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joao.jlgoncalves
Portugal
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 Posted - Nov 13 2014 : 5:30:13 PM
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Hello all,
I have read in a Yogani's post that we must follow a path in the center of the body (not in the back or the front) when we trace with the breath in SBP, however the common instructions are that we must trace the spinal nerve with the breath, my confusion is that for me the spinal nerve is in the back!(and not the center)...
Any clarification is welcome!
Thanks in advance.
 João |
Edited by - joao.jlgoncalves on Nov 13 2014 5:35:37 PM |
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jusmail
India
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Posted - Nov 13 2014 : 11:46:01 PM
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| You hf o trace it through the spine |
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maheswari
Lebanon
2520 Posts |
Posted - Nov 14 2014 : 02:23:53 AM
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i think that jusmail is saying:
you have to trace it through the spine |
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Ecdyonurus
Switzerland
479 Posts |
Posted - Nov 14 2014 : 03:06:30 AM
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| Hi Joao, the spine is not really in the very back: if you look in an anathomy book (you will find pictures on the net) you can see where the spine actually is - much more inside as we think and feel it. |
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BlueRaincoat
United Kingdom
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Posted - Nov 14 2014 : 06:53:47 AM
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HI João
Yogani's advice (I can't remember the exact lesson but I'm sure I read it in the AYP book) is that it is not necessary to be very exact. As long as you go up and down between the perineum and third eye, it is not very important how close to the spine you go - it could be along the back or towards the centre of the body.
When your sushumna 'wakes up', you will find that it is in fact quite a wide channel (a "big little nerve" as Yogani puts it).
For the time being, go with whatever feels easiest.
Enjoy your practice |
Edited by - BlueRaincoat on Nov 14 2014 07:05:20 AM |
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joao.jlgoncalves
Portugal
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Posted - Nov 14 2014 : 07:24:16 AM
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Thank you very much all for your responses!
They are really appreciated.
João |
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Christi
United Kingdom
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Posted - Nov 14 2014 : 08:17:13 AM
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Hi Joao,
All the advice you have been given is spot on.
Here is the relevant section from the main lessons:
"Next, with each rising inhalation of the breath, allow your attention to travel upward inside a tiny thread, or tube, you visualize beginning at your perineum, continuing up through the center of your spine, and up through the stem of your brain to the center of your head. At the center of your head the tiny nerve makes a turn forward to the point between your eyebrows. With one slow, deep inhalation let your attention travel gradually inside the nerve from the perineum all the way to the point between the eyebrows." [Yogani]
It is from lesson 41.
But as BlueRaincoat says, things change as the body awakens. As you begin to feel prana flowing through your body it may be flowing up through the center of your spine, or it may be flowing further forwards, more towards the middle of your body. As you awaken, go with what you feel rather than fixing to a channel within the spine.
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joao.jlgoncalves
Portugal
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Posted - Dec 03 2014 : 09:26:13 AM
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Thank you Christi!!!
João |
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adishivayogi
USA
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Posted - Dec 03 2014 : 8:30:06 PM
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| you start with the back of the spine, no one starts and can feel inside the center of the spine. its like gradually peeling through into it. layers. like an onion kinda. |
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Need clarification on SBP
