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INTRODUCTION TO YOGA PHILOSOPHY
OM KOSHA CHAKRA ANATOMY AND POSTURES 8-LIMBGROSSAnatomy
Inhale Annamaya Kosha:Food-apparent-sheath
Muladhara: Root Chakra “Primal Instinct” Male - Earth - Red
Rooted Postures: Feet, Legs, Spine (base), large intestine
Yama / Niyama:Foundation
A“Ah”
Swadhisthana: Sacral Chakra “ Creativity or one’s own place Female - Water - Yellow
Hips, Sacrum, Genitals, lower back, genitals, womb, bladder, and kidney
Asana: Dynamic extension from and toward the core
U“Uh?”
Pranamaya Kosha:Air-apparent-sheath
Manipura: Solar Plexus Chakra “Personal Power” “Get up and go”Fire - Male
Navel, Solar Plexus, digestive systemTapas: Sun Salutation, Core Strength, Boat Pose, Warrior poses, twists, passive backbends
Pranayama:Breath restriction;Organization and movement of Prana
Integration Anahata: Heart Chakra “un-struck” or “unhurt”Air (female)
Heart, upper chest, and upper back: passive chest openers, shoulder stretches, backbends love and appreciate as we practice
Pratyahara: Sense Withdrawal
O“Oh”
Manomaya Kosha: mind-stuff-apparent-sheath
Vishuddha: Throat Chakra “Expression”(male)
Neck, throat, jaw, and mouth, expression actions: Camel, bow, shoulder-stand, bridge, plow
Dharana: Concentration
M“M”
Vijnanamaya kosha: wisdom-apparent-sheath
Ajna: 3rd Eye Chakra “Insight”(female)
Forward folds, postures placing pressure on forehead. Creative, focused, affirmative energy
Dhyana: Meditation
SubtleAnatomy
Silence Anandamaya Kosha: bliss-apparent-sheath
Sahasrara: “Pure consciousness”White & Male (I suspect union)
Meditation Primary; Postures that confront preconceived notions, fears, and anxieties
Samadhi: Freedom (moska) through
Classical Divisions of Yoga
The 4 Classical Divisions of Yoga and where our Hatha Yoga practice fits
Hatha Yoga
Toward a contemporary practice
Yoga History and Tradition
Approximate outline of the History of Yoga
Yoga History1.
Yoga History: 2500 BC – 100 BC
Yoga History 100 BC -500 AD
Yoga History… 200 AD
Yoga History… 200 AD
Yoga History… 800 AD
Yoga History… 900 AD – 1000 AD
Yoga History… 1350 AD
Yoga History… 1750 AD
Yoga History… 1750 AD
Yoga History… 1893 AD
Evolution Through Involution
Moving from the Physical and Individual to the Spiritual and
Universal
OM
Body: Inhale Gross Anatomy
"A" is Waking
The Sound "U" is Dreaming /
Subtle:
"M" is Deep Sleep / Causal:
Final silence: "A-U-M" is the
True Self
Kosha: Sheathes of Being
Annanamaya Kosha: Food Body
Pranayama Kosha: The Vital body
Manamaya Kosha: The mental body
Annanamaya Kosha: The Intellectual
Body
Annanamaya Kosha: The Bliss Body
8-limbs of Patanjali
Yama: Ethical Principles
Niyama: Inward
observances
Asana: Dynamic extension from and
toward the core
Pranayama: Energetic Body
(Prana)
Pratyahara: Sense
Withdrawal
Dharana: Concentration
Dhyana: Meditation
Samadhi: Freedom (moska) through
Chakra
Muladhara: Root Chakra "primal
instinct"
Swadhisthana: Sacral Chakra
"Creation"
Manipura: Solar Plexus Chakra
"Personal Power"
Anahata: Heart Chakra
"Emotion"
Vishuddha: Throat Chakra "Expression"
Ajna: 3rd Eye Chakra
"Insight"
Sahasrara: "Pure
consciousness"
GROSS
SUBTLE
Caduceus
Together, the Ida and Pingala nadis form the snakes of the caduceus, while Sushumna forms the staff. The snakes intersect at the chakras, as do the nadis described above.
At the ajna chakra, between the eyebrows, there are two petals, one on either side, just as there are two wings at the top of the caduceus.
Yoga Sutra 2.49
Sahasrara: “The Crown Chakra” may be seen similarly to the pituitary gland, which secretes hormones to communicate to the rest of the endocrine system and connects to the central nervous system via the hypothalamus.
Ajna: “The Brow Chakra” (also known as the third eye chakra) is linked to the pineal gland which may inform a model of its envisioning. The pineal gland is a light sensitive gland that produces the hormone melatonin, which regulates sleep and waking up.
Vishuddha: “The Throat Chakra” may be understood as relating to communication and growth through expression. This chakra is paralleled to the thyroid, a gland that is also in the throat and which produces thyroid hormone, responsible for growth and maturation.
Anahata: “The Heart Chakra” is related to the thymus, located in the chest. The thymus is an element of the immune system as well as being part of the endocrine system. It is the site of maturation of the T cells responsible for fending off disease and may be adversely affected by stress.
Manipura: The “Solar Plexus Chakra” is related to the metabolic and digestive systems. Manipura is believed to correspond to groups of cells in the pancreas, as well as the outer adrenal glands and the adrenal cortex. These play a valuable role in digestion, the conversion of food matter into energy for the body.
Svadhisthana: “The Sacral Chakra” is located in the sacrum (hence the name) and is considered to correspond to the testes or the ovaries that produce the various sex hormones involved in the reproductive cycle. Svadhisthana is considered to be related to, more generally, the genitourinary system and the adrenals. Muladhara: “The Base Chakra” is related to instinct, security, survival and basic human potentiality. This centre is located in the region between the genitals and the anus. Although no endocrine organ is placed here, it is said to relate to the gonads and the adrenal medulla, responsible for the fight-or-flight response when survival is under threat.
The Vital Body
Prana and its role in Hatha Yoga
Yoga and the 8-Fold PathPatanjali’s Ashtanga as related through the Yoga Sutras
Samadhi Pada: (51 sutras)"Yogaś citta-vritti-nirodhaḥ"
Yoga Sutra 1.1 & 1.2
"Yoga is the restraint of mental modifications”• 1. Now concentration is explained.• 2. Yoga is restraining the mind-stuff
(Chitta) from taking various forms (Vrttis) Swami Vivekananda
or • 1. OM: Here follows Instruction in Union • 2. Union, spiritual consciousness, is gained
through control of the versatile psychic nature
--Charles Johnson
Sadhana Pada (55 Sutras)
Sadhana is the Sanskrit word for "practice" or "discipline". Here the author outlines two forms of Yoga: Ashtanga Yoga (Eightfold or Eight limbed Yoga) and Kriya Yoga (Action Yoga).
– Note: Kriya yoga, sometimes called Karma Yoga. In the Bhagavad-Gita, Arjuna is encouraged by Krishna to act without attachment to the results or fruit of action and activity. In other words, Kriya yoga is the yoga of selfless action and service.
“Vibhuti Pada” (56 sutras)
Vibhuti is the Sanskrit word for "power" or "manifestation". ’
Supra-normal powers' (Siddhi) are acquired by the practice of yoga.
the entering of another’s soul ability to fly or move great distances in moments increase or decrease in size the ability to acquire great wealth with little effort
Disclaimer: The temptation of these powers should be avoided and the attention should be fixed only on liberation.
Kaivalya Pada (34 sutras)
• Kaivalya literally means "isolation", however the Sutras Kaivalya means emancipation or liberation, which is the goal of Yoga – Moksha (liberation)– Jivamukti (one who has attained Moksha).
• The Kaivalya Pada describes the nature of
liberation and the reality of the transcendental self.
Think Samadhi
Ahimsa- “to do no harm…”
Satya
Aparigraha “non-grasping”
Niyamas
Saucha “Cleanliness”
Samtosha “Contentment”
Tapas “Heat”