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Yoga began in India 3,000 to 4,000 years ago. The word yoga comes from the Sanskrit language and means, to join or integrate, or simply union. Union with higher intelligence, absolute or God. This union is achieved by keeping physical health, mental and spiritual health is good condition. It’s a science developed for humans to raise above differences and realize that we are all sparks of the same fire. Physical health is just a side effect of yoga.
We live in a sound-byte age where our daily demands leave us with little time for exercise, at least in the mornings when it may perhaps be most efficient. Yoga increases and maintains flexibility as my yoga guru used to say “Flexible body is the sign of Youth”. Let’s see busy moms, working people can fit yoga into their lives.
Yoga is a set of asanas making your body twist and turn and it’s up to you to pick and fit the asanas which you require the most .You can select by understanding which body part of yours requires attention and do the associated asana for benefit. However I am going to give general asanas which will benefit everyone and all you need is 15-20 minutes daily
You can begin with your day with these yogic practices
- Om chanting: 3 -5 times. Length of sound ‘au’ should be less than ‘mmm’. 1-2 minutes
- Kalpalbathi pranayama: Please find the attached link here on how to do.I would recommend watching video for this pranayama here. Video is in Hindi but i think you can get the visuals of how the pranayama is done.The reason i shared his video is he’s authentic yoga guru and i do not want anyone to learn wrong practices.7-8 minutes
- Suryanamaskara cycle: Otherwise known as sun salutations should be done facing sun. One set of suryanamaskara has 12 steps as shown in the figure below and One cycle of suryanamaskara has 14 such sets.One cycle of suryanamaskara takes around 9 minutes and should be followed by 1-2 minutes of savasana.
This complete routine would take you around 20-22 minutes
I have not mentioned the benefits of kapalbathi and suryanamaskara in this post. Their benefits on human body is so huge that no amount of words will do justice to these yogic practices. You can include more asasnas sarvangasana, chakra asana, sirasasana according to your time.
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There are 4 different types of Yoga. All the paths of yoga lead to the same experience. The realization is the same. It is only the means that is different. All the paths of yoga aim at reducing and eventually eliminating the ‘I’ factor within us. All paths pf yoga will awaken your Chakras.
Karma Yoga is the Yoga of Action. It purifies the heart by teaching you to act selflessly, without thought of gain or reward. By detaching yourself from the fruits of your actions and offering them up to God, you learn to redirect the ego.
Bhakti Yogi is love for God or divine existence. Through prayer, worship and ritual he surrenders himself to God. Chanting or singing the praises of God form a substantial part of Bhakti Yoga.
Raja Yoga is also called Ashtanga Yoga referring to the eight limbs leading to absolute mental control. The chief practice of Raja Yoga is meditation and physical exercises. It also includes all other methods which helps one to control body, energy, senses and mind. This is the yoga which we are familiar with and which uses physical exercises to bring mind and body in balance.
Jnana yoga is path of knowledge. Aspirant seeks answers through his intellect. The Jnana Yogi uses his mind to inquire into his own nature.
All the paths merge with each other, for they are like different petals on the same flower. All paths leads to Bhakti. Bhakti leads to karma as well as jnana. In the beginning the aspirant must tread that path (or paths) that suits his or her temperament.
Bhakti yoga is the yoga, of love and devotion. It is devotion to the divine, in whatever form you see.
It can be devotion to truth, God, the Supreme, Brahman, the Absolute Reality or any other name that you want to call the indefinable. It can be devotion to Christ, Buddha. Mohammed, Krishna, Rama, Hanuman, Mahavira, Shakti, Shiva, Vishnu, Kali, Durga. It can be your Guru. The specific form is unimportant it is the devotion that you personally feel that is essential.
It is overwhelming devotion to your deity or divine existence. According to Swami Ramdas, “Unless you have a burning aspiration for the Supreme, the mind cannot be fixed on That. Where your love is, your mind is also. Just as a miser thinks of money and of money alone, so a bhakta has exclusive devotion to the Supreme”.
Who can follow Bhakti path?
If one is devotionally inclined or emotional bhakti yoga is best suited for them. They can channelize their emotions to single pointed devotions towards God. This will prevent unnecessary pent up of emotions which may cause violent outbreaks.
If one is not devotionally inclined, then the other paths of yoga can be followed instead. These other paths will eventually lead to spiritual experience. This in turn will automatically lead to Bhakti. All paths lead to same destination.
Love of Everything
This is love of the divine in everything. One sees beauty and perfection everywhere. Wherever one looks one sees the form of the divine. There is love for everything. One looks outwards and sees only the works and essence of the Supreme. This is an intoxication of bliss. It is both, love for everything and love for nothing specifically.
Do not expect anything from your practice of Bhakti yoga. This also applies to any other form of yoga. If you practice asanas, pranayama, meditational practices and so forth, try not to expect anything. Because the more one expects, the less one will receive This is because expectation implies ego and the greater the ego, the less one will make progress in yoga. This is very important.
Non-expectation is a fundamental aspect of Bhakti yoga. This was briefly stated by Chaitanya, the great Bengali Saint. He said, “I pray not for wealth; I pray not for honours; I pray not for pleasure, or even the joys of poetry. I only pray that during my whole life I may have love and devotion… That I may have pure love to love Thee”.
Given are few important ways of bhakti yoga
I. Satsang -The Sanskrit root ‘sat’ means reality, divinity and purity; it represents Self or God. Satsang does not mean being in the company of many people; that is known as ‘sangha’, which means company or association. Satsang is being in the company of truth. In Satsang the most important thing is the constant movement of ideas related to the ultimate reality, divinity or highest being. Maintaining good company with similar spiritual interests,
II. Hari Katha – Hearing about the lives of those people who have had divine experiences and who have suffered or lived for the higher experience. Hearing the stories of how saints were able to reach the higher consciousness inspires and guides us to accept a different lifestyle and mode of behavior.
III. Mantra Japa – Japa is not only the repetition of God’s name, or religious and mystical identification. It is not even repetition of a mantra. It is constant remembrance that I, who live in this body, the individual self, and the cosmic self which pervades the entire universe, are one. In japa, the essence has to be realized. However, in order to come to this level of japa, we have to begin with a mantra and a mala, because when we repeat a mantra psychically, changes take place. Externally, we feel a sense of happiness, quietness, peace, contentment, and a release of stress. Other symptoms are experienced internally at a deeper psychic level of which we are not aware. They represent the changing of the energies which govern the body and mind, the awakening of the pranas in the body and mind
IV. Atma Nivedan – total surrender, total fusion, total merger. Atma means ‘self and nivedan means ‘to offer’. It happens when even the last hint of individual identity is dissolved in cosmic awareness. It can occur physically too. As you go through the different processes of bhakti, it is not only the mind which evolves, but also the body. Each and every atom of the body becomes enlightened.
V. Ishwara Pranidhan– It is seeing the spark of life and divinity in each and every one. There should be no distinction between one person and another. There should be no concept of high and low, but there is identification. Just as I can identify with God there, I should be able to identify with God here, in you, in me, even in different forms of creation.
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ASSOCIATED CHAKRAS: Vishuddhi (throat chakra), Agna ( chakra between eyebrows)
COLOR: Deep blue or Deep marine blue.
HEALING PROPERTIES: A very marked healing crystal for problems associated with thyroid, parathyroid and ENT associated problems. Lapis lazuli works eminently for the Agna chakra and enhances vision, focus, neurological functions and also heals problems associated with pituitary glands.
You can know more about how gemstones heal here.More about chakras here
Lapis lazuli can be synonymed as an aegis of the throat and eyebrow chakras. Lapis lazuli was extensively used by kings and saints in ancient time as it is believed to keep the mind focused, and helps in very clear expression of ideas. Lapis lazuli’s deep blue color helps calm the mind, reduce stress, think accurately and follow the instincts.
Hence, since ancient times lapis lazuli has very high importance and played a major role in bringing success to people. Lapis lazuli also works very well for people with poor self-esteem, self-expression, grasping abilities, to overcome inability to tell truth, fears about oneself, difficulty in expressing thoughts and communication. Lapis lazuli along with the above properties, also helps to beat depressions, improves blood circulation, brings harmony. Lapis lazuli helps triumph anxiety, shyness, insomnia, vertigo.
HOW TO USE LAPIS LAZULI: Lapis lazuli can be worn as a pendent, a small bracelet
Lapis Lazuli has high importance in Feng-Shui and has proven to be very successful in bringing prosperity, peace and success to the house, It can be kept in living room or in the bed room near the bed. But when placed in specific directions has very special effect. If lapis lazuli is placed in south-east it brings wealth and abundance and also neutralizes negative vibrations, for success in career and to improve career plans its best to keep in north direction of the house.
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There are six important Chakras: Muladhara, Svadhisthana, Manipura, Anahata, Vishuddha, and Ajna. Sahasrara is the chief Chakra. It is in the head. These 7 Chakras correspond to the Lokas (Bhuh, Bhuvah, Svah, Maha, Jana, Tapa, and Satya Lokas).
Kundalini is known as the supreme power, in the form of a coiled serpent, residing in Muladhara Chakra.All spiritual seekers make efforts in the form of meditation and prayer as well as in development of virtues like truth, non-violence. These people are in best spot to awaken this serpent-power and make it to pass through all the Chakras from Svadhishthana to Sahasra. The Sahasra is the seat of Lord Shiva. Kundalini is conceived as a goddess, when it rises and moves and it unites itself with the Supreme Being (Lord Shiva) in the sahasra chakra. Then the aspirant becomes engrossed in deep meditation and infinite bliss.
When Kundalini is awakened it passes on from Muladhara to Sahasra through all the Chakras. At every centre to which the Yogi directs the Kundalini, he experiences a special form of bliss. He enjoys the Supreme Bliss when Kundalini is taken to Sahasrara Chakra.
Each Chakra has a particular number of petals with a Sanskrit alphabet on each petal. The vibration that is produced at each petal is represented by the corresponding Sanskrit letter. Every letter denotes the Mantra of godess Kundalini. The number of petals of the lotuses varies. Muladhara, Svadhishthana, Manipura, Anahata, Vishuddha and Ajna Chakras have 4, 6, 10, 12, 16, and 2 petals respectively. The number of petals in each Chakra is determined by the number and position of the Yoga Nadis around the Chakra.From each Chakra a particular number of Yoga Nadis crop up. The Chakra gives the appearance of a lotus with the Nadis as its petals. The sound produced by the vibrations of the Yoga Nadis is represented by the corresponding Sanskrit letter. Muladhara to Vishuddha are the centres of Pancha Bhutas (five elements): earth, water, fire, air and ether. Each chakra is characterized by an element. when the ancient Indian saints talked about earth, water, fire, air and ether, they were not talking about earth that you can run your hands through, or actual water that you drink;
It represents the earth, which signifies solid and concrete;
water, the principle of anything which as a liquid aspect to it;
fire, the principle is heat, anything which produces heat automatically;
air, the gaseous in nature;
and finally, ether which belongs to entire electromagnetic spectrum
Each one of us represents a microcosm, or a little being inside ourselves. We have within us these very elements. Please check the below the chart for the elements and attributes associated with each chakra.
| chakras | Muladhara | Swadhishthana | Manipura | Anahata | Vishuddha | Ajna | Sahasra |
| Location or Position | The root of reproductory organ and anus. At the base of spinal column | The origin of the reproductory organ. | Navel or Nabhi | Heart | At the base of the throat | At the space between the two eyebrows | Brain |
| Petals or number of Yoga Nadis | 4 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 1000 |
| Mandala or the region of Tattva | Region of the Earth | Region of the water | Region of Fire | Region of Air | Region of Ether | Region of Mind | MIND |
| Colour of Tattvas | RED | ORANGE | YELLOW | green | Blue | voilet | Crystal or white |
| Function of Tattva | smell | taste | Sight | touch | hearing | Mind | MIND |
| Goddess | Dakini | Rakini | Lakini | Kakini | Shakini | Hakini | LORD SHIVA |
| Deva or GOD | Prithvi | Varuna | Agni | Vayu | Akasa | Manas | LORD SHIVA |
| Bija MANTRA | LAM | VAM | RAM | YAM | HAM | OM | SILENCE |
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One important measure is keeping these chakras clean .They get choked blocking natural flow of energy. When a chakra has toxic energy in it then it is blocked, Yoga believes that purification of chakras heals our bodies and advance us in our spiritual pursuits. There are various ways to purify chakras.
Opening chakras is a strenuous process and we are not aiming at opening chakras.
It is important to remember that good diet and developing virtues goes a long way in purifying chakras.
Various yoga asanas, mudras , bandas and meditation are developed primarily for purification of chakras and Nadis in our subtle body.
I’ll discuss how we can use the crystals to purify chakras .You can find how crystals work on our body here.
1st Chakra (Root): RED
Organs: physical body support; base of spine; legs, bones, feet, rectum, and the immune system. Gemstone: Red Jasper
2nd Chakra (Navel/Spleen): ORANGE
Organs: Sexual organs, large intestine, lower vertebrae (lumbar/coccyx), pelvis, appendix, bladder, and hip area. Gemstone: Carnelian
3rd Chakra (Solar Plexus): YELLOW
Organs: Abdomen, stomach, upper intestines, liver, gall bladder, kidneys, pancreas, adrenal glands, spleen, and middle spine (thoracic vertebrae).Gemstone: Amber
4th Chakra (Heart): GREEN
Organs: heart and circulatory system, lungs, shoulders and arms, ribs/breasts, diaphragm, and the thymus gland.Gemstone: Green Quartz
5th Chakra (throat): BLUE
Organs: throat, thyroid, trachea, neck vertebrae (cervical), mouth, teeth and gums, esophagus, parathyroid and hypothalamus.Gemstone: Lapis Lazuli
6th Chakra (Brow): INDIGO/PURPLE
Organs: Brain, nervous system, eyes, ears, nose, pineal gland, and the pituitary gland.Gemstone: Amethyst
7th Chakra (Crown): WHITE/GOLD
Organs: Muscular system, skeletal system and skin.Gemstone: small quartz crystal
Seven chakra Meditation
1. Keep your chakra crystals always together so that you don’t lose them .Its better when they are together in a pouch or purse.
2. Choose a time when you would be least disturbed. It is better to have well ventilated room.You shouldn’t be disturbed during the process.
3. Wear loose, comfortable clothes. Keep your shoes off. Lay down on the floor or lay down on your bed.
4. Place the RED stone on place where your legs join the trunk portion.
6. Place the ORANGE stone on your abdomen (2 inches below your navel).
7. Place the YELLOW stone over your belly button.
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8. Place the GREEN stone in the center of your chest where your heart rests.
9. Place the BLUE stone in the root of your throat.
10. Place the PURPLE stone in between your eyebrows.
11. Place the quartz crystal, point TOWARD the center or top of your head.
12. Close your eyes. Take few deep breaths.
13. Concentrate on each chakra starting with mooladhara chakra all the way till Sahasra chakra.
14. Repeat the Bija mantra for each chakra 10 times I,e
| Bija mantra for each chakra | Muladhara | Swadhishthana | Manipura | Anahata | Vishuddha | Ajna |
| Bija MANTRA | LAM | VAM | RAM | YAM | HAM | OM |
Notice that there is no mantra for sahasra chakra since remaining silent is the mantra for sahasra chakra.
14. If thoughts come into your head, let them come and go without any attachment. done, pick up the stones in REVERSE ORDER, starting with the quartz crystal, then the PURPLE stone, the BLUE stone, and so on.
16. Put your crystals into a salt bath for 1 hour. This means placing them gently in a bowl of warm water that has 1 teaspoon of sea salt in it. This cleanses them off. After an hour, pour off the salt water, wash them with fresh, warm water, dry them off and put them back into your pouch.
If you will do this 2-3 times a week, for a month, you’ll find you have more energy, your mind is clearer, sharper, more focused.
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The Chakras are energy centers within the human body and serve as vital force. These are centres of comic energy manifested in the living body.
There are seven chakras in human body. The Chakras are not perceptible to the awake senses.
Chakras are based on the fact principle that human body has a corresponding astral body. The physical body is shaped in accordance with the nature of the astral body. The physical body is something like water. When water is heated, the steam or vapour corresponds to the astral body. In the same way the astral is within the physical body. The physical body cannot do anything without the astral body. Every physical centre of the body has its astral Centre. This astral body is known as sukshma sarira(subtle body) in the Sanskrit.
Spinal cord is the axis of the physical body. The six centres are along the length of spinal cord are: the Muladhara at the base of the spinal column near the anus; above it, in the region of the genitals called the Svadhishthana, abdomen near navel Manipura , near heart Anahata, near throat Visuddha, and in the forehead between the two eyes is Ajna Chakras. The seventh region beyond the Chakras is the upper brain, the highest centre of manifestation of consciousness in the body and therefore, the abode of the Supreme Lord.
Man is a microcosm of universe and whatever exists in the outer universe exists in him. All the essences and worlds are within him and so is the Supreme lord.
Yoga Nadis
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Nadis are the astral tubes made up of astral matter that carry psychic currents. It is through these Nadis (Sukshma, subtle passages), that the comic current (Prana) moves or flows . Since they are made up of subtle matter they cannot be seen by the naked physical eyes and you cannot make any test-tube experiments in the physical plane. These Yoga Nadis are not the ordinary nerves, arteries and veins and are quite different from these.
The body is filled with innumerable Nadis that cannot be counted. When you look at the internal structure of the body, you are struck with awe and wonder with body’s complex mechanism because the architect of this body is the supreme Lord.
The subtle tubes, Yoga Nadis, have influence in the physical body. All the subtle (Sukshma) Prana, Nadis and Chakras have physical manifestation and operation in the human body. The physical nerves and plexuses have close relationship with the subtle ones. Since the physical centres have close relationship with the astral centres, the vibrations that are produced in the physical centres, have the desired effects in the astral centres.
Whenever there is an intertwining of several nerves, arteries and veins, that centre is called “Plexus.” Similarly there are plexuses of vital forces in the Nadis. They are known as Chakras.
Color ,god, petals associated with each chakra will be covered in subsequent posts
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Since the beginning, man was fascinated by twinkling and shiny objects found on earth and was infatuated by them. Persons profited by owning gems prescribed them to others and customs started growing around these crystals.
Archaeological excavations around the world show that ancient man collected and used gemstones.
Origin of Crystals:
Large amount of volcanic activity before the human existence brought in lava which carried all the minerals and the elements of nature. These minerals later developed into organic matter through the process of condensation.
The condensation of these minerals produces the crystals. All crystals are the purest and finest consolidation of the minerals that are formed due to extreme heat and pressure inside the body of the molten earth.
Nature of Crystals:
The crystals emit certain frequencies because of the minerals which compose them. Crystals are made of the following minerals aluminum,beryllium,calciumcarbon,copper,fluorine,hydrogen,iron,manganese,oxygen,potassium,phosphorous,sulhur,sodium,soilicon,tin,zirconium,zinc and others
This compound nature of crystals is almost similar to the chemicals found in human body. The crystals electromagnetic field influences the environment in a quiet way. They emit electromagnetic energy which impacts the electro chemical nature of the human body.
Best way to use crystals:
There are numerous ways to use crystals but I would recommend wearing it on body.
Joints in human body ae naturally the most active parts of the body where network of nerve fibers and lymphatic fluid are concentrated. The crystal energy will be well absorbed when worn on joints and disturbed across the human body. I definitely believe this is the best way to get the desired benefits using crystals.
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