen
— Raises prana and increases energy levels in the torso
— Aids digestion (due to the torso being unrestricted, the spine being straight and the increased energy levels)
— Allows you to come into the present moment helping to clear and focus the mind.
src:Leslie Kaminoff’s yoga anatomy.
— Stretches the ankles, hips and thighs, shoulders, armpits and triceps, and chest
— Improves posture
— Tones abdomen
— Raises prana and increases energy levels in the torso
— Aids digestion (due to the torso being unrestricted, the spine being straight and the increased energy levels)
— Allows you to come into the present moment helping to clear and focus the mind.
src:Leslie Kaminoff’s yoga anatomy.
Wednesday, 27 November 2013
Monday, 25 November 2013
Saturday, 23 November 2013
Friday, 22 November 2013
Halasana / Plow Pose - Anatomy!
Halasana / Plow Pose - Yoga Anatomy.
B E N E F I T S —
src:Leslie Kaminoff’s yoga anatomy.
B E N E F I T S —
- Stretches all muscles and ligament in your calves and thighs, resulting in greater leg flexibility
- Therapeutic for leg cramps
- Stimulates your thyroid, parathyroid, throat, lungs and abdominal organs
- Helps relieve gas and upper/lower back pain or discomfort
- Promotes good digestion
- Stretches your shoulders and spine
- Therapeutic for menopause, infertility, insomnia, headache and sinusitis
- Relieves stress and fatigue .
src:Leslie Kaminoff’s yoga anatomy.
Thursday, 21 November 2013
The Yoga of Tantra!
Tantra is not just the yoga of sex. Tantra is the yoga of everything.
On some yogic and spiritual paths, the attitude to life is via negative, and the world is seen as a cause for suffering, as giving us a sense of false identity when we are attached to it. So the yogi’s task becomes to disengage, to free ourselves from suffering or from the attachment, to become a witness to it all.But that is not the attitude of Tantra. In Tantra we actually want to get engaged, tangled up in the world with our spirit still shining.
The attitude of Tantra is that even our suffering, even our attachment is our yoga, our spirituality. In Tantra all problems are potential friends, allies, a support system for deeper understanding, deeper love.
The key to being a Tantric yogi or yogini is to embrace duality and then go deep into and beyond it. Why? Because duality is just another expression of nonduality. In other words, there is, according to Tantra, Spirit, God, Awareness, Consciousness in everything. Even in suffering. Even in pleasure.
This knowledge, this wisdom is called Madhuvidya, or honey knowledge, the idea that the bees of Sprit can turn everything we do and feel, even failure, into nectar.
“The real knowledge issues from the mystic unification of Shiva and Shakti. It is the cause of liberation.”
–Tantraloka
Via Ramesh Bjonnes
Wednesday, 20 November 2013
spinal Nerve Function!
Spinal Nerve, in vertebrates, any one of many paired peripheral nerves that arise from the spinal cord. In humans there are 31 pairs: 8 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar, 5 sacral, and 1 coccygeal. Each pair connects the spinal cord with a specific region of the body. Near the spinal cord each spinal nerve branches into two roots. One, composed of sensory fibres, enters the spinal cord via the dorsal root; its cell bodies lie in a spinal ganglion that is outside the spinal cord. The other, composed of motor fibres, leaves the spinal cord via the ventral root; its cell bodies lie in specific areas of the spinal cord itself.
Tuesday, 19 November 2013
ha n tha of hatha yoga!
themythofthejaguarphoenix:
HA THARIGHT (side body) LEFT (side body)SOLAR LUNARMASCULINE FEMININEACTIVE PASSIVEEMISSIVE RECEPTIVEGOLD SILVERTULERIC COSMICSUN MOON+ - = 0*Moon receives Light from Sun»*The side of the body you are more flexible on = your polarity (Lunar <> Solar)*wear jewelry of the OPPOSING polarity (Silver <> Gold)YOGA = HA+THA=balance (positive + negative = zero {balance})
Tantric Meditation!
An author talks about the effects of the Yogi Tantric meditation:
"Meditation helps us relax, become a genius, have exceptional spiritual states, etc. The ones who practice meditation do not go further from this world. On the contrary, they become wiser and can thus understand the others better, feel compassion to those who are in pain, be stronger and of more help to the others."(Robert Jungle, PARI SUR L"HOMME)
The efficiency secret in Tantra Yoga:
Generally speaking the secret of meditation and of yoga practice is the subtle energetic RESONANCE. By focusing on the mental level, the practitioner manages to initiate and amplify gradually RESONANCE processes between his own system called the MICROCOSM and the exterior, the MACROCOSM.
There are numerous benefic energies in the macrocosm. Here are some examples: the vital energies and erotic energies, the universal love, the purity energies, the harmonious energies of beauty, who modulate Nature permanently, the energetic sphere of macrocosm mental and even the supreme energies of the Divine Transcendence.
A meditation becomes a journey in these invisible spheres but which are not less real than the physical world we live in. With each meditation we increase our benefice sphere of energy and become, in time, real gods out of common people.
"Meditation helps us relax, become a genius, have exceptional spiritual states, etc. The ones who practice meditation do not go further from this world. On the contrary, they become wiser and can thus understand the others better, feel compassion to those who are in pain, be stronger and of more help to the others."(Robert Jungle, PARI SUR L"HOMME)
The efficiency secret in Tantra Yoga:Generally speaking the secret of meditation and of yoga practice is the subtle energetic RESONANCE. By focusing on the mental level, the practitioner manages to initiate and amplify gradually RESONANCE processes between his own system called the MICROCOSM and the exterior, the MACROCOSM.
There are numerous benefic energies in the macrocosm. Here are some examples: the vital energies and erotic energies, the universal love, the purity energies, the harmonious energies of beauty, who modulate Nature permanently, the energetic sphere of macrocosm mental and even the supreme energies of the Divine Transcendence.
A meditation becomes a journey in these invisible spheres but which are not less real than the physical world we live in. With each meditation we increase our benefice sphere of energy and become, in time, real gods out of common people.
Monday, 18 November 2013
Subtle body!
In the Yogic treaty "Shiva Samhita", a clear explanation of the nature of the Subtle Body:
"In this body, the Great Central Axe (which is Meru Mountain, i.e. the spine) is surrounded by seven islands (the vital force, blood, flesh, fat, bones, marrow and sperm/eggs). There are "rivers" and "seas" over there, as well as prophets, wise men, gods, goddesses, intelligent beings, all the stars and planets, the sacred places of pilgrimage, altars and guardian deities.
There are also the Sun and the Moon, the factors of creation and destruction, the five Great Elements: space, air, fire, water and earth. In the Great Central Axe there are all creatures, of all universes.
In this body, called Brahmanda (Brahma's "egg" or "aura") we find an entire macrocosm and the "Moon" from which springs the divine nectar. It lies at the upper top of the spine facing down, allowing the nectar to spring night and day.
The ambrosia of the "Moon" has two "branches", from a subtle point of view: the first nourishes the body and keeps it alive, descending through the left side of the spine, resembling the River Ganges.
The other, shining as the purest milk, comes in through the right channel of the spine maintaining and refreshing the "Moon" placed on top of the Great Axe.
The "Sun" is situated in the inferior region of the spine. From this inner "Sun", placed in the area of the navel, springs a subtle channel, which leads the solar (Yang) energy up, through the force itself of these rays, in the right side of the body.
This channel on the right side is another form of the "Sun" and it goes through the entire body, uplifting the vital emanations and leading the soul to the Ultimate state of Freedom.
The human body is made up of about a few hundred thousands of subtle channels, but of these, only 14 are of great importance. And of these 14, 3 are of utmost importance. They are: Ida (on the left side), Pingala (on the right side) and Sushumna (on the centre).
Sushumna is the most important subtle channel. Ida is on the left side of the body and it "wraps" around Sushumna, in a spiral like movement, until it goes in through the right nostril.
Pingala is on the right side of the body and it "wraps" around Sushumna until it goes in through the left nostril. The one who gets to know the microcosm of the body mysteries will undoubtedly experience the highest state of conscience."
"The Subtle Body connects this universe to the subtle ones. No object or doctrine equals in importance the teaching of the Subtle Body - a door opened towards Ultimate Freedom."
"In this body, the Great Central Axe (which is Meru Mountain, i.e. the spine) is surrounded by seven islands (the vital force, blood, flesh, fat, bones, marrow and sperm/eggs). There are "rivers" and "seas" over there, as well as prophets, wise men, gods, goddesses, intelligent beings, all the stars and planets, the sacred places of pilgrimage, altars and guardian deities.
There are also the Sun and the Moon, the factors of creation and destruction, the five Great Elements: space, air, fire, water and earth. In the Great Central Axe there are all creatures, of all universes.In this body, called Brahmanda (Brahma's "egg" or "aura") we find an entire macrocosm and the "Moon" from which springs the divine nectar. It lies at the upper top of the spine facing down, allowing the nectar to spring night and day.
The ambrosia of the "Moon" has two "branches", from a subtle point of view: the first nourishes the body and keeps it alive, descending through the left side of the spine, resembling the River Ganges.
The other, shining as the purest milk, comes in through the right channel of the spine maintaining and refreshing the "Moon" placed on top of the Great Axe.
The "Sun" is situated in the inferior region of the spine. From this inner "Sun", placed in the area of the navel, springs a subtle channel, which leads the solar (Yang) energy up, through the force itself of these rays, in the right side of the body.
This channel on the right side is another form of the "Sun" and it goes through the entire body, uplifting the vital emanations and leading the soul to the Ultimate state of Freedom.
The human body is made up of about a few hundred thousands of subtle channels, but of these, only 14 are of great importance. And of these 14, 3 are of utmost importance. They are: Ida (on the left side), Pingala (on the right side) and Sushumna (on the centre).
Sushumna is the most important subtle channel. Ida is on the left side of the body and it "wraps" around Sushumna, in a spiral like movement, until it goes in through the right nostril.Pingala is on the right side of the body and it "wraps" around Sushumna until it goes in through the left nostril. The one who gets to know the microcosm of the body mysteries will undoubtedly experience the highest state of conscience."
"The Subtle Body connects this universe to the subtle ones. No object or doctrine equals in importance the teaching of the Subtle Body - a door opened towards Ultimate Freedom."
Sunday, 17 November 2013
Prana / Chi!
Vital energy (Prāṇa-shakti / Chi) is the vital life sustaining energy of both the individual body and the Universe.
There are five types in relation to a person:
- Energy for the activity of inhalation (prāṇa).
- Energy for the activity of exhalation and speech (udan).
- Energy for the activity of the stomach and intestines (saman).
- Energy for the voluntary and involuntary movements of the body (vyān).
- Energy for urination, excretion, ejaculation, childbirth, etc. (apan).
Vital energy (Prāṇa-shakti / Chi) is the vital life sustaining energy of both the individual body and the Universe.
There are five types in relation to a person:
- Energy for the activity of inhalation (prāṇa).
- Energy for the activity of exhalation and speech (udan).
- Energy for the activity of the stomach and intestines (saman).
- Energy for the voluntary and involuntary movements of the body (vyān).
- Energy for urination, excretion, ejaculation, childbirth, etc. (apan).
Saturday, 16 November 2013
Friday, 1 November 2013
Shoulderstand Pose: Salamba Sarvangasana!
An inverted pose, with your body resting on
your shoulders.
In Shoulderstand, the Chin Lock regulates
the flow of energy in the head, throat, and heart.
Benefits
Cautions
Thursday, 31 October 2013
Plow Pose: Halasana II
Contra-indications: This asana should not be practised by those
who suffer from hernia, slipped disc, sciatica, high blood
pressure or any serious back problem, especially arthritis
of the neck and heavy period of mensuration.
Benefits: The movement of the diaphragm which takes place
during the practice of halasana massages all the internal
organs, activates the digestion, relieving constipation and
dyspepsia, revitalises the spleen and the suprarenal glands,
promotes the production of insulin by the pancreas and
improves liver and kidney function. It strengthens the
abdominal muscles, relieves spasms in the back muscles,
tones the spinal nerves, improving the operation of the
sympathetic nervous system, and increases blood circulation
to the whole area. It regulates the activities of the
thyroid gland which balances the body's metabolic rate,
and stimulates the thymus gland, boosting the immune
system.
It is used in yoga therapy for the management of asthma,
bronchitis, constipation, hepatitis, urinary tract and
menstrual disorders.
Plow Pose: Halasana I
(hah-LAHS-anna)
hala = plow
The Plow Pose stretches your spine, thus, improving spinal flexibility. It benefits the thyroid gland and abdomen, eases tension in the shoulders and back, and reduces stress.
The Plow pose is also good for your digestion and it strengthens the kidneys, the liver and the gall bladder.
 | STEP 1: Lie down with your back on a Yoga Mat. |
 | STEP 2: Your shoulders should lie on the edge and your head rests on the mat. Your legs are drawn in and still stand on the mat. |
 | STEP 3: Lift your hips off the floor and bring your legs up, over and beyond your head. |
 | STEP 4: At this point, lift your back and move your legs further beyond your head. |
 | STEP 5: Straighten your spine and keep your back straight. Move your hands toward your back. |
 | STEP 6: Place your arms against your upper back and try to place your hands as near as possible to the shoulder blades. Try to place your elbows at shoulder-width. If you cannot do this, put them at a somewhat wider distance from each other. By stretching your back and through relaxation in the muscles and through your position the legs slowly move further and further backwards. Try to relax the shoulders and the neck muscles through your breathing. If your breathing feels oppressed, the pressure in the heart area gets too big or your jaw is pinched off, you should walk backwards a little with your legs. Slowly bring your legs, one by one, back to the mat, stretch your arms lengthwise away from you and slowly roll off your back downwards, vertebra by vertebra. |
It is advisable to lie on a yoga block with your neck and your back in order to relieve the neck muscles a little and to make the stretching of the back easier. There are three important movements in the Plough: 1) The upper back is stretched up to the top of the chest bone. This means that the upper back does not sink down and there is no bend in the back. 2) Through the upward movement from the upper back you get a movement in the direction of the chest bone 3) You stretch your pelvis upward from the sacrum, with the result that your chest bone gets more space. During this exercise you should try not to lose these three connections. In fact try to work them out further and further.
src:abc-of-yoga!
Sunday, 20 October 2013
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