Wednesday 24 August 2011

P R A N A Y A M A


P R A N A Y A M A

The techniques of pranayama have a special place within the yogic techniques aiming at the control of the sexual energy. Pranayama is a highly effective technique that amplifies the solar, masculine, Yang energy.

Pranayama is an effective method of increasing your Yang energy, as well as of sublimating the sexual energy to more refined forms of energy, in a controlled and conscious manner.


WHAT IS PRANA?
The translation of the term Pranayama is most often "the control of the breath". Nonetheless, there is a deeper meaning to this term. Prana is the vital force, and Yama refers to its control.

Consequently, pranayama refers to that discipline integrated as a fundamental stage in the yogic practice, which studies the origin and nature of this mysterious and invisible force, that is prana.

However, prana is more than merely the breath of a being. It is the fundament of all movement, the root of both organic and inorganic life.

Any manifestation or expression of a movement, life, or mind is in fact a manifestation of the prana, which makes it possible.

Under different forms and in different ways, prana is the ultimate generalization of all forces of nature. Prana is a subtle reality and consequently one cannot see, weight, measure or touch it through any of the instruments human mind has ever produced and invented.

Prana can be perceived and controlled by a human being with the mind. If you can purify and control your body, mind and nadis, you will also control your desires and thoughts and it will be easier to control the manifestations of prana in your being.

Prana is the ultimate cause of all manifested forces of nature. It expresses as any force, powers, energies manifested in the universe, both physical and subtle. All movement in the universe is only specific manifestations of prana.

The vital forces and the mind are but two aspects of prana, reflected in the human being. Moreover, prana manifests within the beings as the different physical, mental and psychic processes. Prana animates, sustains, and energizes the body of all living organisms.

The fine movements of the nerves in a living body and the powers of the mind are in fact only another specific manifestation of the prana. Any desire, any thought represents a particular expression of the prana, modulated precisely in a range of frequency.

The activity of the five senses is also an expression of prana vibrating on a certain frequency. The breath represents only one manifestation of the prana in your body.


WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRANA (THE VITAL ENERGY), THE MENTAL ENERGY AND THE SEXUAL ENERGY?
The center or the "deposit" of the pranic energies is Muladhara chakra. Ida and Pingala are the two nadis placed on both sides of the central channel, Sushumna nadi.

In persons that do not practice any spiritual exercises, whose energy is lying dormant in Muladhara chakra, the energy circulates through the two secondary "spinal" nadis: Ida and Pingala. Usually, the energy does not flow through Sushumna nadi, as the entrance to this nadi is normally closed.

As long as a person does not perceive and understand correctly the flow of energy through Ida and Pingala and as long as the energy is not "forced" through Sushumna nadi, that person will not have control over the mind and the prana.

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PART 2
REPEATING THE EXERCISE
Begin again, with the same leg, after a few free breaths.




Five executions on the left side will be followed by five executions on the right side. You may even alternate the legs you are working with: one exercise on the left side will be followed by an exercise on the right side, and so on. The way you practice it is up to each of you.













IMPORTANT GUIDELINES
In order to give the exercise the maximum of yogic significance and effectiveness you need to pay close attention to the breath and to make the inhalation and exhalation last an equal interval. You need to synchronize the time and the space. The part of the body that does not work needs to stay inactive.


WHICH PART TO BEGIN WITH?
If you decide to work alternatively, start with the left side. If you decide to work series of five, start with the right side.


CONTRAINDICATIONS
There are no special contraindications for this exercise. Moreover, this exercise has the advantage of the possibility of practicing it even when you are not dressed properly for a yoga session.


THE PLACE IN THE SERIES OF ASANAS
This exercise may be included in a yoga session before the yogic relaxation, but it may also be performed outside of it, for its own advantages.

PHYSICAL EFFECTS
We will make the difference between physical effects and the subtle effects, which are characteristic to the yogic path.

Muscles This exercise practiced with maximum of interiorization grants a great muscular control and activated each half of the body.

The abdominal musculature is gradually fortified, and so is the musculature of the legs. The legs work hard and therefore they will be toned and we will get a better control over them.

Also the toes will be tensed, then relaxed and stimulated. The effectiveness of this exercise can sometimes be translated through cramps. If this should happen, act immediately and after the cramp has passed, massage the place slowly.


The skeleton
On the first sight, it is not at all obvious that the exercise we described has any effect on the skeleton. However, if the exercise is correctly performed, if we keep the spine on the floor during the execution we may bring the spine, especially the lumbar area in its correct position.

The coxo-femural articulation preserves its mobility and this is an important thing, considering that after the age of 40 the mobility tends to vanish. If this mobility is lost, the mobility of the whole body will have to suffer.

In severe cases, if one loses the mobility of this articulation, he may suffer from premature impotence. The great thing about this exercise is that although at first sight it seems simple, it develops complex physical actions.


The blood circulation
The blood circulation is better when you lie down than when you stand because it is easier to circulate a liquid (the blood) without the interference of gravity. In this position the rising of the leg and the extended breath make the blood act as in the case of Pascal’s law: the pressure of an incompressible liquid is transmitted into all the senses and is proportional to the column of liquid.

This principle of hydrostatics is highly important for the body. The blood is an incompressible liquid like the water and thus it will transmit the pressure into the entire body and the blood will return faster to the heart.

The cardiac muscle does not need to work as hard and the blood receives more oxygen. This exercise is very effective in preventing cardiac arrests. After a heart attack you may perform this exercise progressively during convalescence.


Abdominal organs
The abdominal organs need, for a proper function the rhythmical contraction of the abdominal muscles during walking or during the other daily activities. In your daily routine, this stimulation is refused most of the day, which results in a decrease of the vitality.

Lifting the leg, we act on the abdominal muscles and thus they stimulate the whole area of the abdomen, the inner organs included. This is why we perform series of five movements. The exercise massages the organs deeply and also superficially.


SUBTLE EFFECTS
Balance and symmetry are two main purposes of yoga. The bodily and prana-ic balance is obtained equalizing the inhalation with the exhalation, and to keep a permanent focus on what is going on in the inner universe.

Some regions of our body are controlled by one or other of these vayu-s. Apana vayu, particularly stimulated by our exercise responds of the area from waist down. Apana vayu is responsible for the elimination of the urine, salts, sperm, menstrual blood, and for the birth process.

In our exercise, the entire action is based on the area governed by apana vayu, with a special effect on the legs and toes. If we make equal the time for an inhalation with that of an exhalation, the prana vayu and the apana vayu will become balanced.

In our exercise, when we try to make one part of the body active and the other passive, prana vayu and apana vayu are energically stimulated by each halves.

If we practice this exercise daily, it will help our spiritual practice, in the sense that asanas such as Halasana, Sarvangasana or Sirshasana will be easier to approach. The perseverant practice of this apparently simple exercise will bring special benefits to the practitioner.

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The exercise we are going to introduce to you is a combination of the yogic efficiency with the simplicity of execution.

This technique is recommendable for both beginners and advanced practitioners. In order to understand this technique, we need to consider first the human being as a transformer of energy, of prana.

An uninterrupted flux of particles, molecules, and atoms traverse the body, not just as solid or liquid form, but also gas, and subtle.

Air that brings us oxygen is also charged with water vapours, and subtle smells, such as the smells of nature play an important role in preserving the health - aromatherapy.

The air contains also energy that is directly assimilated, one of its forms are the negative ions. Consequently, life means changes and transformations. The more active are our changes and interactions with the environment, the more we are alive, in the most dynamic sense of the word.

Our body is a whirl of energy in the universal prana-ic ocean. The yogis perceive distinctly these exchanges of energy with the environment. They even managed to differentiate between these types of energy, and they named them vayu - subtle energy.

The basic sense of the term vayu is sky, which would make someone think of the regular sky, with its chemical components - oxygen, azoth, rare gases.

However, the yogis understand by this word the energies that circulate through the air, in the process of breathing. One absorbs prana-ic energy from the surroundings through prana vayu.

Once the energies are absorbed in the microcircuit of our organism, they have to be personalized and assimilated - this is the function of samana vayu.

Once the body assimilated them, they need to circulate throughout the organism, which is the function of prana vayu. Udana vayu allows the direction and the expression of the energies. The final stage is the elimination, when these energies return to their previous environment. All the functions that concur in this process belong to apana vayu.


THE FUNCTIONS OF THE PRANA AND APANA VAYU
Consequently, the two main vayu-s are prana vayu, which regulates the "intake" of particles and energy, adjusting it to the particular necessities of our organism, and apana vayu, responsible for the elimination of the unabsorbed residues.

We live or we should live balancing these two functions. If apana fails to work properly, the organism is charged with toxins, and lacks vitality and suppleness. One of the main objectives of Hatha Yoga is that of stimulating all the vayu-s in a harmonious manner.

If we act on prana vayu we also need to stimulate apana vayu. Another important objective in Hatha Yoga is to obtain the control over these vayu-s.

This conscious control goes through the control of one function that is alternatively the expression of prana vayu and apana vayu, meaning the breath. While inhaling, the breath is the instrument of prana vayu because it brings us energy.

While exhaling, the breath is the expression of apana vayu, which eliminates the used gases (for instance CO2). The balance of the breath, of the inhalation and exhalation determines the balance of prana vayu and apana vayu.

The following exercise is one of the simplest and most effective in this respect.


STARTING POSITION
Lie back on the floor, relaxed but with a slight contraction of the abdominal muscles so that the lumbar area is on the floor during this exercise. The legs are stretched and they touch each other. It is important to become interiorized and to focus to perceive distinctly the two halves of the body, the left and the right, not the superior and the inferior parts.




We will attempt to balance the sensations at the level of the two halves, without allowing one to predominate over the other, as the right-handed people tend to do with the right side, which they use more. We need to feel that our weight on the left side is the same as on the right side. The arms are also on the floor, along the trunk, palms facing down.


HOW TO DO IT
Each half of the body will work alternatively. First we will work on the left side. Focus on this side, contract the muscles of the shank, flexing the leg. Inhale slowly, lifting up the contracted shank. We need to lift the leg and bring it closer to the body, without lifting or bending the other leg.




At this point, the abdominal muscles are very tensed, especially on the left side. At the end of the inhalation, the leg will be in the up position.




It is very important to relax the muscles of the right side of the abdomen, pay close attention to the left side, and imagine that you breathe only with this side. It is obvious that the air will get in through both lungs but we need to use the left side to its maximum, as if we were unable to breathe with the right side.

When the inhalation is over, we stop for a few seconds, keeping the lungs filled with air. Before exhaling, stretch the toes and we will perceive other muscles that contract the left shank.




Then we exhale slowly, bringing the leg in the starting position. The heel must not touch the ground, before the lungs become empty.

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PART 2
FOCUS
During the inhalation - the abdominal phase
While the fingers are oriented to the abdomen, the attention is focused on the abdomen. Imagine a stream of energy coming from the fingers and irradiating from our being, filling us with vitality, and consciousness.

Concomitantly, we perceive an intense increase of the inner heat, located at the level of Manipura Chakra, and going up, towards the chest area, Anahata Chakra.

During the rib and clavicle phase
We focus on the inner heat and the perception of the subtle energy of the hands, directing the prana on the throat, face and eyes.

The retention
When the arms are wide open, and the palms are oriented upwards, as if we want to receive the warmth of the sun, we will retain the breath.

However, before describing this unusual way of focusing, we need to present to you a particular, essential aspect of the Hindu yogic conception, referring to the interaction between the body and the mind. It is obvious that any psychic attitude and any emotion are translated through a corresponding behavior. Consequently, any emotion has a corresponding bodily emotion.

All these facts are well-known, but what is less known is the fact that the bodily attitude determines the psychic as well. In this case, the feeling that corresponds to the psychical attitude the most important part of this exercise, Prana Mudra is based on this principle of reversibility of the two senses of the psychic and somatic interaction.

The final gesture of the Prana Mudra, with the arms wide open, is a gesture of acceptance, of opening towards the universe. Opening your arms you give and receive in the same time, in the same measure, holding the universe and merging into it.

While performing this final position, retaining your breath with the lungs filled with air, keep your eyes closed and imagine the sun rising and impregnating your entire being with its beneficial rays.

By being receptive to the cosmic energies we allow the corresponding attitude to come naturally. A state of tranquility and force at the same time will appear in the body and in the mind, accompanied by the subtle fire that impregnates and irradiates from our being.

In Prana Mudra, the lower, the rhythm of the breath will dissolve the inferior personality. While we emerge in this state, our thoughts also dissolve into a state of serenity. This is a very important stage as it characterizes that neutral point in which the breath and the mind are said to meet the divine spirit.

The chin is a little up, as if we wanted to turn our face towards the sun. in this position relax all the muscles of the neck and of the face, as well as the muscles of the arms, forearms and hands.

Relax also the palms and the fingers. You will notice that a very calm and special psychic climate will appear shortly after the first retention of the breath.

This feeling will grow stronger and stronger each time we continue to practice and it is recommendable that the minimum interval for practice is at least 15 minutes.


BENEFITS
In order to understand the exceptional effectiveness of this technique it is enough to practice it several times, in order to understand very well the correct way to do it. You will notice shortly that your breath becomes harmonious and profound through the practice of Prana Mudra.

The focus on the breathing is infinitely deeper, and the mind will be easier to control. During the retention with the lungs filled with air will appear a state of exceptional inner peace, revealing the overwhelming splendor of the radiant light of the divine self, ATMAN.

THE PRANA OF THE FINGERS
The pranic flow of energy coming from our fingers and palms can vitalize all the organs it passes by. It is enough that we become aware of this process and that we focus on it. The Prana Mudra is recommended especially before meditations.

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Respecting an initiatic, traditional element, characteristic to Prana Mudra, we recommend that you practice this exercise only when you are completely alone in the room.

This does not mean that you cannot share this technique with some other people, it simply means that it is better if you perform it secretly.

The asana-s can be practiced together with other people, without diminishing or affecting their effects in any way. However, the Prana Mudra should be performed in secret.

The yogic texts are categorical regarding Prana Mudra and they assert clearly that any presence, including that of your lover is a disturbing element, preventing us from perceiving the secret effect of the technique, as well as its profound and spiritual sense of this complex pranayama technique.

The recommendations and the urge to secrecy go even further regarding Prana Mudra, as not even the results obtained after its practice should not be shared with anyone, except for one’s trusted and trustworthy guru.

More than any other technique, Prana Mudra is a genuine dialogue with ourselves, done in the intimacy of our own being. The maximum emotional intensity that can be triggered by Prana Mudra performed in solitude.


THE AURA BECOMES SHINY AND BRIGHT
Prana Mudra is a valuable exercise of breathing, whose numerous benefits had been confirmed by the greatest yogis of India. This exercise enhances the capacity of awareness and control of the subtle energies.

Through intense activation of the subtle energies of the fire, our aura becomes larger, purer and brighter. Moreover, due to the focus in the chest area occurs a powerful process of awakening of the soul and revelation of our divine nature.

The plus of energy of the pranic forces activated by this type of breathing, associated with the magnetic force irradiating from the fingers generate an unusual state, characterized at the same time by an effervescent dynamism and inner state of focus, and the balance of these two apparently contradicting tendencies leads to the desire to interiorize.

This natural tendency is so intense, that some people have said that Prana Mudra awakens the faith in God. This technique is also included in the category of the mudras- symbolic gestures, expressions and apparently simple physical attitudes that trigger remarkable effects.


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Before approaching the first part of the exercise, we suggest you to have a close look at the pictures in order to understand properly both the final position and the intermediary stages.

You will understand that Prana Mudra is a special pranayama exercise, combined with movements of the arms and hands. You can do Prana Mudra from Padmasana (The Lotus Pose), Siddhasana (The Perfect Pose), or Vajrasana (The Lightning Pose). People who cannot perform any of these asanas, due to health reasons, we recommend to practice it sitting on a chair.


THE FIRST STAGE - RETENTION ON VOID
The hands are oriented towards the abdomen, as if they irradiate towards this area. The spine should be perfectly straight.





Exhale all the air from the lungs, performing in the last phase of the exhalation a contraction of the abdominal muscles. This contraction is associated with Mula Bandha. Before inhaling, stay in retention for several seconds.


THE SECOND STAGE - THE DIAPHRAGMATIC STAGE
Relax the abdominal muscles, cease to do Mula Bandha, decontracting the perineal area, and start to inhale slowly. The air enters the lungs and the diaphragm comes down, pressing the lower abdomen.


THE THIRD STAGE - THE "RIB" STAGE
While the diaphragm becomes flat, the hands climb towards the solar plexus (Manipura Chakra). The inhalation follows its own course, the lungs are filled with air, and the elbows are spread from the trunk in order to allow the thorax to open harmoniously and fully.

The fingers are no longer oriented towards the body, but they are parallel with the thorax and continue to go upwards in front of the chest, until the lungs will be filled with air.





At the end of this phase, the hands are close to the clavicle, the elbows are not close to the trunk and the arms are parallel to the floor. The fingers are oriented towards the body.





THE FOURTH STAGE - THE "CLAVIVLE" STAGE
After the diaphragm has become flat, and the thorax is completely open, you can inhale a certain quantity of air in the upper part of the lungs, by lifting the shoulders.

The inhalation is complete when the hands pass before the throat and the face and go away from the body until the arms are wide open, and the palms are facing up, as if to capture the sun-rays. At this time, the muscles are relaxed, and the lungs are completely filled with air.





THE FIFTH STAGE - THE RETENTION WITH THE LUNGS FILLED WITH AIR
Stand still and retain the breath for as long as possible, without forcing ourselves, in a state of transfigured inwardness.




Increase the duration of the retention progressively, without forcing it, while the organism becomes used to the longer retentions. This is the most important stage of the exercise because it requires a certain mental attitude, which we will describe later on.


THE SIXTH STAGE - THE EXHALATION
The exhalation requires the same gestures as in the case of the inhalation, only in the reverse order. Empty your lungs in their upper part, then the thorax, and then the abdominal area. The hands go down slowly, so that at the end of the exhalation they are oriented again towards the abdomen, which has to be contracted in order to eliminate the final residues of air.

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THE ENERGIES CHARACTERISTIC TO THE TEN PLANETS
Moreover, each participant will also be able to perceive in his or her inner forum through complex processes of resonance the awakening and activation of the subtle energies of the planet, each of them taken into consideration individually.

Thus, the participant will perceive the gigantic sphere of force, of subtle energy of the Sun through the presence of the other people in the spiral who belong to the Leo (the state of wisdom).

The presence of the Cancers guarantees that each participant will be able to perceive the qualities and subtle energy of the Moon (the state of meditation).

Through the presence of the Gemini and Virgo, each participant will be able to perceive through the same process of resonance we explained previously the awakening and activation of the subtle energies coming from the subtle sphere of force of the planet Mercury (using the adequate means).

Through the presence of the Aries and Scorpio, each participant will be able to perceive the awakening and activation of the subtle energies coming from the subtle sphere of force of the planet Mars (orientation towards the just action).

Through the presence of the Taurus and Libra, each participant will be able to perceive the awakening and activation of the subtle energies coming from the subtle sphere of force of the planet Venus (the state of generosity).

Through the presence of the Sagittarius, each participant will be able to perceive the awakening and activation of the subtle energies coming from the subtle sphere of force of the planet Jupiter (the state of generosity).

Through the presence of the Capricorn, each participant will be able to perceive the awakening and activation of the subtle energies coming from the subtle sphere of force of the planet Saturn (the state of discipline).

Through the presence of the Aquarius, each participant will be able to perceive the awakening and activation of the subtle energies coming from the subtle sphere of force of the planet Uranus (the state of unity and harmony that helps one reach the destination: the spiritual freedom).

Through the presence of the Pisces, each participant will be able to perceive the awakening and activation of the subtle energies coming from the subtle sphere of force of the planet Neptune (the supreme spiritual awakening that makes it possible for us to re-integrate as immortal spirits in the kingdom of Our Heavenly Father).

Through the presence of the Scorpio, each participant will be able to perceive the awakening and activation of the subtle energies coming from the subtle sphere of force of the planet Pluto (paranormal capacities, allowing us to know in an supernatural way the past and the future).


HEALING HARMONY
The persons who are sufficiently pure from the physic, bioenergetic, psychic, and mental points of view and who manage to focus very well during a spiral meditation made up of three or four thousand participants may spontaneously experience various forms of samadhi, as well as the state of Cosmic Being, in whose inner forum are awakened all the energies of the twelve constellations, and all the energies of the ten planets.

The state of fulfillment experienced by such blessed people is of an intensity, richness and complexity that make it overwhelming and beyond any attempt to description. Given the ineffable component of such states, the person desiring to find out what happens in his or her inner structures when taking part to such a meditation in a Yang spiral should participate to at least three such meditations before getting to any conclusion.

Any person who has a good state vitality, and who has rested well may perform these meditations, disregarding his or her health. The only restrictions imposed by a person's health concern serious psychic disorders such as schizophrenia and paranoia.

Any other diseases many disappear or ameliorate after taking part to a Yang spiral meditation. An extraordinary aspect, which caused wonder among the people participating to this meditation for the first time is that the combined flux of subtle beneficial energies manifesting then in the being of any participant indicates shortly which are the organs and areas affected by a disorder or even disease, which are the centers of force that do not work properly, and the deep strata that are not complete.

The great thing about this meditations is that we may notice a profound and gradual improvement and balance in the energy level of the areas or organs with problems.

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In the following we will introduce to you the specific energies of the twelve zodiacal signs:

In a succinct attempt to describe these types of energy we may say that through the influence of the Aries the participants in the spiral will perceive the primordial impulse, the undying enthusiasm that precedes the birth of the universe.

The Taurus brings the divine, creative effort of elaborating the noumen - the essence that we may know through reason only - and of the seed - the origin.

The Gemini brings the awareness of the enigmatic polarity and distinction between the Immortal Spirit (Purusha) and the matter, or Nature (Prakriti).

The Cancer makes one experience the passivity and attachment, because the astral energies characteristic to this sign represent the mysterious waters in which are laid the germs of the universe, over which floats the eternal and all-mighty spirit of God.

The Leo brings to all participants open to perceive it the unmatched energy of love, which comes from God, and the intensity with which one should lead his or her life.

The Virgo makes one perceive the awakening of the capacity to differentiate and intuition of phenomenalism - a philosophical concept according to which people can know only phenomena, not the essences as well.

The Libra makes more accessible the state of sociability, as well as the intuition of what the true Middle Path is, allowing one to unify the opposing tendencies.

The Scorpio makes perceivable the existence of certain processes of "fermentation", a sui-generis overwhelming knowledge, which allows the mind to overcome its regular limitations, in order to get to the knowledge through intuition and initiatic dreams the deep and mysterious nature of all things and beings manifested.

The Sagittarius makes one feel the duality existing between the instincts and the superior, sublime aspirations and thus to be intuitive regarding the process through which the people return to God.

The Capricorn makes one feel the mysterious elevation and transcendence and grants the intuition of what actually happens during the state of pralaya (the universal resorption or the return of the universe to the state of primordial seed).

The Aquarius makes one feel the significance of the passage to the spiritual, superior states.

Finally, the Pisces makes one feel what is in fact the inner world and to realize what means the passage from the state of initial oneness, which is the expression of the state of spiritual freedom.


THE ENERGIES CHARACTERISTIC TO THE EARTH, WATER, FIRE AND AIR
The signs are also related to the four elements Earth, Water, Fire and Air and therefore the participants in the yogic Yang spiral meditation will also benefit from the resonance with the four elements.

Through the presence in the spiral of the participants belonging to the Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn each participant will feel the subtle, mysterious energies of the Earth, whose correspondent is materiality.

Through the presence in the spiral of the participants belonging to the Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces each participant will perceive at the level of their intuition the subtle, mysterious energies of the Water, whose correspondents are the sensibility and the emotions.

Through the presence in the spiral of the participants belonging to the Aries, Leo and Sagittarius each participant will feel the subtle, mysterious energies of the Fire, whose correspondents are the passion and the enthusiasm.

Through the presence in the spiral of the participants belonging to the Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius each participant will feel the subtle, mysterious energies of the Air, whose correspondents are the intellectual skills, the expansion and the affection.