Day 23. Krishnamacharya General Practice #16

 

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

We saw the Viparita Karani as an alternative to Sirsa Asana in general practice session 14 and 15

#6

 ...or Viparita karani - 6 breaths B.K.3s

NOTE

I've added some articles to the top of the blog as stand alone permanent Pages to assist in practice.

A Guidelines for practice page that I'll be tidying up over the Golden Week holiday next week

A review of one of Sribhashyam's Seminar's from my friend Chiara.

Sribhashyam's Pranayama article

The Pearl - an earlier seminar by Sribhashyam

Also, Krishnamacharya's Yogasanagalu from the translation project with Satya Murthy on my old blog (The photos of Krishnamacharya in Emergence of Yoga are some of the same photos that accompanied later editions of Yogasanagalu.).

And finally Questions to Krishnamacharya from his students.

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There is a lot of bhakti (surrender to god) in Sribhashyam's system

The last article contains perhaps my favourite quote from Krishnamacharya...

Q.46. What does the bhakti mean to a person 

who has no belief in Isvara?

Krishnamacharya: "Love is bhakti for them."

from Questions to Krishnamacharya from his students in 

Yogacarya Krishnamacharya - The Purnacarya. 

Edited by Mala Srivatsan.