Points of Concentration

 In the daily posts I've higlighted in bold which concentration poinnts are employed.

IMPORTANT PRACTICE POINT 

Concentration points get introduced in this practice and we will start seeing them appear in the general practice sessions too. These vital points go back to the truly ancient test Yoga Yajnavalkya with which Sribhashyam's book is closely aligned.

Sribhashyam stresses several times that we don't imagine the point but rather, with our eyes closed, direct our eyes towards the vital point. I found this particularly challenging concept with the Occipital. The idea I believe is that prana follows the gaze, if you merely imagine the point the prana won't get there.

Here is a list of the Vital points, I'll bring all these practice notes together and put them on a stand alone page at the top of the blog.

Here are some 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 )