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Topic: Nadi (yoga)

	Nadi (yoga) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nadis are sometimes viewed as extending only to the skin of the body, but are often thought to extend to the boundary of the aura.
		The Ida and Pingala nadis are often seen as referring to the two hemispheres of the brain.
		The two nadis are stimulated through the practice of Pranayama, which involves alternate breathing through left and right nostrils, which would alternately stimulate respectively the left and right sides of the brain.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nadi_(yoga) (248 words)

	Yoga-Kundalini Upanishad - Chakras,shakti,prana,hatha yoga,pranayama
		It is the abode of the Devas or the Khecharas.
		Yoga is the turning away of the senses from the objective universe and the concentration of the mind within.
		Yoga is the art of uniting the individual soul with the Supreme Soul, of uniting the Kundalini Sakti lying dormant in the Muladhara Chakra with Siva in the Sahasrara Chakra.
	www.yoga-age.com /modern/end.html (11196 words)

	Encyclopedia of Yoga - A
		According to the Bhagavad-Gita (XIII.7), an ancient Yoga scripture, veneration of the preceptor is a manifestation of wisdom (jnana).
		Indeed, Yoga is a form of alchemy, since it aims at the transmutation of human consciousness and--in Tantrism and hatha-yoga--even at the transubstantiation of the body.
		In Classical Yoga, avidya is the principal among the five causes of affliction (klesha) that bind human beings to the endless cycle (samsara) of birth and rebirth.
	members.aol.com /savamm/a.htm (11919 words)

	Pranayama, Breathing Practices & Light
		Yoga practice should emphasize the importance of pranayama as a technique to regain the centering, clarity and balance we all seek.
		The main nadi corresponds to the spinal cord and is known as the sushumna.
		Yoga has always been known as the path of illumination and enlightenment and light is a symbol for higher consciousness and samadhi.
	www.geocities.com /chelayoga/pranayama.htm (1444 words)

	Category:Yoga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Yoga, from the verbal root yuj - to yoke, is perhaps the most central concept in Ancient Indian religions.It first and foremost refers to the plethora of religious practices by which one can aim to escape samsara.
		In Ancient India it was understood as a transformation of the mind, a prerequisite to attaining liberation from earthly bonds.
		Currently the most popular form in the West is hatha yoga, a system of bodily exercises and postures (asana) initially intended to prepare the body for meditation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:Yoga (214 words)

	Classic Yoga - A Comprehensive Glossary of Sanskrit Yoga Terms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		An intense form of Hatha Yoga, that places a great deal of emphasis on very powerful pranayama techniques to heat up the body, which in turn is believed to awaken the sleeping shakti energy (Kundalini) that resides at the base of the spine.
		In yoga, mudra is the name given to specific muscular contractions (bandhas), body positions (asanas), and points of concentration (dharanas), that are used either (i) to the fix the location of, or (ii) to control the movement of, pranic energy.
		In yoga, nadi refers to channels in the subtle body through which prana and kundalini flow, as well as to the normal tubes and vessels of the physical body.
	www.classicyoga.org /glossary/index-glossary.html (8652 words)

	Hatha Yoga, Asana, Pranayama, Mudra, Bandha
		Hatha Yoga Pradipika is one of the most authentic text books on Hatha Yoga, written in 1200 AD by Swami Swatmarama, a great Yoga Guru who formulated the principles of Hatha Yoga and systematically explained various techniques, its effects on body, mind and states of consciousness.
		The basic purpose of Hatha Yoga is to purify the Ida and Pingala Nadis and then uniting these 2 forces with the third Psychic Nadi Sushumna, which carries Kundalini at Ajna Chakra (eyebrow center).
		Hatha Yoga Pradipika starts with the Shatkarmas or cleansing processes, these processes are to remove the blockages in Nadis (psychic / pranic energy channels).
	www.yogapoint.com /info/article11.htm (769 words)

	The Heart of Yoga, T. K. V. Desikachar excerpt, DailyLama (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		There are many nadi, but in the context of kundalini we need only concern ourselves with the three most important ones: ida, pingala, and sushumna, all three of which run along the spine.
		In tantra yoga the emphasis is on certain energies that are normally squandered being directed in such a way that they can reduce the blocks that stand in the way of the prana.
		In tantra yoga the focus is on the body, and a wide range of connections and relationships between the body and other aspects of the world and cosmos is made.
	www.thedailylama.com /Lib/099.html (990 words)

	Kundalini Yoga - Theory
		These Yoga Nadis are not the ordinary nerves, arteries and veins that are known to the Vaidya Shastra (Anatomy and Physiology).
		Sushumna Nadi passes through the hollow cylindrical cavity of the vertebral column and Ida is on the left side and Pingala on the right side of the spine.
		Kanda is a centre of the astral body from where Yoga Nadis, subtle channels, spring and carry the Sukshma Prana (vital energy) to the different parts of the body.
	www.yoga-age.com /modern/kun4.html (6832 words)

	The Tree Of Life Within All Humans
		Yoga is the union of an individual consciousness with infinite consciousness.
		So in hatha yoga, ida nadi represents the negative force, the flow of consciousness, pingala represents the positive force, the flow of vital energy and sushumna nadi represents the neutral force, the flow of spiritual energy.
		Yoga does not create this reality, which is above the mind, but only prepares the mind to apprehend it, by assisting in the transformation of the mind full of noise, like a whole army of frenzied and drunken monkeys, to a still mind.
	www.adishakti.org /subtle_system.htm (3722 words)

	Hatha Yoga - Pranayama
		Though kapalbhati is described as cleansing technique in Hatha Yoga, it reduces the carbon dioxide (CO2) percentage in blood so it can be classified as hyperventilation Pranayama.
		Balancing the Ida and Pingala, the mental force and vital force is one of the main objectives of Pranayama.
		Surya Bhedan - Surya is sun, in the body pingala nadi represents energy of Sun or vital energy, Surya Bhedan Pranayama increases vital energy in the body, and it is revitalizing Pranayama.
	www.yogapoint.com /info/article13.htm (1067 words)

	Yoga
		Yoga is defined as a systematic practice of physical exercise, breath control, relaxation, diet control, and positive thinking and meditation aimed at developing harmony in the body, mind, and environment.
		In the health fields, yoga techniques are being applied in health promotion programs, substance abuse treatment programs, and as complementary treatment for diseases such as anxiety disorders, depression, coronary heart disease, cancers, and HIV/AIDS.
		Yoga is a union of the organ systems in the body with the consciousness in the mind.
	www.emedicinehealth.com /yoga/article_em.htm (285 words)

	Yoga Glossary
		Teachings of Lord Krishna to his disciple Arjuna at the commencement of the battle of Kurukshetra, with explanations on sannyasa yoga, karma yoga, bhakti yoga, and jnana yoga.
		the final stage of ashtanga yoga in which concentration becomes one with the object of concentration; supreme union.
		main energy channel in yoga, in the centre of the spinal cord through which kundalini shakti flows.
	www.healthandyoga.com /yogaglossary.html (1882 words)

	Bindu no 13 :: Nadi Shodanas influence on the brain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis, that the breathing exercise Nadi Shodana improves the balance between the two brain halves as reflected by the alpha R/L ratio.
		On the basis of our results we therefore conclude that Nadi Shodana, if it is done regularly over a longer period of time, has a favourable influence on the balance between the brain halves and thereby an emotionally stabilising effect on the individual.
		In the inexperienced group the values after Nadi Shodana showed greater variance, which entails that this result is not statistically significant (even though their average for the temporal area is the same as the optimal value).
	www.scand-yoga.org /bergen/english/bindu/eggstudy.html (1635 words)

	Swara Yoga - Ancient science of Breathing
		In Swara yoga, practices are connected with the flow of nadi in a systematic pattern with moon phases, Sun and other planets.
		Swara yoga says the same, and further specifies the times when tasks are either auspicious or inauspicious.
		By the practice of Swara yoga one can become the master of the nadis and elements, so as to adjust himself with the universal forces which is the source of everything that gives birth to the experience of both material and spiritual life with heightened awareness.
	www.swarayoga.org /SwaraCycle.htm (1078 words)

	Bindu no 13 :: Plenty of oxygen during Nadi Shodana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The subject was a male of normal build in his forties, with twenty years experience of yoga’s breathing exercises.
		During the test he did five rounds of Nadi Shodana, where you inhale, hold the breath, and exhale, to the ratio of 1:4:2.
		Blood samples were taken regularly during the whole of Nadi Shodana and for a while afterwards.
	www.scand-yoga.org /bergen/english/bindu/oxygen.html (700 words)

	Kundalini Yoga : Raising Kundalini energy with Kundalini Yoga through the chakras
		The roused Kundalini energy moves upwards in the central nadi, the Sushumna, passing through each of the lower chakras to reach the seventh, the Sahasrara Chakra.
		This process is known in Kundalini Yoga as the piercing of the chakras and represents the merging of the female with the male.
		Laya Yoga is also called Kundalini yoga, because the raising of Kundalini energy to unite her with the supreme consciousness is the main objective, which is reached through deep meditation (dhyana).
	www.sanatansociety.org /chakras/kundalini_yoga.htm (670 words)

	Hatha Yoga (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The ancient Seers and Rishis of Yoga realised through their expanded awareness, inner vision and intuition which was developed through the awakening of the Kundalini that the human body contained many interesting mysteries.
		Hatha Yoga Pradipika, which is one of the most respected authentic texts on Hatha Yoga, is divided into four chapters leading to the goal of life- Samadhi.
		This system and philosophy of Hatha Yoga have their origin in the ancient teachings of Tantra the "Tantra Shastras", which are the ancient teachings of yoga.
	satyamyoga.com /hathayoga.htm (1314 words)

	Yoga: The Definitions
		MULA BANDHA- this is a traditional hatha yoga energy raising practice.
		NADIS- the conduits of the psychic nervous system also called channels.
		YOGA- come from a Sanskrit work which means you or union.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/african_american_beauty/82988 (270 words)

	Kundalini Yoga
		Kundalini Yoga is that Yoga which treats of Kundalini Sakti, the six centres of spiritual energy (Shat Chakras), the arousing of the sleeping Kundalini Sakti and its union with Lord Siva in Sahasrara Chakra, at the crown of the head.
		When by Karma Yoga and Upasana, the mind is brought to this point and when, in the case of Jnana Yoga, there is dispassion and detachment from the world and its desires, then the Yoga path is open for the realisation of the ultimate Truth.
		Yoga is that inhibition of the functions of the mind which leads to abidance of the spirit in his real nature.
	www.sivanandadlshq.org /download/kundalini.htm (16711 words)

	Yoga Network - Articles
		It is an important for serious students of yoga to understand this text or at least deepen our understanding of the breath.
		This is important because the sun is a reference to the Pinagala Nadi, the moon is a reference to the Ida Nadi, and Soma juice flows down the Sushmna from the higher chakras.
		We know that the body contains 350,000 nadi's; intermediate students know that only mastery of 3 nadi's is required to reconnect with the soul, awaken Vedic knowledge, Shastra knowledge, or the knowledge of sound.
	www.yoganetwork.org /articles/article_20.html (702 words)

	www.yogasite.com
		Nadi shodhana, or the sweet breath, is simple form of alternate nostril breathing suitable for beginning and advanced students.
		Nadi means channel and refers to the energy pathways through which prana flows.
		Shodhana means cleansing -- so Nadi Shodhana means channel cleaning.
	www.yogasite.com /nadi.htm (274 words)

	Kundalini
		Kundalini Yoga is the modern name given to the ancient science that causes the Kundalini energy to rise in the body of the Yogi.
		This form of Yoga is relatively new and is, in fact, looked down upon by many pundits who believe that Kundalini should not be artificially stimulated.
		Sushmuna Nadi is the, "Most Gracious Channel." It is located central to the spine - traveling from the base to the top of the head.
	www.scottshaw.com /kundalini.html (2019 words)

	Yoga Journal : 200 Key Sanskrit Yoga Terms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Nadi ("conduit"): one of 72,000 or more subtle channels along or through which the life force (prana) circulates, of which the three most important ones are the ida-nadi, pingala-nadi, and sushumna-nadi
		Nirodha ("restriction"): in Patanjali's eight-limbed yoga, the very basis of the process of concentration, meditation, and ecstasy; in the first instance, the restriction of the "whirls of the mind" (citta-vritti)
		The editorial content of Yoga Journal should not be used as a substitute for professional health care.
	www.yogajournal.com /newtoyoga/159_10.cfm (474 words)

	Yoga Glossary of Terms
		Nadi - A tubular organ of the subtle body through which the energy flows
		(The aim of Yoga is to practice the means by which the human soul may be completely united with the supreme spirit.)
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	www.emedicinehealth.com /yoga_glossary_of_terms/article_em.htm (365 words)

	Amazon.com: Yoga and Ayurveda: Books: David Frawley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Anatomy of Hatha Yoga: A Manual for Students, Teachers, and Practitioners by H.
		Yoga and Ayurveda together form a complete approach for optimal health, vitality and higher awareness.
		Yoga is one of the most extraordinary spiritual sciences that mankind has ever discovered.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0914955810?v=glance (1143 words)

	Yoga Synthesis with Raji Thron - Iyengar, Viniyoga, Ashtanga, Kundalini Yoga, Classes, Workshops, Retreats, Teacher ...
		Yoga Synthesis offers a full schedule of classes for all levels, including Mysore and Led Ashtanga, in our newly designed yoga center, with two spacious studios, bamboo floors and convenient on-site parking.
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		As a yoga practice space, we will uphold a standard of excellence and devotion to the practice while respecting individual needs.
	www.yogasynthesis.com (177 words)

	Kundalini Awakening : Kundalini Yoga Rising Course, How to awaken Kundalini ? Chakras, energy yoga meditation rising, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Note that when you inhale, the air moves downward in your lungs, but the energy moves upward in the main nadis: Ida and/or Pingala and Sushumna if Kundalini is awaken.
		Try to breath the opposite way: if you are a man or a Yang person, imagine light moving UPWARD in Ida nadi when you inhale slowly and moving downward in Pingala nadi when you exhale.
		At the beginning, it is natural for the spiritual energy not to flow easily in Sushumna nadi from Muladhara to Sahasrara.
	www.occult-advances.org /kund.shtml (1734 words)

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