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The Yoga of Everything

January 12th, 2008 · 2 Comments

The male’s dark blue body represents “purusha” -the still witness consciousness.
The feminine is “prakriti” - the ever moving, changing material world. The difference between them, spirit and matter creates an attractive polarity which remain in constant “sexual” embrace.
Notice it yourself, you have the aspect of you which is “looking” and then you have what is […]

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The Downward Moving Energy

January 8th, 2008 · 3 Comments

As I wrote about in a previous post, the energetic anatomy of your breath/energy body is made up primarily five flows of prana, each moving in a different pattern or direction. Basically  there is:
1. a downwards/ eliminating (apana)
2. upwards along the spine (udana),
3. a contracting/assimilating force (samana)
4. an expanding direction (vyana)
5. Inward moving (prana)
I’ll dedicate […]

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