Udana Vayu: localizare :gat si cap; centru ... - Dan Mirahorian

Inima este pricipalul centru al corpului energetic (pranamaya kosha).
Capul este pricipalul centru al corpului senzorial(manomaya kosha).
Prana
Prana as a general term refers to the life force that flows through all things. “The senses of
perception and the organs of action are all able to function because of prana. Just as the
spokes of a chariot wheel are fixed to the hub, so the body, the senses, the mind, and the
intellect all depend on prana. The prana separates into different aspects, which fulfill different
functions in the body, so that the body may work in an orderly manner. To carry out its various
tasks, this prana pervades the individual body in five forms: prana, apana, samana, vyana,
and udana. But it is still all one prana.
Of the five primary pranas in the body, two pranas – prana vayu and apana vayu – are
regarded as most important. A ‘vayu’ is a ‘wind’ or force, and these two forces or energies are
opposed yet complementary. We practice the bandhas in order to bring these two energies
into balance, both to enhance the health and functioning of the body, and to bring the mind
into a state of stillness.
The exhalation is moved by an energy known as apana. The apana vayu is a force for
expelling from the body, usually taking the form of a downward contracting movement. Its
home is the pelvic floor, so the impulse to exhale originates from a point at the center of the
pelvic floor.
The inhalation is moved by the energy of prana vayu in the opposite direction.
Although the inhalation draws the breath down into the body, the energy of the inhalation is at
the same time experienced as rising within and spreading like the opening of a lotus flower.
The home of prana is in the heart at the center of the chest, where the blossoming quality of
the prana is most felt; the prana rises from
the pelvic floor toward the heart in yogic breathing.
Prana(energia vitala) nu exista doar in plan manifestat, la nivel grosier (fizic; material) si subtil
( energetic si informational), ci si in plan nemanifestat. Chiar Purusha ori Sinele suprem poate
fi considerat ca fiind Prana nemanifesta, fiindca este o forma a energiei constiintei (Devatma
Shakti ori Chiti Shakti). Din Prana nemanifesta a Purei Constiente vine Prana manifestata a
creatiei, prin care intregul univers intra in fiintare. Even Kundalini Shakti, the serpent power or
inner power that transforms consciousness, develops from the awakened Prana. On a cosmic
level there are two basic aspects of Prana. The first is the unmanifest aspect of Prana, which is
the energy of Pure Consciousness that transcends all creation. The second or manifest Prana is
the force of creation itself.
Relative to our physical existence, Prana or vital energy is a modification of the air element,
primarily the oxygen we breathe that allows us to live. Yet as air originates in ether or space,
Prana arises in space and remains closely connected to it. Wherever we create space there
energy or Prana must arise automatically. Prana has many levels of meaning from the breath
to the energy of consciousness itself. Prana is not only the basic life-force, it is the master form
of all energy working on the level of mind, life and body. Indeed the entire universe is a
manifestation of Prana, which is the original creative power.
Prana arises from the quality (guna) of rajas, the active force of Nature (Prakriti). Nature
herself consists of three gunas: sattva or harmony, which gives rise to the mind, rajas or
movement, which gives rise to the prana, and tamas or inertia that gives rise to the body.
Indeed it could be argued that Prakriti or Nature is primarily Prana or rajas. Nature is an active
energy or Shakti. According to the pull or attraction of the higher Self or pure consciousness
(Purusha) this energy becomes sattvic. By the inertia of ignorance this energy becomes
tamasic. A strong vital or Pranamaya kosha, however, is important for the spiritual path as
well, but this is very different than the egoistic or desire oriented vital. It derives its
strength not from our personal power but from surrender to the Divine and its great
energy. Without a strong spiritual vital we lack the power to do our practices and not fall