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Kukundara and the acoustics of fluids
The fascinating definitions of marmas include a point in the body related to the energies of the body, mind, prana and dosha. They are vital connecting points to all aspects of our energy, from the innermost consciousness to the outermost physical organs. Charaka (...
Vhidura Marma the Way to Hear the Cosmic Silence
Vidhura Marma is related to the ear and the ear functions. It is composed of important middle ear structures, including the tympanic membrane, ear ossicles (tiny bones in the middle ear) and the Eustachian tube. These structures take part in the conduction, modulation...
Chandra Namaskar- Salutations to the mother moon
Unlike Sun Salutations, which are heating and stimulating, Moon Salutations are cooling and quieting. They are used to calm the mind and draw your awareness inward. Moon Salutations are useful when energy or temperatures are high and a tranquil, quiet presence is...
Entering into the soundless sound of creation with Shanmukhi Mudra
Alignment of personal resonance with the flow of creation can be induced by daily practice. The science of alignment resonance generally has three steps: 1.- Hear your internal resonance. 2.- Hear your external resonance. 3.- Hear the cosmic resonance. 4.- Use a sound...
Performing a Despacho ceremony
Icons in ceremonies bring positive representations for the mind to relate, calm and reprogram itself. Each tradition has icons in ceremonies; Christianity has the chalice, the wine and the bread; Hindus no dought are the winners of exquisite combinations of spices,...
Why do we meditate between the eyebrows?/ Sthapani Marma
The understanding of the location of your concentration produces biological reactions and enhances emotional and mental natural qualities. The space between the eyebrows is known as Ajna chakra or Sthapani marma. It is 1/2 anguli ( finger unit) in size, and its health...
Freeing your creative Core
Your spiritual Self cannot be freed unless you learn to feel all your feelings unless you learn to accept every part of your being, no matter how destructive it may be right now. No matter how negative, mean, vain or egotistical you may find a corner of yourself to be...
Prana and Avarta Prana
By Dr. Shishir Prasad MS (Shalya Tantra) | Associate Professor (Gurukul Kangri- Haridwar) | President NASYA-Uttarakhand Avarta marma is one of the Shirogata marmas, which are located in the head and neck region. It is a vital marma having its relationship with the...
7 ways to reclaim the pleasure of creativity
Creativity is the most fundamental force in the human impulse. It can take many forms like conquering, reproduction, communication, exchange of information, inner passion or fundamentally the partnership with the order of creation. You are creative because you are a...
Prana and Phana Marma
In Ayurvedic medicine, marma points are anatomical locations in your body where a concentration of life energy exists. Marma points are said to contain the three doshas: Vata (air and space), kapha (earth and water), pitta (fire and water) a Marma point is a junction...
Generosity Without ego
Good and loving acts are a virtue, but being identified with those acts easily becomes a vice. In truth, you are not a good or bad person, you are spirit itself. And although spirit usually gets associated with the good, it is actually far beyond being relatively good...
Herbs and meditation
Supplementing your body with nerve tonics is a way to keep stress at bay and induce depths in your meditation practice. I am always reluctant to suggest single herbs as neuro tonics. Instead, I do prefer to work with formulas that at least have three herbs. Formulas...
Four tips to innovate your life
If you have ideas but don't act on them, you are imaginative but not creative. Entering into an uplifted space requires the renunciation of pain, negativity and powerlessness. Entering into a positive frame of being is difficult because we are used to enquiring about...
Meditation and the mental channel
Ayurveda provides us with a very elegant and insightful perspective on the mind and the art of fostering its health—a thriving state of mental, emotional, and even spiritual well-being. With this goal in mind, Ayurveda offers several practical and powerfully useful...