Points of concentration: 16 vital points.
sirsa - the fontanel
murdhna - middle of forehead
bhrumadhya - between eyebrows
nasagra - extremity of the nose
talu mula - back of the palate
lalata - root of the uvula
kantha - throat
kantha kupa - back of the throat
hrdaya - middle of the heart
nabhi - navel
sroni - centre of the pelvis
mula - perineum
jangha- point at top of thighs
janu - point at middle of knees g
ulpha - point at middle of ankles pada angusta - point of the big toes.
Also of note...
Murdhna: the point located in front of the nose
Divya Chakshush: Point behind the head (occipital)
Aditya (the sun) is the disk of the sun, black and shiny,
The star: lying on his back to look as far as possible on the sky Taraka: the horizon point,
Kumbhaka
A.K. = Antah Kumbhaka (holding of breath after inhalation )
B.K = Bhaya Kumbhaka (holding of breath after exhalation )
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NOTE
My friend Andrea Panzer, who took seminars with T. K. Sribhashyam over an eight year period, has just started her own blog on Sribhashyam's teaching. Andrea is outlining guidelines to practice that I will quote on my own guidelines page at the top of the blog.
For example, here she is on lying down between most asana, mudra and pranayama.
"Lets start with this -
We “always take 1-2 minutes rest” between postures or pranayamas -
Sounds easy?
Sri Sribhashyam actually said – “its one of the most difficult postures”! So lets approach it like
The posture from outside –Bandha from the physical level
The breath - “breathe normally”
The posture from inside - the energetic structure - Bandha from the energetic level
The level of the soul - “Divya Chakshush - the Divine Eye”
The “resting posture” from outside –Bandha from the physical level
*feet are closed (heels and balls of big toe) – the balls of the big toes pressing slightly in the air – the feet are 45° as in ALL inversions (so feet are not pointed in inversions – that would be a physical approach, and you are not able to observe the energy - as for ex in Sarvangasana or Sirsasana) -
*your “Bandha” is fixed (talking about Bandha later) – means – keep the lower third of your belly firmly inside, directly above the pubis bone – and keep it always)
*Shoulders open with strength in the back third of the delta –
*CHIN DOWN! That’s important – yet almost nobody likes to do that – but this is an important prerequisite for the internalized subtle aspects
Actually its kind of Jalandhara Bandha (may be your chin can almost touch slightely the sternum) – and it’s the counterpole - as Srivatsa Ramaswami explained it - of the lower Bandha – so Bandhas are “in place” – but always softly.
Physically the posture is – like Samasthiti – the basic energy-setting of EVERY POSTURE!
normally people don’t like it – they do not like to take such a “rigid posture”
YET – that’s the point to understand by time -
it’s a very subtle posture –
where you learn to go beyond the body – its like a “runway from an aircraft” your “take-off” posture for a subtle journey!" 14. April 2021
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