Contemplation on the meaning of yoga… What is yoga? Stilling modifications of the mind. Why to still the mind? So the consciousness (purusha) can abide in its own nature. Where consciousness usually is then? It is absorbed by our mind/body. Consciou…
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AJNA CHAKRA (third-eye chakra). Location: cranial. Quality: sattvic (light, wisdom, purity). Element: intelligence. Sense: mind. Colour: bright white. Mantra: OM. Yantra: lightning coloured triangle. The Ajna is not really a single chakra, but a conste…
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Location: cervical. Quality: sattvic (light, wisdom, purity). Element: space, ether. Sense: sound. Colour: smoky purple. Petals: sixteen. Mantra: HAM. Yantra: white circle. The collective opening of the heart chakra will lead us to a humanity living li…
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Location: thoracic. Quality: rajasic (active, dynamic). Element: air. Sense: touch. Colour: fire red. Petals: twelve. Mantra: YAM. Yantra: smoke-coloured hexagram. The Anahata chakra constitutes the axis, the middle piece of the seven main chakras. It…
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Location: lumbar. Quality: rajasic (active, dynamic). Element: fire. Sense: visual. Colour: blackish blue of the storm cloud. Petals: ten. Mantra: RAM. Yantra: red triangle. As per Gregor Maehle, Manipura chakra is very important for spiritual evolutio…
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Location: sacral. Quality: tamasic (inert, inactive, dull). Element: water. Sense: taste. Colour: orange red. Petals: six. Mantra: VAM. Yantra: white moon crescent. ‘Svadhishthana Chakra encompasses the MAMMALIAN functions of our brain. Mammals reprodu…
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Location: perineum. Quality: tamasic (inert, inactive, dull). Element: earth. Sense: smell. Colour: dark red. Petals: four. Mantra: LAM. Yantra: yellow square. The Muldhara Chakra’s main function is survival, with its two modes of attack and flight. Th…
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Welcome to our Chakra saga :-). All our yogic posts are based on the book of Gregor Maehle “Yoga Meditation”. ‘Yogic meditation derives its power from the fact that it systematically suspends the entire processing capacity of the subconscious mind and…
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Recently a student asked me why not to practise inversions during menstruation. Apparently, some teachers advise to pratise. In Ashtanga, if we are daily practitioners, we normally take 2-3 days off for our ‘lady’s holidays’. What if you practise 1-4 t…
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